The Victorian Government has extended the Worker Support payment scheme to ensure that as soon as a person is tested, they will be eligible for a $300 support payment – as long as they meet eligibility criteria of the existing scheme. Read more
A group of Australian lawyers are calling on government workplace regulator Comcare to intervene to stop an outbreak of coronavirus in immigration detention. Read more
Despite the Australian government’s claim that there are no children in immigration detention, at least three little girls remain there. The father of one of them says he hasn’t been allowed to visit his daughter for months, and amid the threat of coronavirus, it’s...
Brigidine Sister Brigid Arthur csb, one of the founders of the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project, shares some of her long experience of working with asylum seekers. She has been led to believe that indefinite detention deprives such people of the chance to contribute...
BASP would like to thank the City of Port Phillip for their ongoing assistance to BASP and the asylum seekers BASP supports with their Community Meals Subsidy Program. This program has ensured that BASP has been able to provide a lot of food to individuals and...
This year Refugee Week has been swallowed by the disruption caused by COVID-19, and by the fracturing of society in the United States. In a world where people naturally turn inwards, those who seek protection from persecution receive little public attention or...
