Media Release 10 May 2023 The Albanese Government has introduced some much-needed targeted support in the Federal Budget for people seeking asylum and refugees. But the budget has maintained a deeply unfair, unjust and unequal system that excludes people in the community from accessing their basic rights. After two years, the lack of any rise
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Media Release 27 April 2023 The “Review of the Migration System” report, released today, has overlooked the urgent changes needed to ensure a fair and effective humanitarian visa system for people seeking asylum and refugees. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil’s speech today at the National Press Club on a new migration system for Australia’s future
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Friday, 21 April 2023 At a visit to our Centre today, Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Colin Brooks, announced a one-off grant of $500,000 to support the ASRC and its frontline staff to continue to provide a range of critical services for vulnerable communities in Victoria, including food relief, legal advice and representation, and social
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Dear Community, The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is committed to our future as a strong, impactful and independent human rights organisation that continues to create a fairer and more welcoming Australia together with people seeking asylum. Our purpose and the rights and needs of people seeking asylum will continue to be our primary focus
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Media Release 18 April 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, in a new report, is calling on the Albanese Government to restore the cuts made to social support for people seeking asylum as well as ensuring people have the right to work and study, as the Federal Budget nears. A report released today, entitled Poverty
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The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is proud to publicly announce our support for the YES campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Our vision is that all Australians, First Nations people and those who have come here seeking asylum, can live safely, sustainably, independently and equally. We imagine a future where the cultures, histories
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