The Australian Government’s prolonged inaction, victim blaming and denial of the seriousness of mental health is directly responsible for the worsening medical crisis engulfing men, women and children seeking asylum on Nauru. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) can confirm that the ambulance service on Nauru is refusing to respond to calls until they receive
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#RightTrack’s latest report releases data from conversations with 1,014 people across Victoria on the asylum process conducted by an alliance of 13 grassroots community groups. The Report finds 48% of people shifted their attitude towards fairer asylum policy after hearing from someone currently seeking asylum during the conversation. #RightTrack is a community led movement having
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Two prominent refugee organisations have released a new report today that rips through the shroud of secrecy surrounding offshore processing on Nauru. Secrecy enforced by the Australian government. The report includes detailed cases of child and adult trauma and descriptions of deteriorating conditions that people seeking asylum live through in Nauru. Read full report. As
Read moreView 7.30 Report’s coverage on whistle blowers from Nauru who’ve exposed the extent of children in medical crisis. For the first time since 2016, whistleblower health professionals have spoken out on escalating crisis on Nauru. The ASRC has information that exposes the overall scale and magnitude of the child trauma crisis on Nauru. Sources report
Read moreThe Australian Government is holding 102 children and their families on Nauru under it’s offshore processing policy. Nauru became the site of regional processing centres for Australian immigration in July 2013 under Labor Rudd government. People seeking asylum arriving by sea were taken to Nauru for processing under Australia’s mandatory offshore processing and detention policy.
Read moreThere are 1600 people, including 123 children in critical condition as 19 July marks five years of Australia’s offshore processing policy. Thursday, 19 July marks five years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared ‘no asylum seeker that arrives in Australia by boat will be resettled in Australia,’ and with that one statement, mandatory offshore
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