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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When we launched the Save the ASRC public appeal on 9 February 2023, we were afraid that the seven weeks we had to turn things around was not going to be long enough to keep our doors open. Not because people had stopped caring, or thought our work was done – just that it’s such
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Media Release March 8, 2023 The Albanese Government along with the Liberal Party opposition and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party voted together against the Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill 2023, which would offer urgent evacuation to the 160 refugees still held offshore in PNG and Nauru, in the Senate today. The Bill was introduced
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Media Release March 7, 2023 The ALP-dominated Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs released a report, today, recommending a vote against the Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill 2023, which would offer urgent evacuation to the 160 refugees still held offshore in PNG and Nauru. The Committee’s report was contradictory and confused, recommending
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Media Release March 4, 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre urges Albanese Government to support legislation, which will compel the transfer of around 160 refugees held offshore in PNG and Nauru to Australia, scheduled to be voted on in the Senate on March 8. The Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill 2023 is currently before
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