The second edition of this report provides an update on legal and policy developments related to refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia since 2013. The report is not intended to address all the issues facing refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia. Instead, it focuses

The Australian Human Rights Commission has identified options for responding to flight by sea which are consistent with Australia’s international human rights obligations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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