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- 12 MAY 21
Budget 21 continues the Government’s detention cost blow out and exclusion of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in time of crisis
Media Release 12 May 2021 The 2021-2022 budget continues the pattern of cost blow out and increases in detention spending, despite decreasing numbers of people in offshore processing, compared to a glaring lack of spending to address the humanitarian crisis of poverty, homelessness and failing mental and physical health faced by people seeking asylum. Migrant
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- 07 MAY 21
Human rights legal community appeals to Government against a new blitz of ‘Fast Track’ interviews as processing for boat arrivals comes to a close
Media Release 7 May 2021 An unexpected surge in interviews for people seeking asylum is leaving them with only two weeks notice to prepare for potentially the most important interview of their lives. The Australian Government plans to rush through around 1,100 interviews of people in the ‘Fast Track’ process, predominantly across NSW & Victoria.
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- 07 MAY 21
Government plans to rush through over 1,000 interviews denying people seeking asylum their legal rights
Media Release 6 May 2021 The Government has suddenly and without warning scheduled to be completed by June around 1,200 first interviews for people seeking asylum, giving lawyers and applicants just 2 weeks’ notice to prepare complex cases. In 2017, the Government implemented the so called “Fast Track” policy, forcing people who arrived by sea
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- 04 MAY 21
Another Government forced transfer of people between interstate detention centres separating families and isolating people
Media Release 4 May 2021 The Government is reportedly planning to forcibly transfer 8 people seeking asylum from the Adelaide Immigration Transit Accommodation (AITA) to Melbourne by bus tomorrow morning. Caseworkers believe the transfers will involve separation from immediate family members including children, and isolation from other support networks in the community that people in
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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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Budget 21 continues the Government’s detention cost blow out and exclusion of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in time of crisis

Human rights legal community appeals to Government against a new blitz of ‘Fast Track’ interviews as processing for boat arrivals comes to a close

Government plans to rush through over 1,000 interviews denying people seeking asylum their legal rights

Another Government forced transfer of people between interstate detention centres separating families and isolating people

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

Media inquiries

Latest news

Budget 21 continues the Government’s detention cost blow out and exclusion of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in time of crisis

Human rights legal community appeals to Government against a new blitz of ‘Fast Track’ interviews as processing for boat arrivals comes to a close

Government plans to rush through over 1,000 interviews denying people seeking asylum their legal rights

Another Government forced transfer of people between interstate detention centres separating families and isolating people

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

Media inquiries

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