A total honour to be speaking as ASRC to Mayors and Councillors at the Local Government Mayoral Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum workshop alongside Refugee Council of Australia, Saajeda Samaa and Sajjad Askary. Councils are leading and standing with refugees.

Today in Canberra around 2000 people seeking asylum came together to ask for fairness. Around 12,000 people are failed by the so called "Fast Track" system. The Anthony Albanese government must have some compassion and provide clear pathways and grant #PermanentVisasForAll ASRC

Today over 2000 people directly impacted by the Gov's policies organised and came together in front of Parliament House in Canberra, calling for permenant protection for refugees. This is refugees leading the refugee movement ✊️

19,000 refugees finally have a pathway to permanence. But thousands who came for safety a decade ago are still being denied the permanence they need to rebuild their lives as part of our community. Saajeda Samaa explains why we're coming together with refugees this Palm Sunday.

Great vibe at the Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees rally with the ASRC crew!

Palm Sunday Rally for the human rights of refugees happening now in Melbourne city asking for kindness, compassion, inclusion and welcoming of the refugees. #NoOneLeftBehind ASRC RefugeeAdvocacyNetwork ARAN - Australian Refugee Action Network RACS Anthony Albanese

We do need more leaders like Dr Monique Ryan MP who supports humanity over fear. Thank you for always supporting refugee voices in the Parliament and standing beside us in today's #PalmSundayRally2023 Your presence and support is much appreciated in the community. #JusticeForRefugees

Very pleased to visit Kon and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre team, along with Katie Hall MP 🙋🏻‍♀️🌈, Nathan Lambert & Nina Taylor MP to announce further Vic Government funding of $500K. A huge thank you to the ASRC for their tireless hard work to support asylum seekers in Victoria.

A HUGE THANKS to Minister for Multicultural Affairs Colin Brooks MP for visiting ASRC today and announcing a one-off grant of $500,000 to support ASRC services. This contribution is greatly appreciated to help people seeking asylum 🙏🏽 Kon Karapanagiotidis Ogy Simic Jana Favero 🇮🇹⚽️

We met with the Sudanese Community today to discuss the situation facing people from Sudan with the recent armed conflict and escalating war. The community are asking for priority visa processing and urgent humanitarian program places.

Thanks to HSFlegal for hosting a special #RefugeeWeek2023 lunch and learn collecting donations for ASRC and panel including Kon Karapanagiotidis Saajeda Samaa Katie Robertson RACS 👏🏽

Thanks to HSFlegal for hosting a special #RefugeeWeek2023 lunch and learn and collecting food donations for the ASRC. It was a pleasure to be on a panel speaking on the positive legal changes needed for refugees with amazing people including Saajeda Samaa Katie Robertson 🙏🏼

Tks HSFlegal for inviting Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness to speak @ its #RefugeeWeek23 panel abt our wk with #stateless refugee kids in the #Stateless Legal Clinic & the importance of being led by lived experience. An honour to share the stage with Saajeda Samaa, Zulema Townsend & Kon Karapanagiotidis

Was a real pleasure for Jana Favero 🇮🇹⚽️, Saajeda Samaa and I to be able to address the Australian Labor Williamstown branch tonight about the opportunities their upcoming national conference presents to truly advance the human rights of refugees by strengthening their platform.

Watching the same people who punched on over toilet paper during the pandemic and thought being asked to wear a mask for others safety was torture, lecture me that people choose to be refugees and should stay & put up with war, torture & actual persecution is truly peak Twitter.

ASRC about to present at Australian Labor National Conference about the need for a safety net for refugees and people seeking asylum. Work rights, study rights and right to rebuild. With Saajeda Samaa Ogy Simic Emma Raquel Colindres Lira and Paul Schmidt from the ASRA network in Brisbane.

Proud of ASRC incredible refugee leadership and advocacy team led by Ogy Simic who are at the ALP National Conference today advocating for a universal safety net for families seeking asylum to be actioned by the ALP in their platform. Our entire delegation has lived experience.

"Policies can either give people life or take it away from them. I have lost my cousin to the hands of the current policy framework just last month, when he gave up hope after years of waiting. I want to make sure that this doesn’t happen to someone else." - Saajeda Samaa