What’s your flavour?
Prepare a delicious feast for your loved ones from recipes gifted to you by refugees, all while raising money for the ASRC. Choose from Ethiopian, Persian and Papua New Guinean or cook your own family favourite.
Host a dinner with the people that you love 
, cook and enjoy incredible food.
Register now to host your own Feast for Freedom this March.
Celebrate what unites us
What’s your flavour?
Prepare a delicious feast for your loved ones from recipes gifted to you by refugees, all while raising money for the ASRC. Choose from Ethiopian, Syrian and Papua New Guinean or cook your own family favourite.
Host a dinner with the people that you love , cook and enjoy incredible food.
Register now to host your own Feast for Freedom this March.
Celebrate what unites us
Refugees and people seeking asylum are your neighbours, teachers, colleagues and friends.
Get to know their stories and you’ll discover that there is a lot more that unites us than divides us.
Sign the pledge to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum as new Australians.
Our Foodbank and Community Meals programs offer food security to over 800 people each week.
We rely on community donations to stock our shelves – almost 90% of our food and essential grocery items are generously donated by people like you.
By donating food or goods to our programs, you will fill an immediate need for refugees and people seeking asylum.
This March, we’re inviting you to celebrate the flavours and diversity that people seeking asylum bring to Australia.
Cook traditional dishes for your family, friends or colleagues from recipes gifted to you by refugees, while raising funds for the ASRC.
Express your interest to host a Feast for Freedom at home or in your workplace.
Media Release 19 December 2019 Media Release: Sick people transferred from PNG and Nauru detained without medical oversight. The Morrison government is ultimately responsible for the transfer and medical care of sick people from offshore processing, including those already approved by the Minister under Medevac laws. Medically evacuated people are put in detention in Australia, Media Release 4 December 2019 ASRC calls on Prime Minister Morrison to take responsibility for people offshore The repeal of the Medevac laws means that doctors are no longer in charge of medical decisions for sick people held in offshore processing. The ASRC expresses serious worry and sadness at this government’s secretive and vindictive repeal MEDIA RELEASE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2019 Failure to resettle remaining 535 offshore detainees to cost Australia $1.2 billion New figures have revealed that the Australian Government’s failure to finalise resettlement for 535 offshore detainees currently in PNG and Nauru could cost taxpayers $1.2 billion over the next 3 years. The independent 25 November 2019 The ASRC is in Parliament appealing to Senator Lambie to Save Medevac The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has sent a delegation to Parliament, including CEO Kon Karapanagiotidis to appeal to Senators, especially Senator Lambie to vote against Minister Dutton’s full Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019. The ASRC has witnessed Hamed is a chef, restaurateur and Iranian refugee. He is part of this year’s Feast for Freedom representing his Persian heritage, with three dishes inspired by his childhood memories and the beginnings of his cooking journey. This is his story. __ “I learnt to cook from my mother’s careful explanations. She taught me everything I As one of Australia’s largest human rights organisation, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has and always will, stand for an inclusive and just Australia for all. We recognise that for First Nations People, the 26th of January is a day of sorrow, not celebration, as it marks the beginning of the dispossession of Aboriginal Anan and her son have been living safely in Australia for the last 6 years on a Temporary Protection Visa (TPV), but she has received a letter informing her that her ongoing application for protection has been rejected. In part, this is due to the limbo a TPV leaves people seeking asylum in – complete Our principal solicitor Carolyn Graydon shares a “weekly good news” update from the Human Rights Law Program (HRLP) with the entire ASRC team. Carolyn’s weekly emails are an important and happy reminder of the power of our community of compassion. They provide a glimpse into the work of the ASRC’s legal work, fighting to ensureLatest news
19 DEC 19
Sick people transferred from PNG and Nauru detained without medical oversight
04 DEC 19
ASRC calls on Prime Minister Morrison to take responsibility for people offshore
03 DEC 19
Failure to resettle remaining 535 offshore detainees to cost Australia $1.2 billion
25 NOV 19
The ASRC is in Parliament appealing to Senator Lambie to Save Medevac
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Hamed’s Story | Feast for Freedom 2020
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Carolyn’s weekly update – 20/12/2019
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