Luke Michael, Wednesday, 14th March 2018 - Asylum seekers are experiencing distress and further hardship because of recent cuts to a government support service, according to Anglicare.The Status Resolution Support Service…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 4th September 2017 - Asylum seekers who have lost their welfare and accommodation in the recent government crackdown are being offered a job interview and a chance to put their culinary skills to use.…
Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 29th August 2017 -
The social sector has rallied behind refugees and asylum seekers in the wake of the Australian government’s decision to strip up to 400 Australian-based asylum seekers of welfare…
Lina Caneva, Friday, 28th July 2017 - The federal government has awarded multi-million dollar Commonwealth contracts to five not-for-profit organisations to deliver its new Humanitarian Settlement Programs.The…
Rachel McFadden, Wednesday, 21st June 2017 -
More than 42,000 Australians have backed a blueprint on how Australia should best respond to the global refugee crisis as “shocking” new figures reveal 20 people are displaced…
Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 14th June 2017 - The announcement that asylum seekers held on Manus Island will receive $70 million, in what is said to be the largest human rights class action settlement in Australian legal history,…
Contributor, Tuesday, 23rd May 2017 -
The federal government’s “fake refugee” policy, which is calling on asylum seekers to “lodge or leave”, has been met with outrage from the social sector.
Immigration…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 1st March 2017 -
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has raised $400,000 in just five days of a 14-day fundraising campaign to pay human rights lawyers to provide legal support for more than 1,000…
Ellie Cooper, Friday, 24th February 2017 - Australia excels in resettling refugees but is trailing the world in its approach to asylum seekers, the Refugee Council’s first State of the Nation report has found. The report…
Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 21st September 2016 - Malcolm Turnbull’s commitments to boost the government’s humanitarian refugee program are “welcome but hardly groundbreaking”, according to Not for Profits.The…
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 15th September 2016 - Striking a balance between protecting the country’s borders and treating asylum seekers humanely is possible, according to a new Australian Human Rights Commission report. …
Ellie Cooper, Friday, 19th August 2016 - International aid agency Oxfam said Australia must triple its “shameful” intake of asylum seekers and refugees within five years, to 42,000, to help address the global humanitarian…
