The ASRC has received numerous reports from refugees in Papua New Guinea (PNG) who fear for their lives and safety amid 16 deaths and violent unrest in Port Moresby and Lae over the past 48 hours. A 14-day State of Emergency for the country was declared by PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday, with
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Media Release 22 December, 2023 Following the launch of a High Court challenge against the Government’s extreme new laws for refugees freed from illegal detention, a debilitating ankle bracelet and strict curfew conditions have been removed from ASRC’s client RVJB. RVJB was forced to wear a painful ankle monitor and comply with a curfew despite
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Media Release 13 December, 2023 Behrouz Boochani joined a panel of refugee advocates in Melbourne today, to demand the Albanese Government stop ignoring calls for the urgent evacuation to Australia of 60 refugees stranded without food or medical care in Port Moresby.The situation has worsened for refugees trapped in PNG in recent weeks, with many cut
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MEDIA RELEASE 6 December 2023 The Human Rights Law Centre and Asylum Seeker Resource Centre have condemned the Albanese Government’s proposed introduction of a preventive detention regime that would create a parallel legal system allowing migrants and refugees to be imprisoned on the basis of what they might do in the future. The proposed laws
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE 1 December 2023 The ASRC has filed a case with the High Court challenging the legality of the Australian Government’s rushed, extreme new laws for refugees who were unlawfully detained and then released as a result of the recent High Court decision. The ASRC’s client will argue the new law interferes with his
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