Information about People who are in Community Detention

Jun 19, 2023

Information about People who are in Community Detention

Some asylum seekers are released from immigration detention facilities into the community under Residence Determination arrangements. Placement in the community allows people to move about without being accompanied.

Some asylum seekers are released from immigration detention facilities into the community under Residence Determination arrangements. Placement in the community allows people to move about without being accompanied. The Department of Home Affairs have contracted service providers under the Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) program to provide people in this group (usually women, families or unaccompanied minors) with housing and case management support. These clients are legally still in detention and have no visa status. Asylum seekers who are in detention facilities or in Community Detention programs are not eligible for Medicare. Their medical care is arranged by the International Health and Medical Services (IHMS).

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Detention Health Record

Asylum seekers who have been held in immigration detention facilities will have had health tests performed by IHMS. Clients should bring a hand held record to appointments. If the client does not have the record, you can ask the client if they would like you to request a copy. The IHMS Community Detention Assistance Desk (CDAD) is available 24 hours a day: 1800 689 295 and can provide you with information and medical history.

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The Victorian Refugee Health Network reiterates it’s auspicing agency’s acknowledgement of country:

The primary locations of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc., Brunswick, Dallas, Dandenong, Sunshine, and our outpost location in Ringwood, are on the traditional lands of the Kulin nation.  In keeping with Foundation House’s aspiration to heal individuals and communities we recognise the loss of land, children, language, lore and spiritual and physical wellbeing of the people of the Kulin nation and other Indigenous Victorians due to the impact of colonisation.

We believe that acknowledging the past and its impact on the present is vital in building strong Victorian communities. We recognise the survival and enduring strengths of Victorian Indigenous culture in spite of such dispossession and aim to build respectful and informed relationships with the Victorian Indigenous community based on the acknowledgment of their unique position as the traditional owners of Victoria. As such, Foundation House is committed to the acknowledgment and participation of Indigenous Victorians within Foundation House events and this is reflected in our official protocols.

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