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 objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s administration of health services in onshore immigration detention.
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
Recent legislative changes have reintroduced the Temporary Protection Visa (TPV). This will impact a large number of asylum seekers. The TPV is a three year protection visa for people who have been determined to be refugees. A TPV will include work rights and access to Medicare, socia