The Asylum Seekers Centre is a place of hospitality and welcome. It is an oasis for many people, a safe place for those who have fled situations of great danger.
MEET OUR VOLUNTEERS: David began teaching English at the Asylum Seekers Centre following a career in consumer marketing. 📚
"The year before last I wanted to jump out of corporate life and do something completely different. I thought it was time to give back," he says.
David studied teaching English as a second language through CELTA, and now teaches privately and as a volunteer at the ASC.
"Learning English transforms asylum seekers' lives," he says. "They can assimilate into society in Australia, they can gain employment, they can build a network of Australian friends.
"Importantly, it allows them to be access utilities - train timetables, going to doctors, getting visa paperwork done.
"Unless you've been through it, you don't know how much is required and how much you take for granted. Listening to them is a real education for me." ... See MoreSee Less
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"The charities supporting asylum seekers living in the community are experiencing levels of demand never seen before."
A powerful story about the impact of recent cuts to income support for asylum seekers living in the community. ... See MoreSee Less
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"Smith says she has even seen refusal documents that suggest an asylum-seeker is not a lesbian because they "don't look like one"."
After leaving their homes to seek asylum, LGBTQI people must then prove their sexuality to the authorities.
While this story is from the UK, it speaks to similar challenges faced by people seeking in Australia. ... See MoreSee Less
'How do I prove a thing I've tried to hide my whole life?'
More than 1,500 people claim asylum in the UK each year, claiming that they are persecuted for being gay. But it's not an easy thing to prove.1 day ago ·
"I cannot escape the idea that Palm Island is the prototype for Nauru, Manus or Christmas Islands. I am unwilling, or unable, to separate my own history with what is happening in those places."
- Vernon Ah Kee ... See MoreSee Less
Brisbane artist draws parallels between treatment of asylum seekers and Indigenous Australians
In an exhibition spanning two decades of his practice, Vernon Ah Kee interrogates racism, racial violence and whiteness, and Australia's history of wrong decisions.1 day ago ·
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