Food is something that has the power to bring people together – and that’s the real power of Feast for Freedom too. At its core, Feast is a coming together of community to celebrate the food, culture and stories of refugees who have sought safety in Australia while helping to raise funds that support people
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As one of Australia’s largest human rights organisation, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has and always will, stand for an inclusive and just Australia for all. We recognise that for First Nations People, the 26th of January is a day of sorrow, not celebration, as it marks the beginning of the dispossession of Aboriginal
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Australia’s immigration detention shame For more than a decade our Government has chosen to deny refugees a life of dignity and safety, by keeping people locked up indefinitely in immigration detention. Locking people up for years on end in harmful onshore detention and offshore processing facilities, with no plan for their release and resettlement is
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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
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My experience could be yours “My experience could be yours, this might happen to anyone. Anyone may find themselves in the same situation.” say’s Hira*, who arrived in Dandenong a few months ago in search of safety (pictured above with her teenage daughter, Ela*). Like many recently arrived people seeking asylum, Hira speaks very little
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