The Australian Government is holding 102 children and their families on Nauru under it’s offshore processing policy. Nauru became the site of regional processing centres for Australian immigration in July 2013 under Labor Rudd government. People seeking asylum arriving by sea were taken to Nauru for processing under Australia’s mandatory offshore processing and detention policy.
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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
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A couple of years ago Andrea Kenny turned up at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) at Dandenong wanting to help out. She would have been happy to make the coffee she jokes now, but instead she found herself volunteer project managing the set-up of a mobile app designed to provide a centralised list of
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Ten quotes from Advocacy and Power Program graduates who are leading the way forward in human rights and refugee activism. On Thursday 26 July, eight people from refugee backgrounds presented their journey and hope for the future. Here are ten quotes from the evening that you too can take with you. 1. “I’m not lived
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Every week the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) Foodbank provides over 700 vulnerable people with basic groceries and necessities. In early August, this number is expected to surge, and the Foodbank needs your help to create 500 Essentials Packs to ensure the most vulnerable in our community don’t go without. The Essentials Packs will be
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