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- 13 FEB 24
Richardson Review provides further evidence for Albanese Government to finally end offshore cruelty and corruption
MEDIA RELEASE: A report released yesterday by Home Affairs confirms the Morrison Government put the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum in the hands of dodgy offshore detention operators suspected of bribery, drugs and arms smuggling, money laundering and other criminal activity. Following years of corruption allegations, lack of transparency and oversight, the ASRC
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- 07 FEB 24
Refugee parents plead for children’s safety and urgent evacuation ahead of PNG PM’s visit to Canberra
MEDIA RELEASE: The children of refugees abandoned in Papua New Guinea by the Australian Government are suffering the impacts of deprivation, with many isolated, going hungry, at risk of starvation and facing homelessness. Parents who are scared for their future are pleading with the Albanese Government for urgent evacuation to safety – ahead of the
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- 12 JAN 24
“Please get us out of here”– concerns grow for PNG refugees amid violent unrest
The ASRC has received numerous reports from refugees in Papua New Guinea (PNG) who fear for their lives and safety amid 16 deaths and violent unrest in Port Moresby and Lae over the past 48 hours. A 14-day State of Emergency for the country was declared by PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday, with
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- 22 DEC 23
Relief for RVJB as fight continues against harsh new laws for people freed from illegal detention
Media Release 22 December, 2023 Following the launch of a High Court challenge against the Government’s extreme new laws for refugees freed from illegal detention, a debilitating ankle bracelet and strict curfew conditions have been removed from ASRC’s client RVJB. RVJB was forced to wear a painful ankle monitor and comply with a curfew despite
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- 13 DEC 23
Behrouz Boochani says lives at risk in PNG as Albanese Government ignores stranded refugees
Media Release 13 December, 2023 Behrouz Boochani joined a panel of refugee advocates in Melbourne today, to demand the Albanese Government stop ignoring calls for the urgent evacuation to Australia of 60 refugees stranded without food or medical care in Port Moresby.The situation has worsened for refugees trapped in PNG in recent weeks, with many cut
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- 06 DEC 23
Imprisonment of migrants without charge would be a cruel and costly mistake
MEDIA RELEASE 6 December 2023 The Human Rights Law Centre and Asylum Seeker Resource Centre have condemned the Albanese Government’s proposed introduction of a preventive detention regime that would create a parallel legal system allowing migrants and refugees to be imprisoned on the basis of what they might do in the future. The proposed laws
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Richardson Review provides further evidence for Albanese Government to finally end offshore cruelty and corruption

Refugee parents plead for children’s safety and urgent evacuation ahead of PNG PM’s visit to Canberra

“Please get us out of here”– concerns grow for PNG refugees amid violent unrest

Relief for RVJB as fight continues against harsh new laws for people freed from illegal detention

Behrouz Boochani says lives at risk in PNG as Albanese Government ignores stranded refugees

Imprisonment of migrants without charge would be a cruel and costly mistake

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Richardson Review provides further evidence for Albanese Government to finally end offshore cruelty and corruption

Refugee parents plead for children’s safety and urgent evacuation ahead of PNG PM’s visit to Canberra

“Please get us out of here”– concerns grow for PNG refugees amid violent unrest

Relief for RVJB as fight continues against harsh new laws for people freed from illegal detention

Behrouz Boochani says lives at risk in PNG as Albanese Government ignores stranded refugees

Imprisonment of migrants without charge would be a cruel and costly mistake

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