Welcome to the Victorian Refugee Health Network.
We work to develop responsive health service systems that meet the needs of people from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers.
The first Victorian Refugee Health Network (the Network) Primary Care Forum was held on Tuesday 26 August 2014 at Foundation House in Brunswick. The Primary Care Forum was organised in response to the increasing interest and growing size of the Network’s Primary Care Working Group.
Community detention was introduced in June 2005 and is a form of immigration detention that enables a person to reside in the community without needing to be escorted. Asylum Seekers in Community Detention have special arrangements for recieving health services. This Power Point pre
The Australian Government releases some people from Immigration Detention Centres (IDC) or immigration detention facilities into the community on a Bridging Visa E (BVE). This presentation outlines the health journey of these asylum seekers on Bridging Visa Es who have arrived by