Links
Links
More information and resources can be found via these links.
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
www.asrc.org.au/learn_more.html
Information about important issues facing asylum seekers.
Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenshipe
http://www.immi.gov.au/immigration/
Government information relating to visas, immigration and refugees in Australia.
Australian Human Rights Commissione
www.humanrights.gov.au/human%5Frights/immigration/
The human rights perspective on immigration, asylum seekers and refugees in Australia.
Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration (BARC!)e
www.barc.org.au
For those in the Brisbane region who care about asylum seekers and refugees.
Global Educatione
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/page1.html
Teaching tools, resources, activities and information across a range of global issues.
Global Learning Centree
http://www.glc.edu.au/
Resources for teachers, student-teachers and the general public that promote long-term solutions to social and environmental problems.
Human Rights Watch World Report 2009e
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2009
Summarises human rights conditions in individual countries across the world. May help to answer the question, “Why would someone from that country need to seek asylum?”
RAILS (Refugee and Immigration Legal Service)e
http://www.rails.org.au/
RAILS provides free legal assistance in immigration and refugee cases to people in need.
Refugee Action Collectivee
http://www.rac-vic.org/
Articles, media releases and action for refugee rights.
Refugee Council of Australiae
www.refugeecouncil.org.au/
Information on, and advocacy for, refugees and humanitarian entrants in Australia.
UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) - the UN Refugee Agencye
www.unhcr.org
A global picture of refugee movements as well as research, reports, facts and figures.
"...a refugee claimant means somebody who has to suffer many pressures and many problems because of their status, we have nothing really and we can rest only at the moment when the government says 'Here is your visa'..."