Media Release 23 October 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) today raised concerns about the fate of dozens of refugees exiled to Papua New Guinea (PNG) a decade ago and called on the Australian government to provide clarity as comments from the PNG government suggest the refugees will begin leaving “within weeks”. Reports emerged
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Media Release 18 October 2023 Twenty-two refugee women today arrived at Parliament House after a 640km walk from Melbourne, calling on the Australian government to provide a clear path to permanent residence for around 10,000 people left in limbo for a decade. The 22 Tamil and Iranian women, aged 19-52, are living on short term
Read moreMedia Release 11 October 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), Amnesty International Australia, Human Rights Law Centre, community groups, and refugees have today called on the Australian government to accept its responsibility and duty of care for the safety of dozens of refugees exiled to Papua New Guinea (PNG) a decade ago, and come
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Media Release 5 October 2023 The ASRC welcomes the Government’s announcement of long overdue increases in resourcing to fix the broken visa processing system, which the refugee sector has been calling for as a critical step towards restoring a fair refugee status determination process. The $160 million package will address visa processing delays by investing
Read moreMedia Release 28 September 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has today expressed serious concerns about an unfolding crisis in Port Moresby with refugees and people seeking asylum forced to Papua New Guinea a decade ago, as well as their families, now being cut off from critical support services and evicted from accommodation. Refugees
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Media Release 13 September 2023 The Coalition government ignored a 2020 report commissioned by its own high-ranking officials that immigration detention was “failing” and may breach the government’s duty of care. The report by the former Secretary of the Attorney-General’s department, Robert Cornall AO, found that immigration detention causes mental deterioration and that long-term detainees,
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