Asylum Seeker Organisations
Here is a list of national organisations offering help to refugees and asylum seekers, with contact details and web links.
Here is a really useful web resource with links to refugee support groups across the country: Compassion Without Borders: Facebook
Here are a few important organisations in Melbourne:
214-218 Nicholson St, Footscray VIC 3011: phone (03) 9326 6066
79 Lonsdale St, Dandenong VIC 3175: phone (03) 9793 4226
fax 03 93265199
Refugee Legal. (previously called RILC)
level 6, 20 Otter St, Collingwood, Vic. 3065
rilc@rilc.org.au
03 9413 0101
Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project
First Floor,
139 Queensberry St
Carlton VIC 3053
03 9326 8343
BAPTCARE Sanctuary program: accomodation for refugees
E: Sanctuary@baptcare.org.au
T: 03 8480 9006
DASSAN: Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network
Mornington Peninsula Human Rights Group
P O Box 64, Hastings, Victoria, 3915
Web Links
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre: The ASRC is the largest provider of aid, advocacy and health services for asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. Our team of 700 volunteers work directly with asylum seekers (over 3000) both living in our community and in detention, to provide direct aid and support as they seek refugee status in Australia.
Australian Refugee Association
Children Out of Detention (ChilOut)
Rural Australians for Refugees
More links of interest
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Melbourne)
214-218 Nicholson St,
Footscray VIC, 3011
(03) 9326 6066
www.asrc.org.au
Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration
Catholic Justice & Peace Commission (CJPC)
Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Sydney
Center of Concern (Washington USA)
Centre for Refugee Research (University of NSW)
Children Out of Detention (ChilOut)
Coalition Assisting Refugees After Detention (WA)
Community Aid Abroad – Oxfam Australia (CAA)
Debunking myths about asylum seekers (Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (USA)
Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma
Refugees Australia – National Director
Romero Centre (Brisbane)
Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR)
The Nonviolence Web (A Guide to the Contemporary Peace Movement)
Learn about the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
Rural Australians For Refugees
http://www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org.au/
Port Augusta:
04 2198 3595
198 Napier Street
FITZROY VIC 3065
ph: (03) 9417-2897
fax: (03) 9417-2663
PO Box 7268 Dandenong Vic 3175
Ph: (03) 9547 0849
Mobile: 0438 895 728
Fax: (03) 9792 0195
E-mail: hav2002@bigpond.com
SASH – Support for Asylum Seekers at Hearings
They accompany asylum seekers to hearings, DIMIA interviews, hospital appointments, and other occasions likely to be stressful
Contact Margaret Howes 03 9380 5892 or 0400 812 183
The Victorian Foundation For Survivors Of Torture Inc
5 Osborne Avenue
SPRINGVALE VIC 3171
ph: (03) 9546-5255
The Victorian Foundation For Survivors Of Torture Inc
35 Poplar Road (House 23)
PARKVILLE VIC 3052
ph: (03) 9388-0022
Sttars Survivors Of Torture & Trauma Assistance & Rehabilitation
12 Hawker Street
BOWDEN SA 5007
ph: (08) 8346-5433
fax: (08) 8346-5755
Asetts (Association For Services To Torture & Trauma Survivors)
80 Barrack Street
PERTH WA 6000
ph: (08) 9325-6272