1 June 2020 ASRC submission to COVID19 Senate Inquiry exposes extreme vulnerability due to Government neglect The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has comprehensively outlined how COVID-19 has severely impacted the economic security, health and legal rights of people on bridging and temporary visas. The ASRC has seen up to a three-fold increase in demand
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15 May 2020 Victorian State Government to provide up to 120 jobs to people seeking asylum through “Working for Victoria” Initiative The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) warmly welcomes the Victorian Government’s inclusion of people seeking asylum in the recently announced $500 million “Working for Victoria” Initiative, designed to provide employment to people who have
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14 May 2020 Expanded border force powers desperate distraction from Government’s inhumane immigration detention Human rights groups have slammed another attempt by the Government to avoid responsibility and scrutiny for their inhumane policy of mandatory, indefinite detention. After failing to ensure the safety of refugees and people seeking asylum in overcrowded conditions during the coronavirus
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Media Release 13 May 2020 Yesterday afternoon, a former Manus Island detainee held for 9 months at the Government’s Alternative Place of Detention (APOD) in Melbourne’s Mantra hotel, suffered an incident of suicidal attempt. He was taken to hospital by ambulance and remains there. Police entered the Mantra APOD yesterday and spoke to the government’s
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Media Release 4 May 2020 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is proud to join the call from over 180 civil society organisations to extend critical COVID-19 support to temporary visa holders, including refugees and people seeking asylum. In an open letter sent to the Prime Minister today, the group outlined their concerns that 1.1
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Media Release 9 April 2020 Medical colleges and human rights organisations have come together to urge the Government to immediately release people from immigration detention centres in Australia. People held in detention suffer from chronic and complex medical conditions such as asthma, COPD, respiratory illness and immunosuppressive states that place them in the high risk
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