Media Release 15 December 2021 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), in its submission to the Senate Inquiry into Australia’s administrative review system, urged the Morrison Government to reform the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and abolish its subsidiary, the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA). The AAT is responsible for independent review of administrative decisions made by
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Media Release 1 December 2021 Five refugees held at the Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention (APOD), Melbourne and 1 from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) are likely to be released today, after over 8 years of arbitrary detention. The people released will join over 180 other refugees, who were also transferred to Australia
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Media Release 1 December 2021 The Morrison Government is trying to revive a Bill, already rejected multiple times by Parliament and legal experts, which would give the Minister for Home Affairs sweeping powers, introduce a two-tier legal system and separate families. The Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill, if passed, would see refugees and
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Media Release 15 November 2021 Three refugees from the Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention (APOD) and 1 from the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) join over 175 people seeking asylum released from detention over the last year, in a move welcomed by the Time for a Home alliance, of 140 organisations and community networks.
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Media Release 10 November 2021 A refugee being treated for COVID-19 at a Melbourne hospital has been transferred back to the Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention (APOD) today. The Time for a Home alliance of 140 organisations condemns the Morrison Government’s decision to continue detaining refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia’s network of
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