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Pathways to protection: A human rights-based response to the flight of asylum seekers by sea
November 04, 2016
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has identified options for responding to flight by sea which are consistent with Australia’s international human rights obligations.
Continue Reading →Interstate Transfer template for clients from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers
August 19, 2016
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Refugee Nurses Australia has developed an Interstate Transfer template for clients from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers. The form was developed in recognition of the fact that many people from refugee backgrounds move between between states and territories within Austra
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Catch-up immunisation for refugees and asylum seekers: Information for immunisation providers
May 27, 2016
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No one arriving in Australia as a refugee or seeking asylum will be fully vaccinated according to the Australian immunisation schedule. This is due to differences in country of origin schedules, and/or issues with health service access. Refugees and asylum seekers should be vaccinated
Continue Reading →Expanded legal services for asylum seekers in Victoria
April 18, 2016
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Refugee Legal (Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre) will expand services to people seeking asylum who arrived by boat between 13 August 2012 and 1 January 2014. Victoria Legal Aid directed funds received under the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance to this two year fu
Continue Reading →Refugees and asylum seekers: Supporting recovery from trauma
March 09, 2016
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This resource, developed with Professor Louise Newman, focuses on the traumatic events and adversities that face people from refugee backgrounds and people seeking asylum from the point of escaping their country through to resettlement in a new country. The resource discusses how the
Continue Reading →Ambulance services for asylum seekers
July 01, 2015
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The Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services have included the former interim fee waiver for people who are asylum seekers receiving Commonwealth Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) into the the annual Ambulance transport payment guidelines. Verified asylum s
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Department of Health and Human Services Asylum Seekers Fact Sheet – April 2015
May 20, 2015
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The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released a new Fact Sheet that confirms eligibility for access to homelessness services for asylum seekers, and provides a general overview of access to health and human services in Victoria for people seeking asylum. Do
Continue Reading →Pathways to work for asylum seekers
April 14, 2015
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Currently under construction
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Six Actions for Asylum Seekers
March 17, 2015
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The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has developed an information sheet ‘Six Actions for Asylum Seekers’. The information is designed for asylum seekers who arrived by boat and have not yet applied for asylum. The information sheet is available in seven languages: Arab
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Identification of people who are asylum seekers
March 11, 2015
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Useful questions for identifying a person who is an asylum seeker Client confidentiality is very important; be sensitive to your environment and take measures to provide a private place to talk. Also, a qualified interpreter may be required if a client has low English language profici
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