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    • 22 DEC 17
    Carolyn Graydon to lead our Human Rights Law Program

    Carolyn Graydon to lead our Human Rights Law Program

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is delighted to welcome Carolyn Graydon to lead our Human Rights Law Program. Carolyn comes to the ASRC with an outstanding record as a human rights lawyer in Australia and international contexts over the past 21 years. In Australia, she has worked with Refugee Legal (RILC at the time)

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    • 20 DEC 17
    ASRC condemns forced deportation return of Tamil man from Sydney to Sri Lanka today

    ASRC condemns forced deportation return of Tamil man from Sydney to Sri Lanka today

    A Tamil man who missed the arbitrary Fast Track deadline set by the Minister of Immigration, is being deported to Sri Lanka today. The man known as ‘Rajah’ called pro bono lawyers at Sydney’s Refugee Advice and Case Work Service (RACS) at 11am this morning, saying that Australian Border Force were taking him to SydneyRead more
    • 11 DEC 17
    ASRC visit to Manus provides hope in hell

    ASRC visit to Manus provides hope in hell

    Aziz is one of about 600 men on Manus Island. One of those men who are desperate to leave but determined to stay, all at the same time. He is from Sudan, and has been on Manus for the past five years. Often, he and the other men were supported by the ASRC, and wondered

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    • 30 NOV 17
    Minister Dutton escapes scrutiny, maintains secrecy by rejecting AMA

    Minister Dutton escapes scrutiny, maintains secrecy by rejecting AMA

    Peter Dutton MP has rejected the Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) request to independently assess and have oversight of health care and treatment of men detained on Manus Island. The ASRC has long highlighted that people detained on Manus and Nauru are not receiving urgent medical treatment for complex physical and mental conditions, including torture and

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    • 24 NOV 17

    The ASRC demands medical evacuation for emergency treatment of trauma, only 3-4 mental health nurses on Manus 

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is deeply fearful of the mental and physical condition of men on Manus experiencing violence, emotional abuse and humiliation during forced removal from the regional processing centre (RPC). Descriptions of events this morning as Papua New Guinea (PNG) Police and Immigration entered the Manus detention camp for the secondRead more
    • 23 NOV 17
    Hundreds add their voice to an open letter calling for an end to mandatory detention

    Hundreds add their voice to an open letter calling for an end to mandatory detention

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) launched an appeal this week with a campaign inviting Australians to sign and share an open letter of hope to be delivered to people seeking asylum detained this Christmas. The campaign calls for an end all indefinite mandatory detention of people seeking asylum and refugees while reminding them that

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