Media Release 25 February 2021 This morning, two refugees recently released from detention in Melbourne and The Time for a Home alliance of 160 organisations and community networks, handed a petition to Labor, Greens and crossbench MPs with 36,923 signatures. The petition calls on the Government to release all people transferred from Offshore Processing from
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Media Release 23 February 2021 Justice Threatened as Migration Court Fee Hike Goes Ahead The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is greatly concerned that Parliament failed to prevent the Morrison Government’s 380% increase in Federal Circuit Court (FCC) fees for migration cases. Today, Centre Alliance Senator Stirling Griff’s disallowance motion, supported by the ALP, Australian
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The ASRC Instagram and Facebook were not affected by today’s Facebook Australian News Ban, unlike other emergency relief and service organisations vital to the community. We stand in solidarity with those impacted and hope their pages will be urgently restored. ASRC supporters and members (people seeking asylum and refugees) can still access our information and
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Media Release 29 January 2021 The release of 15 more refugees from the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention centre yesterday is welcome news, particularly following the release of 46 people last week and the 1 man resettled in the U.S this week from the Park Hotel. However, the Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton
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Media Release 28 January 2021 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s (ASRC) confirms that 15 people, including one woman from Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) have been released into accommodation with sector support. ASRC is extremely concerned about the mental health of around 140 people remaining in the network of detention facilities across Australia, including around
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