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Service Update: From 4 May 2026, social services at Dandenong will move to our Footscray Centre. Members can continue accessing support at Footscray. Visit the Get Help section to see available services. Foodbank, employment services, and English classes at Dandenong will continue as normal.
This winter, families seeking asylum are being forced to turn off heaters, skip meals and go without essential care.
With no safety net and rising living costs, many are struggling to stay warm and housed.
Your support can provide practical relief, including food, healthcare and warm woollen blankets, so families like Mina’s can get through winter safely and with dignity.
The event catering options from ASRC Catering are heavily influenced by flavours from Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia and can be packaged to suit your event.
Choose from an array of small and large dishes, from hot and cold canapés to hearty curries and sweet treats.
Let our experienced team design a menu to suit your event and budget.
In the final parliamentary week of 2024, three significant migration amendments were passed, introducing sweeping changes that expand the government’s power over immigration processes. These laws affect the detention, removal, and entry conditions for migrants and refugees. Key impacts include stricter detention measures, broader powers to confiscate personal items, and the potential for entire nations to be designated as banned from entering Australia.
Media Release, Thursday 14 May 2026 The Coalition’s latest migration announcement is the clearest sign yet that it has abandoned migrants, lurching from one anti-migrant and refugee policy to the next in a desperate attempt to chase votes with dog whistles, fear and division. When political leaders use refugees and migrants as scapegoats, it has
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Media Release, Tuesday 12 May 2026 The Albanese Government has allowed spending on offshore detention to blow out by almost $400 million, with the total cost approaching a staggering $1 billion this financial year, while once again failing to deliver meaningful support for refugees and people seeking asylum. Despite the enormous increase in spending on
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Media Release, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Evidence given to a Senate inquiry this morning has exposed allegations of grooming and sexual exploitation of women and children by guards working under Australian government contracts in offshore detention on Nauru, with a person previously detained offshore in Nauru describing a system where those meant to protect people
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Media Release, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Maryam, who has lived through Australia’s offshore detention regime for more than a decade will give evidence to a Senate Inquiry today, as newly published submissions reveal shocking accounts of violence, hunger and fear in Australia’s offshore processing system in Nauru. Maryam, who was first sent to Nauru in
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This 17 May, the Asylum Seeker Centre (ASRC) observes the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Thirty-six years after the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its Classification of Diseases, this worldwide celebration of sexual and gender diversities arrives in perilous times. While some countries advance self-identification and anti-discrimination laws, others enforce
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The 2026–27 Federal Budget leaves refugees and people seeking asylum behind once again, with the Albanese Government continuing to prioritise spending on offshore detention and punitive migration policies over freedom, fairness and safety. Offshore detention spending alone blew out by almost $400 million over the past year, bringing total spending for 2025–26 to close to
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Every year, the Australian Federal Budget shows us what the government really values, especially when it comes to people fleeing war, persecution and violence. As we look toward the 2026-27 budget, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is urging the government to choose compassion, fiscal responsibility and respect for human dignity. Here is what we
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On 6 May 2026, the High Court handed down the decision of TCXM v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] HCA 13. Background TCXM is an unlawful non-citizen who has lived in Australia since 1990. The Commonwealth of Australia (Commonwealth) was unable to remove him to Iran because of protection obligations owed to TCXM. Instead,
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