Media Release February 19, 2023 On Friday 17 February 2023, the Department of Home Affairs sent letters to several people recently released from immigration detention telling them to present themselves to be re-detained. The letters were issued immediately after the passage of the Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Act 2023 which overruled a recent Federal Court
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Media Release February 13, 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement that people subjected to the unfair ‘Fast Track’ process and currently on Temporary Protection visas (TPVs) and Safe Haven Enterprise visas (SHEVs), will have a pathway to permanency, a victory for refugees and people seeking asylum. After almost a decade
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Media Release February 12, 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre commends the Albanese Government for providing a pathway to permanency for refugees subjected to the cruel and rigged ‘Fast Track’ system who are currently living on Temporary Protection visas (TPVs) and Safe Haven Enterprise visas (SHEVs). This is a victory of unity and compassion over
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Update: March 1 2023 When we launched the Save the ASRC public appeal on 9 February 2023, just three weeks ago, we were afraid that the 7 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
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Media Release February 10, 2023 ASRC welcomes Immigration Minister Andrew Giles formally abolishing Ministerial Direction 80, which prevented people who sought asylum by sea from reuniting with family. Ministerial Direction 102, which came into effect yesterday, replaces Direction 80 and removes the requirement to deprioritise family visa applications where the sponsor came to Australia by
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Media Release February 8, 2023 The Albanese Government introduced legislation that will force people recently released from immigration detention, including people seeking asylum and refugees, back into detention, in an attempt to undermine a recent Federal Court judgement. The Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentence) Bill 2023 was unexpectedly tabled yesterday without consultation or prior notice to
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