At the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, we’re seeing a social crisis unfolding in real time. Over the past month, we surveyed families seeking asylum. The results were devastating: 69% are turning off heating because they can’t afford it 31% have significantly reduced visits to a doctor when sick Families are telling us they are stressed,
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For 25 years, volunteers have been the heartbeat of the ASRC. Every day, across every part of our organisation, our volunteers show up with compassion, generosity and a shared belief that refugees and people seeking asylum deserve safety. At the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), volunteering is not one thing. It is the Foodbank volunteers
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This 17 May, the Asylum Seeker Centre (ASRC) observes the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Thirty-six years after the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its Classification of Diseases, this worldwide celebration of sexual and gender diversities arrives in perilous times. While some countries advance self-identification and anti-discrimination laws, others enforce
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The 2026–27 Federal Budget leaves refugees and people seeking asylum behind once again, with the Albanese Government continuing to prioritise spending on offshore detention and punitive migration policies over freedom, fairness and safety. Offshore detention spending alone blew out by almost $400 million over the past year, bringing total spending for 2025–26 to close to
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Every year, the Australian Federal Budget shows us what the government really values, especially when it comes to people fleeing war, persecution and violence. As we look toward the 2026-27 budget, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is urging the government to choose compassion, fiscal responsibility and respect for human dignity. Here is what we
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