Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project

The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project is a locally-based project that aims to:

• Provide hospitality and practical support for asylum seekers
• Actively network with like-minded individuals and groups who are working for justice for asylum seekers
• Promote advocacy for the rights of asylum seekers

The project currently supports people who have been detained in Immigration Detention Centres. They regularly visit asylum seekers at Maribyrnong Detention Centre and take phone cards, tobacco, toiletries, food and clothing to those being detained. The project raises money for bonds that people on bridging visas are required to pay to be released from detention. The project also assists some asylum seekers who have decided to leave Australia because they have lost hope in being given refugee status. The project also provides assistance and support to asylum seekers living in the community with access to toiletries, food parcels, myki cards as well as assisting with seeking housing and employment.