MEDIA RELEASE: An 11,000 strong petition calling for the evacuation of 140 people suffering in offshore detention will be delivered to Parliament House today, as a stark reminder to Federal Parliamentarians that lives are at risk in Papua New Guinea and Nauru unless urgent action is taken. The petition will be presented to Independent MP
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MEDIA RELEASE: The ASRC has seen a 43 % increase in families relying on its community foodbank in recent months due to the skyrocketing cost of living and people seeking asylum being denied work rights and access to social support by the Federal Government.In the past 12 months, the ASRC Foodbank has supported 1,568 households
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MEDIA RELEASE: Charities that have been keeping PNG refugees and their families alive since humanitarian support was cut off by the Australian Government in November 2023, say lives are at risk unless Labor stops dragging its feet on restoring aid and evacuating people to safety. In the past nine months, charities, individuals and refugee advocacy
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MEDIA RELEASE: A damning, exclusive health report released today by the ASRC serves as further evidence the Australian Government’s offshore detention policy has been 11 years of costly cruelty which continues to put people’s lives and health at risk. The report details distressing case studies and health statistics of 47 refugees held in Papua New
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MEDIA RELEASE: New Zealand journalists have lifted the Australian Government’s cloak of secrecy over the welfare and future of people detained on Nauru, during a Ministerial delegation to the isolated island this week. ASRC’s specialist detention casework team is in contact with 63 people held on Nauru, and can confirm AAP’s reports that mental health issues are escalating as
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MEDIA RELEASE: Labor’s new Ministerial Direction 110 is the latest in a string of rushed and senseless decisions that will harm refugees, people seeking asylum, families and communities. The new direction replaces Direction 99 and serves as critical guidance for decision-making authorities who are weighing up whether to refuse or cancel people’s visas.Under pressure from
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