Media Release 1 July 2020 Thirty human rights and grassroots community organisations, including the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, North Siders with Refugees, Amnesty International, Getup, Rural Australians for Refugees and Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project are holding a Zoom protest rally calling for the release of people seeking asylum from detention on Thursday 2 July, at 6 pm.
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ASRC’s submission to the Senate Committee on the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020 raises alarm on human rights abuses that will result from extended search, seizure and screening powers without a warrant that the amendment would give authorised officers in immigration detention. The Minister and authorised officers in detention facilities
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1 June 2020 ASRC submission to COVID19 Senate Inquiry exposes extreme vulnerability due to Government neglect The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has comprehensively outlined how COVID-19 has severely impacted the economic security, health and legal rights of people on bridging and temporary visas. The ASRC has seen up to a three-fold increase in demand
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15 May 2020 Victorian State Government to provide up to 120 jobs to people seeking asylum through “Working for Victoria” Initiative The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) warmly welcomes the Victorian Government’s inclusion of people seeking asylum in the recently announced $500 million “Working for Victoria” Initiative, designed to provide employment to people who have
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14 May 2020 Expanded border force powers desperate distraction from Government’s inhumane immigration detention Human rights groups have slammed another attempt by the Government to avoid responsibility and scrutiny for their inhumane policy of mandatory, indefinite detention. After failing to ensure the safety of refugees and people seeking asylum in overcrowded conditions during the coronavirus
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