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Dr Karen Kiang, Refugee Health Fellow at the Royal Children’s Hospital presented a webinar on 4th February  2016 about on-arrival health assessments for children, with a focus on the needs of people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. This webinar was sponsored by the Victo

The Primary Application Information Service (PAIS) is a Government-funded service to help eligible people seeking asylum to apply for a protection visa. PAIS is only available to a small percentage of protection visa applicants, who are deemed to be exceptionally vulnerable. The Depar

This paper focuses on the treatment of asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat, including the denial of permanent residency to those found to be refugees; the limited opportunities for family reunion available to refugee and humanitarian entrants; and the negative public and p

The Australian Department of Social Services has developed a guide outlining the Australian Government support services available to people who hold a Temporary Humanitarian Stay (449), Temporary Humanitarian Concern (786), Temporary Protection (785)(TPV) or Safe Heaven Enterprise (79

Forced Migration Review has produced a mini-feature addressing some of the issues relating to the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the context of asylum. The mini-feature is also available in in French, Spanish and Arabic. Click below to access the mini-feature

This report by the National Ethnic Disability Alliance Inc. focuses on the plight of people living with a disability detained in Australian run immigration detention centres, in both onshore and offshore facilities (including Christmas Island, Nauru and Manus Island). Click below to a

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

These guidelines are for all services delivered through the Community Health Program to meet the needs of people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. The guidelines aim to support consistency across the state in planning, program design and service delivery. The guidelines are

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Access to medication is essential for health care. There have been challenges to the continuity of health care for people who are asylum seekers recently with changes in case work service providers (now Status Resolution Support Service – SRSS), changes in payment arrangements a