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
asylumseekerscentre.org.au
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.
Mohammad, who has been held on Nauru for over a year, says "our situation here is very, very hard... people are sick, people are distressed because we don't know what our future will be, what will happen to our lives".
This is the human cost of policy.
https://loom.ly/AeOK1go
This is the human cost of policy.
https://loom.ly/AeOK1go
People banished to Nauru by Australia face hostile reception as $2.5bn cost of deal revealed
Home affairs department reveals just-signed transfer deal, worth $408m upfront to Nauru, forecast to cost Australia $2.5bn over 30 years
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Mohammad, who has been held on Nauru for over a year, says "our situation here is very, very hard... people are sick, people are distressed because we don't know what our future will be, what will happen to our lives".
This is the human cost of policy.
https://loom.ly/AeOK1go
This is the human cost of policy.
https://loom.ly/AeOK1go
The government tried to shut us out, but grateful to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social for representing the serious concerns of the community.
Read the submission we weren't permitted to submit ourselves: https://loom.ly/sFtqGJ8
Read the submission we weren't permitted to submit ourselves: https://loom.ly/sFtqGJ8
September 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The government tried to shut us out, but grateful to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social for representing the serious concerns of the community.
Read the submission we weren't permitted to submit ourselves: https://loom.ly/sFtqGJ8
Read the submission we weren't permitted to submit ourselves: https://loom.ly/sFtqGJ8
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While Labor spins lines about cohesion its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol
While Labor spins lines about cohesion its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol
We must fight for the Australia we wish to see – the one that welcomed me, an unaccompanied minor, orphaned by war
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At this moment, a democratically elected government of a western nation is preparing to pass a bill that would see non-citizens deported without giving them proper warning or the chance to challenge the decision.
That same government is making secret deals worth almost half a billion dollars with questionable overseas regimes to ship migrants and refugees offshore, all while avoiding accountability and scrutiny.
Elijah Buol OAM is a former refugee and CEO of the Asylum Seekers Centre in Sydney Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
While Labor spins lines about cohesion its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol
Labor's new anti-fairness bill is failing human rights and our nation's cornerstones of fairness, justice, and equity, writes our CEO Elijah Buol via @australia.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
While Labor spins lines about cohesion, its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol
We must fight for the Australia we wish to see – the one that welcomed me, an unaccompanied minor orphaned by war
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Labor's new anti-fairness bill is failing human rights and our nation's cornerstones of fairness, justice, and equity, writes our CEO Elijah Buol via @australia.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"On Sunday, so-called Marches for Australia will take place across the country. These are the angry and divisive voices of a tiny minority spreading hate from a position of fear, with no idea what Australia truly means." - Elijah Buol OAM, ASC CEO
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August 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Great to host our friends Jana and Ogy from @asrc1.bsky.social at the ASC to meet our new CEO Elijah and discuss our joint advocacy for people seeking asylum.
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#SectorPartner #RefugeeRights #Collaboration
August 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great to host our friends Jana and Ogy from @asrc1.bsky.social at the ASC to meet our new CEO Elijah and discuss our joint advocacy for people seeking asylum.
#SectorPartner #RefugeeRights #Collaboration
#SectorPartner #RefugeeRights #Collaboration
Elijah Buol OAM has walked the path of displacement — now he leads the Asylum Seekers Centre with purpose and hope.
“My mission is to elevate the voices of people seeking asylum.”
Read his letter to the community https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/a-letter-from-our-ceo-elijah-buol-oam/
“My mission is to elevate the voices of people seeking asylum.”
Read his letter to the community https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/a-letter-from-our-ceo-elijah-buol-oam/
A letter from our CEO, Elijah Buol OAM - ASC
It is an incredible honour and true privilege to write to you as the new CEO of the Asylum Seekers Centre.
asylumseekerscentre.org.au
August 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Elijah Buol OAM has walked the path of displacement — now he leads the Asylum Seekers Centre with purpose and hope.
“My mission is to elevate the voices of people seeking asylum.”
Read his letter to the community https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/a-letter-from-our-ceo-elijah-buol-oam/
“My mission is to elevate the voices of people seeking asylum.”
Read his letter to the community https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/a-letter-from-our-ceo-elijah-buol-oam/
Rain, hills, and heart—our team ran with purpose raising funds for people seeking safety.
Read more about our CIty2Surf champs, running with our new CEO, and find out how you can join us next year:
👉 https://loom.ly/fUN5viM
Read more about our CIty2Surf champs, running with our new CEO, and find out how you can join us next year:
👉 https://loom.ly/fUN5viM
Super team in blue: ASC smashes City2Surf - ASC
Super team in blue: Team ASC smashes City2Surf
asylumseekerscentre.org.au
August 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Rain, hills, and heart—our team ran with purpose raising funds for people seeking safety.
Read more about our CIty2Surf champs, running with our new CEO, and find out how you can join us next year:
👉 https://loom.ly/fUN5viM
Read more about our CIty2Surf champs, running with our new CEO, and find out how you can join us next year:
👉 https://loom.ly/fUN5viM
After over a decade of leading with heart, Frances Rush OAM steps down as our CEO.
Frances has been a guiding light— always advocating for welcome, compassion, and justice for people seeking asylum.
Though she’s leaving the role, her legacy lives on in the work we continue every day💙
Frances has been a guiding light— always advocating for welcome, compassion, and justice for people seeking asylum.
Though she’s leaving the role, her legacy lives on in the work we continue every day💙
August 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
After over a decade of leading with heart, Frances Rush OAM steps down as our CEO.
Frances has been a guiding light— always advocating for welcome, compassion, and justice for people seeking asylum.
Though she’s leaving the role, her legacy lives on in the work we continue every day💙
Frances has been a guiding light— always advocating for welcome, compassion, and justice for people seeking asylum.
Though she’s leaving the role, her legacy lives on in the work we continue every day💙