
RACS
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Refugee Advice & Casework Service (RACS). Nonprofit. Essential legal support & advocacy to help people who have fled persecution find safety in Australia.
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ICYMI - UNSW Kaldor Centre's Madeline Gleeson's timely critique of Australia's mandatory detention practices. "Let us not wait until the next “crisis” to rush through ill-conceived and untested laws. Matters this important are worthy of a more careful and considered debate."

A 37-year-old refugee has launched a High Court challenge after rushed Government legislation required him to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and be subjected to a curfew. David Manne Refugee Legal Read more: loom.ly/OAOWJQ0


👏 Good luck to our Principal Solicitor & Centre Director, Sarah Dale at the LawSocietyNSW Member Awards tonight - we couldn't think of anyone more deserving! #lawyers #auslaw


New polling from the UNSW Kaldor Centre shows discrepancies between what Australians think we do for refugees and what our policies and practices actually are: loom.ly/Jru5-qk #auspol #refugees

#OTD 75 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was declared and accepted by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Read RACS's reflection on the UDHR and our work: loom.ly/HfwdZsM


🎉 We have a winner! 🎉 Sarah Dale, RACS's Centre Director and Principal Solicitor, has won the LawSocietyNSW's Community Service Award! #refugeerights #auslaw


As a refugee I’m proud to representing 🇦🇺 civil society at this year's UNHCR Global Refugee Forum. The forum is about to start in Geneva, it brings together govts & NGOs from around the world to combat the global refugee crisis Amnesty International Australia 🕯 Refugee Council of Australia sbs.com.au/language/dari/…




Australia's representatives to the United Nations's Global Refugee Forum - including RACS Ambassador and @amnestyOZ campaigner Zaki Haidari - have called on urgent action to be taken in response to the growing global refugee crisis. Read more here: loom.ly/-oJZjQ4



And that's a wrap for our outreach service at the Auburn Centre for Community! Cumberland City Council This year alone saw our amazing lawyers and volunteers attend over 3000 outreach appointments with refugees in need of critical legal support.





Happy (belated) birthday to Sydney Multicultural Community Services!🎂 A pleasure for RACS to celebrate your 42nd anniversary alongside Rosa, your team and MC Craig Foster. Thanks for four decades of important work you have been doing with migrant communities in Sydney! #refugeeswelcome

