Media Release, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Maryam, who has lived through Australia’s offshore detention regime for more than a decade will give evidence to a Senate Inquiry today, as newly published submissions reveal shocking accounts of violence, hunger and fear in Australia’s offshore processing system in Nauru. Maryam, who was first sent to Nauru in
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Wednesday 29 April 2026 After the realities of their life in limbo were exposed on A Current Affair tonight, young refugees who have grown up in Australia are speaking out, saying this is the only home they know, and calling on the Albanese Government to grant them and the 700 others in their situation permanent
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MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 14 April 2026 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has warned that the Coalition’s newly announced immigration policy represents dangerous, failed and harmful approaches that punish people seeking safety and divide the community. The policy includes plans to vet visitors’ social media, reintroduce temporary protection visas, restrict access to essential supports, and cut
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MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, 8 April 2026 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has today launched an urgent food security appeal as rising costs, fewer food donations, and increasing demand from people who have never used our services before place growing pressure on its Foodbank services, amid a fuel-driven cost surge impacting food supply and transport
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ASRC STATEMENT Thursday, 26th March The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) condemns the Albanese Government’s decision to invoke its new arrival control powers to ban Iranian visitor visa holders from travelling to Australia, effective immediately. The regulation, made yesterday under the Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No.1) Act 2026, prevents Iranian nationals holding Subclass 600 visitor
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