Written by Claire O’Connor, Adelaide Barrister on 20 April 2022 on Facebook (shared here with her permission) Can candidates not say they support off-shore processing of asylum seekers? Can they be honest and say they support the detention of innocent asylum seekers – indefinitely – in conditions every human rights organisation nationally and international has said are cruel and dehumanising? Can …
Category: Circle Stories
Volunteers needed to help newly arrived Afghanis settle into Adelaide
The Afghan Emergency Circle was set up to support newly arrived Afghans to settle into Adelaide. There is a lot to learn when moving into a new country, especially when faced with a different language and culture. We offer assistance in a number of ways from helping people make friends and community connections, finding work, learning to drive, balancing a …
Heartfelt thank you to all our donors
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has responded so quickly and generously to the recent, urgent appeal by the Rapid Response Circle (110) to help meet basic living expenses of individuals and families at risk of homelessness, who were hungry and fearful of services being cut off after long extensions of final payment dates and without a clear path to survival. …
Supporting education for Asylum Seekers
For the past 4 years the Blackwood-Hills Circle (Circle 7) has been providing a living allowance to 11 asylum seekers who had gained scholarships to the University of Adelaide. Adelaide University generously offered scholarships to students of refugee background which enabled them to study without paying full international student fees. However, there were concerns that some of these students were …
Rapid Response Circle of Friends (Circle 110) update
In recent months, the Rapid Response Circle has continued to provide food, bedding and clothes and, where there is no other option, supporting refugees and asylum – seekers financially. As usual the expenditure, as outlined below, is varied and indicative of the various emergencies that can derail the life of people with little or no income including rental or utility …