• The myth of the good life for asylum seekers in Australia

    The myth of the good life for asylum seekers in Australia

    ne of the most enduring myths in the asylum seeker debate is that once asylum seekers arrive in Australia, they are treated to the good life. Not a week passes without ASRC receiving an email complaining that asylum seekers are getting 4 times what a pensioner does, and that asylum seekers are flushed with support from the Federal government.

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  • An election to the bottom of the barrel

    An election to the bottom of the barrel

    Asylum seekers arriving by boat have, once again, become a hot button political issue in this year’s election. We have returned to the worst of the Tampa election year, where asylum seekers have once again become a political football.

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  • We need kids out of detention right now

    We need kids out of detention right now

    The Gillard Government has tried to massage the language and fool the public that kids are no longer in detention but rather ‘just’ in places of detention. While the razor wire may be gone, everything else remains intact. No freedom of movement, locked buildings and guards monitoring their every move.

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  • Re-opening Nauru Detention Centre

    Tony Abbott has promised as his first order of business if elected at the Federal Election will be to re–open the Nauru Detention Centre in order to ‘stop the boats’. Such promises exist in a historical vacuum, disconnected from the past horrors and suffering caused during Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ when Nauru was used as a place of detention.

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  • Welcome to the ASRC Blog

    Welcome to the ASRC Blog

    We’re so happy to welcome you to the new ASRC blog. It’s a place where we’ll share opinions, important information, and connect you to our community – as well as the truth about Asylum Seekers.

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