As the holiday season approaches many Australians turn their thoughts to family gatherings, coastal trips, or an escape to the air-conditioned comfort of a cinema screening. Often at the centre of this activity are our children. Even the more jaded among us get a kick out of the excitement and anticipation on the faces of
Read moreThe Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s (ASRC) advocacy team spent time inside the Manus Regional Processing Centre (RPC) this week where 421 men remain, some of whom are clients being case managed in our detention advocacy program. There are now over 150 seriously ill men, many with chronic conditions, whom the other men in the centre
Read moreIt’s day 3 on Manus Island and 606 men stand barricaded and fearful for their lives. On 31 October our government abandoned the detention centre and cut off water, food, security, power and medication. But the men are stranded because the three sites our government has offered are unfinished and unsafe. There are frequent attacks
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