Australia’s immigration detention system is unnecessarily harsh and cruel and denies basic rights and freedoms to people seeking asylum.

The Asylum Seeker Rights Project challenges the mistreatment of people in immigration detention, including the harms caused by indefinite detention, the excessive use of force and the denial of essential healthcare.

We use test cases, strategic advocacy and policy development to ensure that people in Australian immigration detention centres are treated humanely and with dignity.

Our major reports:

• In Poor Health: Health care in Australian immigration detention
• Healthcare denied: Medevac and the long wait for essential medical treatment in Australian Immigration Detention

If you would like to get in touch, please contact Asylum Seeker Rights Project Lead, Lucy Geddes: [email protected]