Our extraordinary ambassadors the Cat Empire are calling on Melbourne to help the ASRC. Members of the band will be at 3 locations to meet and greet those donating to our foodbank and material aid program. Cat Empire are extremely passionate about the work of the ASRC. In their own word they say, “Wherever you
Read moreThe Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has lost not only a fellow advocate but a true friend. Someone whose involvement with the centre extended far beyond the purely professional to a warm and very personal friendship. Ms Fraser’s involvement with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre began in March 2010, at the launch of his biography at
Read moreTomorrow, February 17, marks a year since 23-year-old Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati was tragically murdered in an Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island. “Reza came seeking our help. Instead, he was murdered by the very people employed to protect him, funded by our Government,” ASRC CEO Kon Karapanagiotidis said today. “Reza’s friends and relatives
Read moreChildren and their families must be taken out of detention in Australia and on Nauru as a matter of urgency, ASRC Detention Rights Advocate Pamela Curr said today. “Today’s release of the Australian Human Rights Commission Children in Detention report confirms what medical experts and others working in detention have been saying all along: children
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