Appalling Service Providers

Private government-contracted firms servicing asylum seekers are operating below standard, leaving small non-government organisations to pick up the slack. Asylum seekers are sleeping on floors in overcrowded houses, have untreated medical conditions and limited...

First week of 2013, asylum seeker committed suicide

A young Tamil man from Sri Lanka has committed suicide on 4th of Friday in Perth. He was on a bridging visa and was told by some that he would be deported to Sri Lanka. RISE is not surprised by this suicide and is particularly concerned about the safety and wellbeing...