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- 11 FEB 22
Law to end the indefinite and arbitrary detention of refugees must be passed after overwhelming response to Inquiry
Media Release 11 February 2022 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), joined by around 350 other organisations and individuals, called on the Morrison Government to accept in its entirety proposed legislation currently before a Parliamentary Inquiry that would end indefinite and arbitrary detention. The Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill was introduced by Independent
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- 28 JAN 22
Year on since refugees released from detention, Morrison Government still locks up others and has no resettlement plan
Media Release 28 January 2022 Today marks one year since 15 people seeking asylum were released from detention, in a week where over 50 people were released. Since then the Morrison Government has failed to provide any resettlement plan for those released and has provided no reasons as to why others in almost identical circumstances
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- 24 JAN 22
No additional humanitarian intake for people from Afghanistan as Morrison Government fails to respond to crisis
Media Release 24 January 2022 Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s announcement concerning humanitarian visas to people from Afghanistan on Friday, January 21, following a Senate Inquiry report into Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan, was completely inadequate and misleading, offering no additional humanitarian places to people from Afghanistan. After a series of delays, the interim report by the
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- 17 JAN 22
Prime Minister Morrison’s comment on refugees in Park Hotel misleading, furthering misinformation on immigration detention
Media Release 17 January 2022 This morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison incorrectly claimed that the around 30 men held in Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention Melbourne are not refugees. This is misleading and false. In an interview with Ben Fordham on the NSW radio station 2GB, Prime Minister Morrison in response to a question
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- 21 DEC 21
ASRC urges Morrison Government stop pushing through legislation that will break families and deny justice
Media Release 21 December 2021 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), in its submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, condemns the Morrison Government for trying to force through a Bill that has been routinely rejected due to the risks it poses to refugees, their families and the threat to the rule of
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- 16 DEC 21
4 refugees released from immigration detention as pressure mounts on Morrison Government to release the remaining 70
Media Release 16 December 2021 Today, 2 refugees who came to Australia for medical treatment have been released from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Authority (BITA) after over 8 years in detention, following the release of 2 refugees from the Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention in Melbourne on Sunday, December 12. The 4 refugees released
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Law to end the indefinite and arbitrary detention of refugees must be passed after overwhelming response to Inquiry

Year on since refugees released from detention, Morrison Government still locks up others and has no resettlement plan

No additional humanitarian intake for people from Afghanistan as Morrison Government fails to respond to crisis

Prime Minister Morrison’s comment on refugees in Park Hotel misleading, furthering misinformation on immigration detention

ASRC urges Morrison Government stop pushing through legislation that will break families and deny justice

4 refugees released from immigration detention as pressure mounts on Morrison Government to release the remaining 70

Media inquiries

Latest news

Law to end the indefinite and arbitrary detention of refugees must be passed after overwhelming response to Inquiry

Year on since refugees released from detention, Morrison Government still locks up others and has no resettlement plan

No additional humanitarian intake for people from Afghanistan as Morrison Government fails to respond to crisis

Prime Minister Morrison’s comment on refugees in Park Hotel misleading, furthering misinformation on immigration detention

ASRC urges Morrison Government stop pushing through legislation that will break families and deny justice

4 refugees released from immigration detention as pressure mounts on Morrison Government to release the remaining 70

Media inquiries

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