Media Release 3 May 2022 Reports of people held at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) being forcibly moved to the Christmas Island detention centre are concerning as the facilities on the island are woefully inadequate and harmful. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has spoken to people inside MITA who have been handcuffed without
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Media Release 20 April 2022 Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SHEV) are policy failures that separate families and prevent refugees from rebuilding their lives, they must be abolished. Over recent days in the run-up to the election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has indicated that maintaining these visas is a key policy
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Media Release 7 April 2022 Around 26 refugees have been released from onshore detention on 7-8 April 2022, joining around 250 people released since December 2020 and leaving an estimated 5 to 6 people transferred from offshore detention for medical reasons still in detention. Of the 26 people released it is estimated that 8 were
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Media Release 2 April 2022 Late Friday night at least 18 refugees held in onshore detention centres were released after being held for nearly nine years. The Morrison Government must urgently release the remaining 33 still remaining in detention. Of the around 18 refugees half were released from Park Hotel in Melbourne and the remaining
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Media Release 30 March 2022 The 2022-2023 Federal Budget was another step backwards for the Morrison Government. While the Budget centres around the challenges faced by the cost of living increases, refugees and people seeking asylum have largely been left behind. Exclusion of refugees on temporary visas from emergency support, maintaining historically low refugee intake
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