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- 12 OCT 20
ASRC tells HOR Committee Inquiry into Family and Sexual Violence that asylum and visa cancellation policies keep people in violent situations
Media Release 12 October 2020 Today, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s (ASRC) lawyers appeared at the public hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence. The ASRC’s Human Rights Law Program runs a specialised gender law clinic to provide assistance to women, children and those who identify as
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- 07 OCT 20
Budget 2020 abandons people seeking asylum and refugees while service organisations cannot contain the humanitarian crisis.
Media Release 7 October 2020 Budget 2020 abandons people seeking asylum and refugees while service organisations cannot contain the humanitarian crisis. The Morrison Government’s Budget expands offshore detention, including its Christmas Island facility while cutting Australia’s humanitarian intake cap by one quarter, and continues exclusions and cuts to safety nets. The Budget is a clear
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- 02 OCT 20
ASRC welcomes Senator Lambie’s commitment to oppose phone ban
Media Release 2 October 2020 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has welcomed Senator Jacqui Lambie’s commitment to oppose a bill that would prohibit mobile phones from immigration detention centres. By siding with Senator Stirling Griff, Senator Rex Patrick, Labor and the Greens, Senator Lambie has provided the numbers to defeat the government’s Migration Amendment bill
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- 10 SEP 20
Muslim refugees not getting adequate nutrition due to lack Halal certified food in Brisbane detention centre
Media Release 10 September 2020 Around 60 people from refugee and Muslim backgrounds detained at the Kangaroo Point detention centre in Brisbane have not had access to Halal certified food since arriving in Australia, more than a year ago. A small group of people suspected that the food they were being given was not Halal
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- 03 SEP 20
Community against Minister Dutton’s mobile phone seizure powers as Bill passes House
Media Release 3 September 2020 A joint petition against The Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020 has gathered over 154,340 signatures as part of the No Phones No Life campaign. The campaign trended on Twitter several times over the past four days and engaged hundreds of thousands of people on Facebook and
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- 02 SEP 20
Senators urged not to grant further powers to Minister Dutton to cancel visas of vulnerable people
Media Release 2 September 2020 The Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019 is once again before Parliament this week and is currently listed for debate in the Senate today. Under the Minister’s proposed new powers, if a person has been convicted of an offence that falls into a category carrying a possible term
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ASRC tells HOR Committee Inquiry into Family and Sexual Violence that asylum and visa cancellation policies keep people in violent situations

Budget 2020 abandons people seeking asylum and refugees while service organisations cannot contain the humanitarian crisis.

ASRC welcomes Senator Lambie’s commitment to oppose phone ban

Muslim refugees not getting adequate nutrition due to lack Halal certified food in Brisbane detention centre

Community against Minister Dutton’s mobile phone seizure powers as Bill passes House

Senators urged not to grant further powers to Minister Dutton to cancel visas of vulnerable people

Media inquiries

Latest news

ASRC tells HOR Committee Inquiry into Family and Sexual Violence that asylum and visa cancellation policies keep people in violent situations

Budget 2020 abandons people seeking asylum and refugees while service organisations cannot contain the humanitarian crisis.

ASRC welcomes Senator Lambie’s commitment to oppose phone ban

Muslim refugees not getting adequate nutrition due to lack Halal certified food in Brisbane detention centre

Community against Minister Dutton’s mobile phone seizure powers as Bill passes House

Senators urged not to grant further powers to Minister Dutton to cancel visas of vulnerable people

Media inquiries

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