Asylum Seekers Centre
@ascsyd.bsky.social
The Asylum Seekers Centre provides practical support and advocacy for people seeking asylum in Greater Sydney.
asylumseekerscentre.org.au
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My amazing team showed up (with some smaller ring-ins) together with @jennyleong.bsky.social and all the crew from the ASC. Restoring the mural, cleaning back graffiti and making connections to support friends and neighbours who are here seeking asylum and protection.
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 AM
My amazing team showed up (with some smaller ring-ins) together with @jennyleong.bsky.social and all the crew from the ASC. Restoring the mural, cleaning back graffiti and making connections to support friends and neighbours who are here seeking asylum and protection.
Reposted by Asylum Seekers Centre
Was great to be out this morning at the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown cleaning up their beautiful welcoming mural. Lovely community action, sharing care and time together. Sweaty solidarity!
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Was great to be out this morning at the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown cleaning up their beautiful welcoming mural. Lovely community action, sharing care and time together. Sweaty solidarity!
Torture. Ill-treatment. A breach on international obligations.
It’s time to end Australia's cruel detention policies and deliver justice, protection, and dignity for people seeking asylum.
Read more on the findings of the the UN committee against torture via The Guardian: https://loom.ly/9GgdLjA
It’s time to end Australia's cruel detention policies and deliver justice, protection, and dignity for people seeking asylum.
Read more on the findings of the the UN committee against torture via The Guardian: https://loom.ly/9GgdLjA
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Torture. Ill-treatment. A breach on international obligations.
It’s time to end Australia's cruel detention policies and deliver justice, protection, and dignity for people seeking asylum.
Read more on the findings of the the UN committee against torture via The Guardian: https://loom.ly/9GgdLjA
It’s time to end Australia's cruel detention policies and deliver justice, protection, and dignity for people seeking asylum.
Read more on the findings of the the UN committee against torture via The Guardian: https://loom.ly/9GgdLjA
Poverty is not accidental - it's enforced by policy.
Many people seeking asylum are denied work, support, and certainty.
This is a systemic failure and it must change.
Read our report on this failure of fairness and why we must fix the safety net: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
Many people seeking asylum are denied work, support, and certainty.
This is a systemic failure and it must change.
Read our report on this failure of fairness and why we must fix the safety net: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Poverty is not accidental - it's enforced by policy.
Many people seeking asylum are denied work, support, and certainty.
This is a systemic failure and it must change.
Read our report on this failure of fairness and why we must fix the safety net: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
Many people seeking asylum are denied work, support, and certainty.
This is a systemic failure and it must change.
Read our report on this failure of fairness and why we must fix the safety net: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
ICYMI: This week we marked Human Rights Day.
Australians helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but today our country's treatment of people seeking asylum tells a very different story.
It’s time to course-correct.
Read our Advocacy Lead's latest blog 👉 https://loom.ly/Iw1u8pw
Australians helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but today our country's treatment of people seeking asylum tells a very different story.
It’s time to course-correct.
Read our Advocacy Lead's latest blog 👉 https://loom.ly/Iw1u8pw
Human Rights Day 2025: Course correcting Australia’s human rights legacy - ASC
Written by Mark Johnson, Advocacy Lead at Asylum Seekers Centre
asylumseekerscentre.org.au
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
ICYMI: This week we marked Human Rights Day.
Australians helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but today our country's treatment of people seeking asylum tells a very different story.
It’s time to course-correct.
Read our Advocacy Lead's latest blog 👉 https://loom.ly/Iw1u8pw
Australians helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but today our country's treatment of people seeking asylum tells a very different story.
It’s time to course-correct.
Read our Advocacy Lead's latest blog 👉 https://loom.ly/Iw1u8pw
🙌🏼 Stick up for human rights 🙌🏼
Grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker and stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Help spread the message far and wide and be part of the Asylum Seekers Centre community today.
👉 Join now https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
Grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker and stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Help spread the message far and wide and be part of the Asylum Seekers Centre community today.
👉 Join now https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
🙌🏼 Stick up for human rights 🙌🏼
Grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker and stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Help spread the message far and wide and be part of the Asylum Seekers Centre community today.
👉 Join now https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
Grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker and stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Help spread the message far and wide and be part of the Asylum Seekers Centre community today.
👉 Join now https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
👏 FACT: Seeking asylum is a human right 👏
This Human Rights Day, stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Join our community and grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker to help spread the message far and wide.
👉Stick up for human rights now: https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
This Human Rights Day, stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Join our community and grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker to help spread the message far and wide.
👉Stick up for human rights now: https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
👏 FACT: Seeking asylum is a human right 👏
This Human Rights Day, stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Join our community and grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker to help spread the message far and wide.
👉Stick up for human rights now: https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
This Human Rights Day, stand for humanity, compassion, and justice.
Join our community and grab your FREE “Seeking asylum is a human right” sticker to help spread the message far and wide.
👉Stick up for human rights now: https://loom.ly/SZ2rmmo
In a cruel system that crushes people seeking asylum, your humanity, compassion, and action can rebuild lives.
Please donate today.
💙 https://loom.ly/q6a6YYs 💙
Please donate today.
💙 https://loom.ly/q6a6YYs 💙
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In a cruel system that crushes people seeking asylum, your humanity, compassion, and action can rebuild lives.
Please donate today.
💙 https://loom.ly/q6a6YYs 💙
Please donate today.
💙 https://loom.ly/q6a6YYs 💙
Today on #InternationalVolunteerDay, we honour our humanity heroes who make the ASC a place of welcome: our volunteers💙
From healthcare to employment, volunteers ease the burdens people seeking asylum are forced to carry and help build a fairer Australia.
Read more: https://loom.ly/tMMvv14
From healthcare to employment, volunteers ease the burdens people seeking asylum are forced to carry and help build a fairer Australia.
Read more: https://loom.ly/tMMvv14
Honouring ASC volunteers: Our humanity heroes - ASC
We would not be able to this without our volunteers who give their time and skills to walk alongside people as they navigate a complex and confusing system,
asylumseekerscentre.org.au
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Today on #InternationalVolunteerDay, we honour our humanity heroes who make the ASC a place of welcome: our volunteers💙
From healthcare to employment, volunteers ease the burdens people seeking asylum are forced to carry and help build a fairer Australia.
Read more: https://loom.ly/tMMvv14
From healthcare to employment, volunteers ease the burdens people seeking asylum are forced to carry and help build a fairer Australia.
Read more: https://loom.ly/tMMvv14
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we stand with women and girls everywhere, especially those seeking safety from persecution and conflict.
Read more about Rosalie's story: https://loom.ly/V7_K8yI
Read more about Rosalie's story: https://loom.ly/V7_K8yI
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we stand with women and girls everywhere, especially those seeking safety from persecution and conflict.
Read more about Rosalie's story: https://loom.ly/V7_K8yI
Read more about Rosalie's story: https://loom.ly/V7_K8yI
Sudan’s suffering cannot remain unseen.
In her article for Pearls & Irritations, Abang Anade Othow reflects on a lifetime shaped by war, displacement, and resilience.
Read the full piece and stand with Sudan.
https://loom.ly/eNsen1M
In her article for Pearls & Irritations, Abang Anade Othow reflects on a lifetime shaped by war, displacement, and resilience.
Read the full piece and stand with Sudan.
https://loom.ly/eNsen1M
Sudan cannot be an invisible tragedy
The end of violence must be a first step in the Sudan Civil War. And Australia has a key role to play.
johnmenadue.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sudan’s suffering cannot remain unseen.
In her article for Pearls & Irritations, Abang Anade Othow reflects on a lifetime shaped by war, displacement, and resilience.
Read the full piece and stand with Sudan.
https://loom.ly/eNsen1M
In her article for Pearls & Irritations, Abang Anade Othow reflects on a lifetime shaped by war, displacement, and resilience.
Read the full piece and stand with Sudan.
https://loom.ly/eNsen1M
In a system designed to crush people seeking asylum with cruelty, the Asylum Seekers Centre in Sydney pushes back with humanity and compassion.
Join us in rebuilding lives.
🔗 https://loom.ly/vy5fYVc
Join us in rebuilding lives.
🔗 https://loom.ly/vy5fYVc
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In a system designed to crush people seeking asylum with cruelty, the Asylum Seekers Centre in Sydney pushes back with humanity and compassion.
Join us in rebuilding lives.
🔗 https://loom.ly/vy5fYVc
Join us in rebuilding lives.
🔗 https://loom.ly/vy5fYVc
“It’s not just hardship - it’s the slow breaking of people’s spirits."
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“It’s not just hardship - it’s the slow breaking of people’s spirits."
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
The first person from the NZYQ cohort has been deported to Nauru under the new anti-fairness laws.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The first person from the NZYQ cohort has been deported to Nauru under the new anti-fairness laws.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
We’re here in Canberra for two days to call for a safety net for people seeking asylum.
It’s time for fairness 📣 ⚖️
It’s time for fairness 📣 ⚖️
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
We’re here in Canberra for two days to call for a safety net for people seeking asylum.
It’s time for fairness 📣 ⚖️
It’s time for fairness 📣 ⚖️
Great to have @davidshoebridge.bsky.social visit the Asylum Seekers Centre this week and chat with our CEO Elijah about the challenges people seeking asylum face, including the broken safety net.
Conversations like this help move things forward to build a fairer system that leaves no one behind.
Conversations like this help move things forward to build a fairer system that leaves no one behind.
October 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Great to have @davidshoebridge.bsky.social visit the Asylum Seekers Centre this week and chat with our CEO Elijah about the challenges people seeking asylum face, including the broken safety net.
Conversations like this help move things forward to build a fairer system that leaves no one behind.
Conversations like this help move things forward to build a fairer system that leaves no one behind.
This Anti-Poverty Week, we can’t ignore the quiet crisis happening in our own communities.
Our new report, Failure of Fairness, reveals the human cost of the winding back of the limited safety net for people seeking asylum over the past decade.
Read the full report: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
Our new report, Failure of Fairness, reveals the human cost of the winding back of the limited safety net for people seeking asylum over the past decade.
Read the full report: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This Anti-Poverty Week, we can’t ignore the quiet crisis happening in our own communities.
Our new report, Failure of Fairness, reveals the human cost of the winding back of the limited safety net for people seeking asylum over the past decade.
Read the full report: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
Our new report, Failure of Fairness, reveals the human cost of the winding back of the limited safety net for people seeking asylum over the past decade.
Read the full report: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw
Right now, people seeking asylum are being left behind, cut off from the basic support they need to survive.
This Anti-Poverty Week, let's put fairness into action and restore the safety net.
📢 Visit our campaign page and join the movement: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/fix-the-safety-net/
This Anti-Poverty Week, let's put fairness into action and restore the safety net.
📢 Visit our campaign page and join the movement: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/fix-the-safety-net/
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Right now, people seeking asylum are being left behind, cut off from the basic support they need to survive.
This Anti-Poverty Week, let's put fairness into action and restore the safety net.
📢 Visit our campaign page and join the movement: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/fix-the-safety-net/
This Anti-Poverty Week, let's put fairness into action and restore the safety net.
📢 Visit our campaign page and join the movement: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/fix-the-safety-net/
Our CEO Elijah Buol took to the TEDXQUT stage to share a powerful message on hope, resilience, and the human spirit.
His story is a reminder that even in our darkest moments, hope is a force that can lead us forward.
Watch the full talk and be inspired.
https://loom.ly/NPDdC20
His story is a reminder that even in our darkest moments, hope is a force that can lead us forward.
Watch the full talk and be inspired.
https://loom.ly/NPDdC20
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Our CEO Elijah Buol took to the TEDXQUT stage to share a powerful message on hope, resilience, and the human spirit.
His story is a reminder that even in our darkest moments, hope is a force that can lead us forward.
Watch the full talk and be inspired.
https://loom.ly/NPDdC20
His story is a reminder that even in our darkest moments, hope is a force that can lead us forward.
Watch the full talk and be inspired.
https://loom.ly/NPDdC20
On this #InternationalDayofPeace, we share the words of Yusra Mardini.
With demonisation and fear growing, now’s the time to stand up for the dignity, protection, and peace every person seeking asylum deserves.
With demonisation and fear growing, now’s the time to stand up for the dignity, protection, and peace every person seeking asylum deserves.
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
On this #InternationalDayofPeace, we share the words of Yusra Mardini.
With demonisation and fear growing, now’s the time to stand up for the dignity, protection, and peace every person seeking asylum deserves.
With demonisation and fear growing, now’s the time to stand up for the dignity, protection, and peace every person seeking asylum deserves.
It's time for the federal government, states and territories to enact laws that enshrine housing as a human right.
And we must see people seeking asylum included because access to public housing should be based on degree of need, not visa status.
https://loom.ly/a_OukCk
And we must see people seeking asylum included because access to public housing should be based on degree of need, not visa status.
https://loom.ly/a_OukCk
'Paradigm shift': ACT enshrines Australian-first housing right
Greens bill passes to achieve campaigners' long-held aim.
www.canberratimes.com.au
September 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It's time for the federal government, states and territories to enact laws that enshrine housing as a human right.
And we must see people seeking asylum included because access to public housing should be based on degree of need, not visa status.
https://loom.ly/a_OukCk
And we must see people seeking asylum included because access to public housing should be based on degree of need, not visa status.
https://loom.ly/a_OukCk
Forced to flee for her activism, Rosalie arrived in Australia with nothing.
Today, she’s training, working, and speaking out.
Her story is powerful, necessary, and full of purpose.
👉 Read Rosalie’s story now in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/blog-rosalie/
Today, she’s training, working, and speaking out.
Her story is powerful, necessary, and full of purpose.
👉 Read Rosalie’s story now in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/blog-rosalie/
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Forced to flee for her activism, Rosalie arrived in Australia with nothing.
Today, she’s training, working, and speaking out.
Her story is powerful, necessary, and full of purpose.
👉 Read Rosalie’s story now in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/blog-rosalie/
Today, she’s training, working, and speaking out.
Her story is powerful, necessary, and full of purpose.
👉 Read Rosalie’s story now in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/blog-rosalie/
Here at the Asylum Seekers Centre we will make our voices louder and refuse to be sidelined in shaping Australia’s human rights agenda - with you by our side.
Stand with us for people seeking asylum.
👉 asylumseekerscentre.org.au/donate
Stand with us for people seeking asylum.
👉 asylumseekerscentre.org.au/donate
September 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Here at the Asylum Seekers Centre we will make our voices louder and refuse to be sidelined in shaping Australia’s human rights agenda - with you by our side.
Stand with us for people seeking asylum.
👉 asylumseekerscentre.org.au/donate
Stand with us for people seeking asylum.
👉 asylumseekerscentre.org.au/donate
The Albanese government's Anti-Fairness Bill, which will pave the way for mass deportations, has passed the Senate.
We are devastated and in disbelief.
https://loom.ly/2v-GSD8
We are devastated and in disbelief.
https://loom.ly/2v-GSD8
Statement on the passing of the Albanese Government's Anti-Fairness Bill - ASC
Today, the Asylum Seekers Centre stands in deep disbelief as we witness the Albanese government pass legislation that strips away the most basic legal
asylumseekerscentre.org.au
September 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Albanese government's Anti-Fairness Bill, which will pave the way for mass deportations, has passed the Senate.
We are devastated and in disbelief.
https://loom.ly/2v-GSD8
We are devastated and in disbelief.
https://loom.ly/2v-GSD8
Thank you again @davidshoebridge.bsky.social for representing the serious concerns of the community.
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thank you again @davidshoebridge.bsky.social for representing the serious concerns of the community.