Media Release 15 March 2022 Fourteen refugees held in onshore detention have been released over the long weekend, including one person released from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Authority (ITA) yesterday afternoon. Late on Friday night, 13 people who came to Australia from offshore detention for medical treatment were released from detention, 9 from the Park
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Media Release 28 February 2022 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) welcomes the Morrison Government’s announcement that additional humanitarian intake for Ukrainians is likely, but there must be direct and swift action as well as clear commitments. The ASRC is calling on the Morrison Government to immediately offer additional humanitarian intake to people fleeing Ukraine
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Media Release 16 February 2022 The passing of the Strengthening the Character Test Bill by the House of Representatives by the Morrison Government, with the support of the Labor Party, is a dark day for multiculturalism and the rule of law. This Bill will significantly worsen a system where children will be separated from their
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Media Release 15 February 2022 The Morrison Government will re-introduce a twice-rejected Bill that gives the Department of Home Affairs sweeping powers without justification, undermining the function of Australian courts and causing serious harm to individuals and families. The Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill has been in front of Parliament for 1,200 days,
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Media Release 11 February 2022 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), joined by around 350 other organisations and individuals, called on the Morrison Government to accept in its entirety proposed legislation currently before a Parliamentary Inquiry that would end indefinite and arbitrary detention. The Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill was introduced by Independent
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