Refugee Council of Australia: Supporting refugees people seeking asylum

COVID-19 Response

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Nobody Left Behind

We are experiencing an unprecedented global crisis that affects us all. The Morrison government has responded decisively yet it has left behind almost 1.1million temporary visa holders including hundreds of thousands of...

18 May 2020

What we do

Working with refugee communities and advocates

14 August 2019

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Connecting communities, organisations and individuals

28 August 2019

Cutting-edge policy and research

14 August 2019

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Changing policies and attitudes

14 August 2019

What's new

Media News

Media release: NSW joins interstate counterparts in helping asylum seekers left with no federal support

The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed today’s New South Wales Government announcement of emergency funding to support people seeking asylum who have lost jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and been left...

3 June 2020

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Face to Face goes digital!

25 May 2020

Media News

Legislation an attempt to hide Government failure to act on COVID risks in immigration detention

The Federal Government’s announcement about legislation to extend search powers in immigration detention is a shameless attempt to distract attention from its failure to address the acute health risk to hundreds of...

23 May 2020