Mohammad first applied for protection in 2009. During the primary stages of his refugee determination process he experienced high levels of depression and anxiety. Now Mohammad, his pregnant wife and two young children are facing homelessness after being cut from lifesaving income support.
Over 90% of all people seeking asylum in Australia run out of food each week with no money to buy more. Everyday the ASRC Food Program is seeing more and more vulnerable people come through the doors who have no income, no work rights and no where to turn to. See what the Food Program means to our community.
For Yasmin* facing her second pregnancy without any income or Medicare was terrifying. She couldn’t get scans, blood test and was struggling with family violence as a result of all the stress. With the help of the ASRC Yasmin finally found support. Unfortunately, her story is one of thousands.
Today is World Human Rights Day—a day to remember a powerful promise made to the world: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This important document enshrines the foundations that everyone, no matter their race, colour, religion, gender, language, beliefs, nationality, or background, has the basic rights and freedoms they deserve as a human being. This
Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), pouring their time, skills, and compassion into ensuring refugees and people seeking asylum receive the essential support they need. From offering food and legal aid to providing healthcare and a warm, welcoming presence, our volunteers are the lifeblood of our mission. Every
With the festive season fast approaching, the spirit of giving is inspiring our community to ask: How can we show kindness and compassion to refugees and people seeking asylum at this time of the year? That’s why we’ve made it easy for you to stand with refugees and people during this special time of the
On World Kindness Day, we celebrate the generosity, compassion, and spirit of humanity that transcends borders, cultures, and challenges. It’s a day to recognise and honour acts of kindness—both grand and humble—that uplift lives and remind us of our shared responsibility to support one another. In that spirit, we share David McCourt’s incredible act of
The Albanese Government’s new $2.3 billion deal with the US private prison operator, Management and Training Corporation (MTC), to run Australia’s onshore immigration detention network marks a troubling departure from its promise that “detention will occur in a government-run immigration detention centre.” Despite mounting evidence of MTC’s serious failures in the United States, the Australian
“The ASRC is profoundly shocked to bear witness to tonight’s outrageous and unbelievably low attack on the people, families, children and communities we serve. It is a racist agenda that is reminiscent of the darkest days of our White Australia policy. “The Albanese Government and the Coalition blatantly colluded in the ultimate betrayal of Australia’s multicultural
MEDIA RELEASE: Leading refugee and human rights advocates arrive in Canberra this morning to urge the Albanese Government to scrap three Brutal Bills that threaten the lives, rights and safety of over 80,000 refugees, people seeking asylum and migrant communities in Australia, and countless others who would be barred from entering the country. At a
MEDIA RELEASE: Labor continues its cruel campaign to punish refugees and people seeking asylum, this time pushing forward with a callous new Bill designed to expand its powers to warehouse more people offshore, deport people to harm and overturn protection findings. The Migration Amendment Bill 2024, which was introduced into Parliament this week, has now
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