MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 14 April 2026 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has warned that the Coalition’s newly announced immigration policy represents dangerous, failed and harmful approaches that punish people seeking safety and divide the community. The policy includes plans to vet visitors’ social media, reintroduce temporary protection visas, restrict access to essential supports, and cut
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 14 April 2026 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has warned that the Coalition’s newly announced immigration policy represents dangerous, failed and harmful approaches that punish people seeking safety and divide the community. The policy includes plans to vet visitors’ social media, reintroduce temporary protection visas, restrict access to essential supports, and cut
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MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, 8 April 2026 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has today launched an urgent food security appeal as rising costs, fewer food donations, and increasing demand from people who have never used our services before place growing pressure on its Foodbank services, amid a fuel-driven cost surge impacting food supply and transport
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ASRC STATEMENT Thursday, 26th March The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) condemns the Albanese Government’s decision to invoke its new arrival control powers to ban Iranian visitor visa holders from travelling to Australia, effective immediately. The regulation, made yesterday under the Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No.1) Act 2026, prevents Iranian nationals holding Subclass 600 visitor
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MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 24th March Iranian refugees have this morning joined crossbench MPs and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre at Parliament House, calling on the Albanese Government to finally grant them and their families permanent protection after more than eight years living in the Australian community. Having seen the swift protection the Albanese Government provided
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