On June 28, the Federal Government tasked a panel of experts, including Former Air Chief Marshal, Angus Houston and Foundation House Director, Paris Aristotle, to provide advice on “the best way forward for Australia to prevent asylum seekers risking their lives on dangerous boat journeys to Australia”. HMASP has endorsed the Refugee Advocacy Network submission to the panel and has provided a contribution to the submission, advocating for a coordinated, regional response to support people seeking asylum and encouraging the Government to look to European nations for best practice models.
Read the Refugee Advocacy Network submission to the expert panel, and find HMASP’s contribution to the submission here, as well as our 2010 report on the housing challenges faced by people seeking asylum, Australia’s Hidden Homeless: Community-based approaches to asylum seeker homelessness.
