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    • 16 APR 26
    Coalition launches hateful immigration policy to mimic Trump-style fear politics

    Coalition launches hateful immigration policy to mimic Trump-style fear politics

    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

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    • 14 APR 26
    Coalition launches hateful immigration policy to mimic Trump-style fear politics

    Coalition launches hateful immigration policy to mimic Trump-style fear politics

    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

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    • 08 APR 26
    ASRC launches urgent food security appeal as fuel crisis drives rising costs and falling food donations

    ASRC launches urgent food security appeal as fuel crisis drives rising costs and falling food donations

    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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    • 26 MAR 26
    Albanese Government’s heartless act leaves the Iranian community with nowhere to turn

    Albanese Government’s heartless act leaves the Iranian community with nowhere to turn

    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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    • 24 MAR 26
    Overnight protection for some, eight-year waits for others – the Iranian refugees the Government has left behind

    Overnight protection for some, eight-year waits for others – the Iranian refugees the Government has left behind

    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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    • 20 MAR 26
    ASRC launches urgent national campaign to combat rising racism and division

    ASRC launches urgent national campaign to combat rising racism and division

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has today launched a 7-day critical appeal to raise $220,000 to fund a national research and community mobilisation project to counter the growing rise of racism and anti-migrant narratives in Australia. The appeal comes amid increasing concern about the normalisation of language that dehumanises migrants, refugees, people seeking asylum

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