Media Release 28 January 2022 Today marks one year since 15 people seeking asylum were released from detention, in a week where over 50 people were released. Since then the Morrison Government has failed to provide any resettlement plan for those released and has provided no reasons as to why others in almost identical circumstances
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Media Release 24 January 2022 Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s announcement concerning humanitarian visas to people from Afghanistan on Friday, January 21, following a Senate Inquiry report into Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan, was completely inadequate and misleading, offering no additional humanitarian places to people from Afghanistan. After a series of delays, the interim report by the
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Media Release 17 January 2022 This morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison incorrectly claimed that the around 30 men held in Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention Melbourne are not refugees. This is misleading and false. In an interview with Ben Fordham on the NSW radio station 2GB, Prime Minister Morrison in response to a question
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Media Release 21 December 2021 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), in its submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, condemns the Morrison Government for trying to force through a Bill that has been routinely rejected due to the risks it poses to refugees, their families and the threat to the rule of
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Media Release 16 December 2021 Today, 2 refugees who came to Australia for medical treatment have been released from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Authority (BITA) after over 8 years in detention, following the release of 2 refugees from the Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention in Melbourne on Sunday, December 12. The 4 refugees released
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