The Asylum Seekers Centre provides practical support and advocacy for people seeking asylum in Greater Sydney.
Australia
Joined February 2020
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Fortunately tonight I attended the most joyous antidote to her toxic nonsense. Packed to the rafters for premiere @ASCSyd brilliant film Hidden Stories at AGNSW. Oozing culture of the multi kind filled with welcome safety care kindness hope connection ups downs learnings.
Unity
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My amazing team showed up (with some smaller ring-ins) together with @jennyleong and all the crew from the ASC. Restoring the mural, cleaning back graffiti and making connections to support friends and neighbours who are here seeking asylum and protection.
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Was great to be out this morning at the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown cleaning up their beautiful welcoming mural. Lovely community action, sharing care and time together. Sweaty solidarity!
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Just appalling , immigration detention should only ever be used as a last resort, for the shortest possible time and for clearly defined reasons, Australia's mandatory visa cancellation laws makes mistakes like these possible @OzRefugeeCounc theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Elijah Buol OAM officially joins the @ASCSyd on 1 August and undertakes a handover period with outgoing CEO Frances Rush OAM.
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We joined with 39 organisations across the refugee sector to congratulate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his reelection, and affirmed our commitment in working towards an Australia that is fairer, kinder and more welcoming to all.
Read our letter: refugeecouncil.org.au/2025-s…
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Meet our Palm Sunday Rally speakers: Piume Kaneshan courageously stood up and spoke out when Labor passed a Liberal list of anti-refugee policies last year. Piume is a young Tamil refugee from Sri Lanka.
Introducing Piume, a young @UniCanberra nursing student who could face deportation to a country she fled as a child, and where she doesn’t speak the language. Don’t allow Labor to deport her to danger. Join us June 23 to say #KillTheBill
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We are proud to stand with over 35 refugee and human rights organisations who’ve signed a letter addressed to party leaders demanding that they be truthful and compassionate when speaking about asylum seekers during the election. @ASCSyd asylumseekerscentre.org.au/o…
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Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay says the NZYQ Nauru resettlement announcement raises more questions than it answers.
She has written to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke seeking clarity and transparency around the agreement.
Read more: loom.ly/G6uneFA
#aushumanrights
ALT aerial view of a small island in the sea
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Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman spoke to The Guardian about racism in Australian and the need to have conversations about difficult issues.
He said political leaders "...shouldn’t use dehumanising rhetoric that can often desensitise the public, can normalise racism and create a kind of panic and that is then used against racialised people.”
Read the article: loom.ly/VTmGwXE
#AusHumanRights
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For those who prefer to deal with facts rather than demonise refugees and their family, please read the "Creative maths" section, it is outrageous that the Opposition and so many journalists refused to check the source before peddling falsehoods theguardian.com/media/commen…
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With increased securitization a change in detention provider is sadly unlikely to change much for those currently trapped in Australia’s Immigration Detention system @OzRefugeeCounc thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…
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Important case.
“The outsourcing of operations does not absolve states of accountability. Offshore detention facilities are not human rights-free zones.”
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'If you keep stoking that fire, then you create the social licence to do unconscionable things,' writes @profjmcadam about the migration bills before #auspol @AuSenate today.
I am outraged by the three immigration bills being rushed through Australia's Parliament. Here I explain why womensagenda.com.au/latest/c…
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Migration amendment bill 2024: The Australian immigration system is a perpetual labyrinth of violence where many refugees feel stuck, as though they have been sucked in or swallowed whole.Sometimes, refugees may feel they have found an open door, but soon, they realize they have
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The Albanese Government's brutal anti-migrant laws could:
⚠️Enforce Trump-style travel bans.
⚠️Jail people who’ve lived here for years—parents, partners—just for refusing to assist with their own deportation.
⚠️Exile people to be warehoused in third countries indefinitely.
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Refugees and asylum seekers have basic rights.
That the world agreed to grant them.
Including Australia.
They should never be an easy political target, bashed around at every election.
Let us respect and uphold our international obligations.
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In a move that defies all logic, this week the Albanese Government has dredged up two deeply flawed Bills that were so widely condemned when they were first introduced, they failed to pass Parliament.
TAKE ACTION TO OPPOSE THESE BRUTAL BILLS
action.asrc.org.au/brutal_bi…
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The @OzRefugeeCounc is urgently asking people to call their Senators and tell them to vote NO on the 3 terrifying migration bills the government is trying to rush through parliament