image description

The ASC’s submission to the inquiry into Labor’s draconian deportation bill

April 17, 2024

The Asylum Seekers Centre (ASC), established in 1993, provides practical help for people seeking asylum in New South Wales and… More

Boston university students pose on front of mural in ASC's newtown building

Boston students reflect on their ASC adventure

April 08, 2024

Boston University students Kinsley Grant and Marjories Vasquez’s experience volunteering at the ASC as part of an international work placement… More

Statement from the Asylum Seekers Centre on the cancellation of Palestinian visas

March 14, 2024

Statement from Asylum Seekers Centre CEO Frances Rush OAM on reports that Palestinians fleeing the war in Gaza had their… More

A message board made by the women attending our Mums and Bubs day at our Auburn centre

Women are the fabric of our community

March 08, 2024

As today is International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the women in our community by highlighting one of the wonderful initiatives… More

Celebrating women in the Asylum Seekers Centre community

March 07, 2024

Women in our community face extensive and often prolonged hardship seeking asylum in Australia. Yet despite unimaginable trauma and against… More

People seeking asylum in Australia shouldn’t have to trade danger for degradation

March 07, 2024

It would be easy, reading the political reaction to the news that more than 40 people seeking asylum have been taken… More

A safe haven for those fleeing danger

February 13, 2024

For more than 30 years, the Asylum Seekers Centre in the heart of Newtown has provided a warm welcome and… More

Meet Marina: Breaking barriers for the most vulnerable

February 09, 2024

Marina Camarão, an Intensive Support Caseworker at the Asylum Seekers Centre (ASC), describes herself as a problem solver, navigating through… More

Statement from the Asylum Seekers Centre on the UN resolution for a humanitarian ceasefire

December 15, 2023

We welcome the Australian government’s decision to join 152 other nations in voting in favour of a humanitarian ceasefire in… More