Archive for April, 2007
Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Refugee Swap program a new all - time low!
The agreement between Australia and the US to swap genuine refugees with each other represents a new lowpoint in Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers.
It signifies our governments contempt for the Refugee Convention and our failure to abide by the spirit and intent of the Refugee Convention. It shows both our countries governments simply continuing to use asylum seekers as [...]
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Governments stance on HIV+ refugees is appalling
We are appalled at John Howard’s assertion that ‘HIV-positive people should be denied entry to Australia as migrants and refugees’ (The Age, April 13).
It does not make sense to have a refugee program and exclude people with HIV. How can Australia have a ‘Women at Risk’ program, welcoming single women and mothers from refugee [...]
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
ASRC moving to new bigger premises soon!
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has finally found a new home to move to (our current building is being demolished to build townhouses!). Its just 100 metres from where we are now and it’s the biggest and best building we have ever had. A great chance to make it the best centre possible for people [...]
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
ASRC ACHIEVES MORE SUCCESSES FOR 20 ASYLUM SEEKERS!
We have had lots of great successes in last couple of weeks. We obtained a permanent visa for a chinese woman who faced certain tortued and imprisonment if returned to her country, a permanent visa for a burmese doctor who also faced torture and imprisonment due to his pro [...]
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
ASRC helping refugees in Ethiopia
The ASRC Health Service recently donated some of our excess syringes, bandages, needles, etc to a board member of the Banyule CHC (Abdul Ahmed) who is setting/building up a hospital in remote Ethiopia with the Ethiopian ministry of health, he is an inspiring refugee from Ethiopia who has been working on this project for a year, [...]
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
Sleepout to end poverty for asylum seekers on 18th of May!
Friday the 18th of May (note new date) we will from 6pm be sleeping outside the Department of Immigration for the night to raise awareness about the destitute plight of asylum seekers. This is the first sleepout ever held for asylum seekers in Australia!
Click on flyer below (also available on home page of website) for more [...]
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
ASRC has 4 paid jobs going!
The ASRC has 4 paid positions going, have a look and see if any match your background/skills and if so and you are interested, i warmly encourage you to apply.
Applications for all positions close Tuesday 1st of May 2007.
Click on jobs below for position description and selection criteria.
Solicitor (Human Rights Law Program) Counsellor/Advocate (Counselling Program) Duty [...]
