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Below you will find information to help you be better informed about all the issues facing asylum seekers. There are resources for the general community, for students, refugee advocates, health professionals and for people seeking asylum.
Resources for Asylum Seekers
- How to seek asylum in Australia and around the world
- What is the Refugee Review Tribunal?
- The RMIT Refugee Access Scheme and how to apply
- Guide to sponsoring your family under the refugee and special humanitarian program
- Find asylum seeker organisations that can help you in Australia by searching our database
- How to make a complaint if you are unhappy with your migration agent
Resources for Refugee Advocates
Written Guides
- ASRC's 2008 National Directory of Asylum Seeker and Refugee Service Providers
- ASRC Guide on how to make a humanitarian request to the Minister
- ASRC Guide to understanding all visas that an asylum seeker could be on
- ASRC Guide on how to do a statement in support of an application for a Protection Visa
- ASRC Guide on how to do an offshore humanitarian sponsorship
- Search engine for country info for asylum cases
- Access info on all international human rights instruments
- How to make a communication to the UN Committee Against Torture
- Visit our Refugee Links to help research your case
- Refugee Council's Advocates Help Kit
Resources for Health Practitioners Who Help Asylum Seekers
- Community Based Asylum Seekers use of Primary Health Services
- Read the health professionals guide for examining asylum seekers
- Read the Torture Reporting Handbook
- Learn about the health consequences of detention for asylum seekers
Resources for Mental Health Professionals Who Help Asylum Seekers
- Therapy with refugee children
- Social Work with Refugee survivors of torture and trauma
- The politics of torture: Dispelling the Myths and Understanding the Survivors
- Responding to the Needs of Women who Survive Torture
- Breaking the Silence and Circles of Support:Assisting Survivors of Psychological Torture
- The Continuing Ordeal:Long Term Needs of Survivors of Torture
Resources for Students
Short films about the plight of asylum seekers in Australia
- Video tour of the ASRC
- See what happens in detention centres
- Take a video tour of Christmas Island Detention Centre
- Waking up the Nation
- We will be remembered for this
- Azadi: Afghan experiences of seeking asylum
- Papuan Refugees in Australia - one year on
Short films about the plight of asylum seekers globally
- See what happens in detention centres
- Sudan: Peace Under Fire
- Issues facing Iraqi Refugees in the US
- Speech on Refugee Rights and the New World Order
- Zimbabwean Refugees in the UK
- What is happening in Darfur
- Deportation
- Animated film on the lives of asylum seekers
- Child soldiers
- Afghan refugees facing deportation from Iran
- Children of Palestinian Refugees
- Sudan's Darfur Refugees suffering in Chad
- Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
- Iraqi Refugees: 4 million displaced
- Sudan's Refugees: From crisis to incarceration
- Azeri Refugees
Reading Material
- Read 'Removing Seriously Ill Asylum Seekers From Australia'
- Read a 'Price to High: the cost of Australia's approach to asylum seekers'
Resources for Educators
- An interactive guide to what a refugee camp is like
- Who are refugees?
- Information about the plight of Refugees and IDP around the globe
General Resources
Blogs about asylum seekers
ASRC Publications, Submissions and Reports about Asylum Seekers
- Read the latest edition of our Journeys Magazine!
- Dumped at the Gate Report
- Submission to the Senate on Migration Legislation
- Submission on Bridging Visas
- Read our 2005 - 2006 Annual Report
- Submission to the Palmer Inquiry
- Submission to Senate on Migration Amendment Bill
- Submission against expansion of Maribyrnong IDC
History of the ASRC in Online Media
2010
- In his blood
- Asylum seekers in an Indonesian detention centre funded by Australia
- Human Rights hero stands up for the funny side of life
- ASIO assesments can destory lives
2009
- Helping the Homeless
- Australia's refugee settlement program
- Interview with Pamela Curr
- Melbourne Writers Festival
2008
The face of asylum rejection
ASRC submission on Mandatory Detention
New high security detention centre unsuitable for asylum seekers
My Favourite Australian
Victorian Finalists for Australian of the Year announced
Statement concerning Homeless World Cup Players
2007
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers to be sent elsewhere
- Government deporting chinese man to possible execution
- Australia and US join to discourage refugees
- Asylum Seekers: No work and No Play
- Sleepout at immigration offices in Melbourne
- Refugees not washing machines
- Advocacy and Aid to support asylum seekers
- Trading in Spice
- Resource Boom
2006
- Embrace asylum seekers: survivor's final wish
- Asylum Seekers forced into a life of poverty
- Churches must arguge moral case on West Papua
- Detainees put on secret flight to Nauru
- Immigration dumps sick child on island
- Border Security
2005
- Mystery woman held at baxter could be ill
- ASRC National Volunteer Awards winner - Community Service and Development
- Refugee advocates prevent deportation of Bangladeshi detainee
- A bridge to nowhere
- ASRC calls for children out of detention by June 10th
- Detainees asking to go back into detention
- Australian refugee policy changes
- Joint Communique on Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health
- 100 detained on suspicion
- Tampa Day Rally
- Asylum Seekers: the insiders view
2004
- Warm lessons from the past
- Hamer's Legacy of Compassion for Asylum Seekers
- Iranian refugees in Australia
2003
- ASRC wins HREOC Human Rights Award
- ASRC faces closure
- Expansion of Temporary Protection Visa regime a disaster for asylum seekers
- Families fleeting liberty ends after Vietnam refuses entry
2002