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Around 700 people remain trapped in Australia on temporary visas, despite having rebuilt their lives here. They’re paying taxes, working and contributing to our communities. It’s time to let them stay for good.
Write to your MP today and call on the government to grant permanent protection.
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Thousands of people seeking asylum are being denied the right to work or study because of unfair visa conditions. Preventing people from using their skills and supporting themselves benefits no one.
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Media Release, Monday 20 July 2026 Thirteen years after Australia reintroduced offshore processing on Nauru, almost every person seeking asylum interviewed by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) said they cannot afford enough food, despite Australia spending nearly $1 billion on offshore detention in the last financial year. The shocking findings come as the 19th
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Media Release, Thursday 2 July 2026 Today, the Senate Inquiry into Australia’s offshore processing and resettlement arrangements has failed to deliver the truth, accountability and action needed after more than a decade of cruelty, corruption and secrecy. The Inquiry heard powerful new evidence from courageous whistleblowers and people who have survived Australia’s offshore detention regime.
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Media Release, Wednesday 24 June 2026 A new United Nations report has confirmed that under international law, Australia cannot avoid legal responsibility for the people it sends offshore by outsourcing its obligations to Nauru, private contractors or international organisations. The report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants states that governments
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Media Release, Wednesday 10 June 2026 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has welcomed today’s High Court decision in Abdel-Hady v Commonwealth of Australia, saying it is a significant outcome for people who have been unlawfully detained and are still living with the consequences of Australia’s harmful immigration detention regime. The High Court today rejected the
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When the ASRC Food Drive in Coburg happened to fall on the same day as the iconic Reclink Community Cup, one of our supporters didn’t wait to be asked. They organised an ASRC donation bin right at the footy, and by the end of the day two Melbourne institutions were quietly working toward the same
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Because of you, we did it. Together, the ASRC community raised an extraordinary $1,593,789.41 during this year’s ASRC Telethon, reaching our $1.5 million target. But this incredible total represents far more than just a financial result. It arrived at the end of a challenging week for our community, a week where fear, division and scapegoating
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On 10 June 2026, the High Court handed down the decision of Abdel-Hady v Commonwealth of Australia [2026] HCA 17. It is an important decision that leaves the Commonwealth open to tort and damages claims from people who have been indefinitely and unlawful detained in onshore immigration detention. Background Abdel-Hady is an unlawful non-citizen who
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Senada Suljagic’s connection to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) stretches back 25 years to the early days of the organisation, when it operated out of a small, hole-in-the-wall shop in Footscray. Senada recently attended a fundraising dinner at the ASRC where it is now, across the road from that little shop, and when she
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