Human Rights Archives - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

12 OCT 20
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ASRC tells HOR Committee Inquiry into Family and Sexual Violence that asylum and visa cancellation policies keep people in violent situations

Media Release 12 October 2020 Today, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s (ASRC) lawyers appeared at the public hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence. The ASRC’s Human Rights Law Program runs a specialised gender law clinic to provide assistance to women, children and those who identify as

21 NOV 18
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Politicians miss Kids Off Nauru deadline

SEVENTEEN refugee children remained trapped in island detention last night on Nauru as the deadline expired for the Australian Government to evacuate them to Australia. A coalition of Australia’s refugee and humanitarian organisations gave our political leaders three months until Universal Children’s Day (Nov 20) to remove all the children and their families for resettlement

28 AUG 18
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Whistleblowers say Australian Border Force blocking emergency medical transfer of 50 children off Nauru

View 7.30 Report’s coverage on whistle blowers from Nauru who’ve exposed the extent of children in medical crisis. For the first time since 2016, whistleblower health professionals have spoken out on escalating crisis on Nauru. The ASRC has information that exposes the overall scale and magnitude of the child trauma crisis on Nauru. Sources report

08 AUG 18
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Writing to you from Manus Prison Camp

Kurdish journalist and author, Berhouz Boochani, has released his first-hand account of being incarcerated by the Australian government for five years on Manus Island. Here is his appeal to the wider community on how we can support him in his plight. Dear friends My name is Behrouz Boochani and I am writing to you

18 JUL 18
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Five years too many

There are 1600 people, including 123 children in critical condition as 19 July marks five years of Australia’s offshore processing policy. Thursday, 19 July marks five years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared ‘no asylum seeker that arrives in Australia by boat will be resettled in Australia,’ and with that one statement, mandatory offshore