SBS website for Go Back series, in which 6 Australians take a life-risking 25-day refugee journey in reverse: Series 1 features ordinary Australians, Series 2 prominent Australians.
Grassroots network of people who are interested in welcoming asylum seekers to Tasmania. Visits, workshops, recreational programs for asylum seekers in Tasmania. Volunteering opportunities.
Web-based management and communication system for Homestay placements throughout Australia. Basic service is for students, but their Community Placement Network initiative provides short-term accommodation to eligible asylum seekers leaving immigration detention, and the Homestay Helping Hand program serves marginalised populations, including asylum seekers. The Community Placement Network Assistance Trust provides other types of assistance to eligible asylum seekers and refugees.
International advocacy organisation for displaced people and stateless people. Field reports, research, advocacy.
Funded by donations from individuals, foundations and corporations (does not accept government or UN funding).
US-based (Washington, DC), with another office in London.
Public awareness campaign encouraging bystanders as well as victims to report or stand up to hatred and discrimination.
Initiative supported by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, Multicultural Arts Victoria & Racism. It Stops With Me.
Formerly the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Independent statutory organisation reporting to the federal Parliament through the Attorney-General. Promotion and protection of human rights in Australia: complaint resolution, legal advice, public inquiries, research, education, policy development, law reform.
National peak body representing migrant and refugee settlement agencies across Australia. Aims to create cohesion amongst our members, and improve collaborative and strategic planning processes for the settlement sector. Advocacy, information.
A coalition of Victorian organisations (including Amnesty International) who have come together to advance a more just, humane approach to refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees, a Melbourne-based non-profit incorporated association run by refugees, asylum seekers, and ex-detainees, for refugee and asylum seeker welfare and advocacy. Advice, support, advocacy, community development, anti-racism training for professionals, campaigning.
International aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia, member of the ACT Alliance (international coalition of churches for international aid). Campaign for humane asylum seeker policy in Australia and a refugee ambassador program aimed at changing community attitudes as well as aid for refugees & IDPs in other countries.
Community-based organisation based in Fitzroy, Vic., supporting new members of the community, including refugees and asylum seekers. Education, English language classes, computer skills, referrals. Volunteering opportunities.
Funded by the Victorian Government, Yarra Council, Philanthropic Trusts & public donations.
Service for asylum seekers living in the community, who have little or no income and face homelessness, and with unaccompanied young people in community-based care. Casework, housing, support, assistance, advocacy, research.
Based in Carlton, Vic.
Organisation aiming to prevent torture by promoting transparency in places of detention, lobbying governments to ratify OP-CAT and other treaties and implement effective anti-torture laws, and developing appropriate systems and partnerships within countries. Publications are available for download from the site. Currently developing a "Practical Guide on Immigration Detention" together with UNHCR and the International Detention Coalition.
Based in Geneva, another office in Honduras.