The Melbourne Town Hall was packed with wonderful and welcoming people for the latest ASRC Volunteer Information Evening. 1200 were in attendance and over 100 more watching via the live-stream on our YouTube channel to learn how to best help asylum seekers and refugees, and to listen to inspiring speakers including Malcolm Fraser and Nga
Read moreTony Abbott and Scott Morrison are trying to bring in laws* that deny people access to justice and send people back to danger. Laws that let them play God with people’s lives. These laws attack our Australian values – like helping people in trouble, like giving people a fair go, like keeping a check on
Read moreToday the Federal Circuit Court ruled that baby Ferouz, born in a Brisbane hospital, is not able to stay in Australia as a refugee. His family fled Burma after facing persecution as members of the Rohingyar minority. They arrived in Australia in September last year and are subject to the former Government’s policy of detaining
Read moreA Bill introduced into Federal Parliament today by Immigration Minister Scott Morrison seeks to reintroduce temporary protection visas and severely curtails fairness in the refugee process. Acting CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), Serina McDuff, said this latest attempt by the Minister to bring back temporary protection is a desperate deal with the cross-bench that
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