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- 04 MAY 21
ASRC submission to Senate Inquiry calls on the Government to end policy of separating people seeking asylum from their families
Media Release 4 May 2021 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s (ASRC) submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee on 30 April, challenges Government policy that deliberately separates people seeking asylum from their family, including children, for years. The Senate Inquiry into the efficacy, fairness, timeliness and costs of the processing and granting
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- 27 APR 21
Department of Home Affairs immigration health care contractor faces criminal charges over death of person seeking asylum
Media Release Tuesday, 27 April 2021 Today, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) healthcare provider, International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), attended court in Sydney to face criminal charges relating to the death of a person seeking asylum in one of Australia’s detention centres. These charges emerged after Comcare, the federal work health and safety
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- 19 APR 21
Government flies 17 Medevac refugees from Brisbane to Melbourne, without phones and some in handcuffs
Media Release Tuesday, 19 April 2021 Government flies 17 Medevac refugees from Brisbane to Melbourne, without phones and some in handcuffs The Government has flown 17 people from Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) to Melbourne this morning. Last week, the 19 people remaining detained at the Kangaroo Point Alternative Place of Detention (APOD) were forcibly
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- 30 MAR 21
Government’s lack of care is endangering people in offshore detention on PNG during COVID-19 outbreak
Media Release Tuesday, 30 March 2021 The Australian Government must immediately provide COVID-19 vaccines and adequate medical support to the people seeking asylum and refugees currently held in detention in Papua New Guinea or consider emergency medical evacuation. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is greatly concerned about the entirely insufficient care and support provided to
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- 03 MAR 21
Potential return of refugees and people seeking asylum to Nauru and PNG proof of Government policy failure
Media Release 3 March 2021 Today, the Federal Government confirmed the Minister for Home Affairs has chartered a flight to return refugees and asylum seekers to offshore detention on Nauru in a worrying development the Time For A Home coalition said highlighted the Government’s continued failure to provide a solution for the people it has
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- 02 MAR 21
Freedom for 54 more people this week from indefinite detention, but close to a hundred are still detained for no reason
Media Release 2 March 2021 The Time for a Home alliance welcomes the release of 25 Medevac refugees yesterday and 25 today from the Kangaroo Point Hotel Alternative Place of Detention (APOD) and Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA). We can also confirm four people will be released this afternoon from the Darwin Mercure Hotel APOD,
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ASRC submission to Senate Inquiry calls on the Government to end policy of separating people seeking asylum from their families

Department of Home Affairs immigration health care contractor faces criminal charges over death of person seeking asylum

Government flies 17 Medevac refugees from Brisbane to Melbourne, without phones and some in handcuffs

Government’s lack of care is endangering people in offshore detention on PNG during COVID-19 outbreak

Potential return of refugees and people seeking asylum to Nauru and PNG proof of Government policy failure

Freedom for 54 more people this week from indefinite detention, but close to a hundred are still detained for no reason

Media inquiries

Latest news

ASRC submission to Senate Inquiry calls on the Government to end policy of separating people seeking asylum from their families

Department of Home Affairs immigration health care contractor faces criminal charges over death of person seeking asylum

Government flies 17 Medevac refugees from Brisbane to Melbourne, without phones and some in handcuffs

Government’s lack of care is endangering people in offshore detention on PNG during COVID-19 outbreak

Potential return of refugees and people seeking asylum to Nauru and PNG proof of Government policy failure

Freedom for 54 more people this week from indefinite detention, but close to a hundred are still detained for no reason

Media inquiries

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