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- 04 AUG 20
COVID19 outbreak imminent due to Australian Border Force neglect of public health measures in Melbourne detention centres
A COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne detention facilities is imminent, with hundreds of lives of already sick people at risk from daily exposure to transmission. Up to 70 rotating staff work daily across different detention facility locations, in similar staffing and close contact conditions that caused lethal outbreaks in Aged Care centres. People detained at facilities
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- 28 JUL 20
Update: COVID-19 and the ASRC
COVID-19 and the ASRC Last night (Monday, 27th July), the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) was advised by a staff member that they had tested positive for COVID-19. The ASRC has developed strict COVID-19 protocols and carefully planned for our organisations’ response to a potential positive COVID-19 case according to the advice of Victoria’s Chief
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- 24 JUL 20
Morrison Government must accept New Zealand offer to provide safety for refugees due to COVID-19 crisis
New Zealand granting Behrouz Boochani asylum is a strong reminder to the Morrison Government that there is a viable solution to 7 years of failed asylum policy. Across Australia, the Government is detaining thousands of refugees in private hotels as well as detention centres. The Morrison Government also continues to detain more than 370 people
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- 24 JUL 20
ASRC statement regarding the Premier’s face mask announcement
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) welcomes the Premier’s announcement this morning that reusable and disposable masks will be provided to a range of community organisations, including the ASRC, to help protect the highly vulnerable people they support. With no access to the Federal Government’s COVID-19 safety net and financial support packages, people seeking asylum
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- 17 JUL 20
Seven years of suffering: time to end offshore detention
Media Release 17 July 2020 This Sunday, July 19, marks the day in 2013 when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that people seeking asylum, arriving by boat, will never be settled in Australia and would be processed offshore. As a result of the offshore detention regime, 13 people have lost their lives, families have been
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- 13 JUL 20
Lower public health standards in detention centres under federal jurisdiction will cause a COVID19 outbreak among high risk people.
Media Release 13 July 2020 The Federal Government must work with the medical community and human rights organisations to release high-risk people from detention so they can lock down with family or friends and manage their own adherence to local State Government pandemic measures. Two staff members working in Department of Home Affairs managed Alternative
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COVID19 outbreak imminent due to Australian Border Force neglect of public health measures in Melbourne detention centres

Update: COVID-19 and the ASRC

Morrison Government must accept New Zealand offer to provide safety for refugees due to COVID-19 crisis

ASRC statement regarding the Premier’s face mask announcement

Seven years of suffering: time to end offshore detention

Lower public health standards in detention centres under federal jurisdiction will cause a COVID19 outbreak among high risk people.

Media inquiries

Latest news

COVID19 outbreak imminent due to Australian Border Force neglect of public health measures in Melbourne detention centres

Update: COVID-19 and the ASRC

Morrison Government must accept New Zealand offer to provide safety for refugees due to COVID-19 crisis

ASRC statement regarding the Premier’s face mask announcement

Seven years of suffering: time to end offshore detention

Lower public health standards in detention centres under federal jurisdiction will cause a COVID19 outbreak among high risk people.

Media inquiries

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