In a city built on food and culture, Melbourne is setting a longer table for refugees As public debate around migration continues to harden, Melbourne is responding in its own language: food, culture and shared experience. On Tuesday 25 March 2026, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) will host A Longer Table, a one-night-only long-table
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2026 As national debate about migration and belonging intensifies, communities across Australia are responding not with fear, but with food. This week the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) launched Feast for Freedom 2026, inviting people around the country to host shared meals that celebrate refugee cultures and raise vital funds for
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MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 4th February Parliament to pass new Bill that could see avalanche of wrong decisions by removing right to hearings The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has warned that the Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, likely to pass with opposition support today, would mark a serious erosion of access
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MEDIA RELEASE Monday 01 December Experts across the refugee sector urge UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to use its visit to Australia, starting today, to investigate harmful immigration detention policies that breach human rights. A national coalition of legal, academic and advocacy organisations has today called for an urgent reform of Australia’s immigration and
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MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 27 November Refugee and human rights organisations welcome the establishment of a Senate inquiry into Australia’s offshore processing and resettlement arrangements, but warn that a parliamentary inquiry alone does not have the strength to lift the rock and expose the corruption, secrecy and human suffering that have defined this regime for more
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MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 26 November The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is calling for a Royal Commission into offshore processing following explosive revelations in Parliament late last night that prove the Australian Government has known for years about suspected corruption involving senior Nauruan officials. The report shows they knew of the corruption allegations before signing
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