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HUMANITY OVER POLITICS 31<br />
Auburn Council<br />
Partner at West African Cultural<br />
Festival<br />
Partner for Auburn Refugee Camp<br />
in my Neighbourhood<br />
Auburn Council Welcome Festival<br />
partner<br />
Auburn Asylum Seeker and<br />
Refugee Legal Outreach Service,<br />
in partnership with Auburn City<br />
Council.<br />
Australian Red Cross<br />
Our mutual clients receive welfare<br />
and other support from ARC, whilst<br />
RACS provides information sessions<br />
and some legal advice to their<br />
clients.<br />
Amnesty International<br />
Advocacy work.<br />
Asylum Seeker Centre (ASC)<br />
RACS and ASC have established<br />
a partnership to provide legal<br />
services to ASC clients, to assist<br />
with assessing merits and providing<br />
referrals to a judicial review clinic<br />
supervised by RACS’ lawyers<br />
and staffed by Gilbert and Tobin<br />
volunteers.<br />
House of Welcome<br />
RACS assists clients with legal<br />
advice and refers clients to House<br />
of Welcome for accommodation<br />
needs. In discussion with House of<br />
Welcome and ASC about possible<br />
partnership in Auburn.<br />
Service for the Treatment and<br />
Rehabilitation of Torture and<br />
Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)<br />
Referrals for clients and staff<br />
wellbeing training and counselling.<br />
Legal Aid Commission of NSW<br />
Referrals for clients requiring<br />
judicial review.<br />
RAINCLC - Refugee and<br />
Immigration National Coalition<br />
of Legal Centres<br />
Membership includes the other<br />
not-for-profit CLCs specialising<br />
in assisting asylum seekers with<br />
legal advice - Immigration Advice<br />
and Rights Centre (IARC) in NSW,<br />
Refugee and Immigration Legal<br />
Centre (RILC) in Victoria , Refugee<br />
and Immigration Legal Service<br />
(RAILS) in Queensland and CASE<br />
for Refugees in Western Australia.<br />
This grouping discusses legal<br />
changes, advocacy and how to<br />
respond to the challenges for our<br />
clients.<br />
Immigration Advice & Rights<br />
Centre<br />
IARC (Immigration Advice &<br />
Rights Centre) and RACS have a<br />
close relationship and on occasion<br />
have joint legal practice meetings,<br />
where legal changes are discussed.<br />
Given the all too regular changes<br />
in legislations under the current<br />
government, this kind of information<br />
sharing is vital.<br />
National Council of Churches<br />
Advocacy and policy discussion.<br />
Refugee Council of Australia<br />
(RCOA)<br />
Advocacy.<br />
Settlement Services<br />
International (SSI)<br />
Our mutual clients receive welfare<br />
and other support from SSI , whilst<br />
RACS provides information sessions<br />
and some legal advice to their<br />
clients.<br />
United Nations High<br />
Commission for Refugee<br />
(UNHCR)<br />
Advocacy and have co-authored<br />
a report on DIBP decision making<br />
with RILC and UNHCR.<br />
Marist Youth Care and United<br />
Care Burnside<br />
Provide welfare and<br />
accommodation for unaccompanied<br />
children and RACS is currently<br />
the legal representative for all<br />
unaccompanied children in NSW.<br />
Human Rights Council of<br />
Australia<br />
Information sharing and advocacy.<br />
Justice Connect<br />
Provided a lawyer for immigration<br />
advice at their MOSAIC clinic on<br />
a pro bono basis for one year but<br />
due to IAAAS funding cuts, can no<br />
longer afford to provide a pro bono<br />
lawyer. Will continue to receive<br />
referrals to our city service and<br />
assist MOSAIC with fact sheets.<br />
REQUESTED PRO<br />
BONO REFERRAL<br />
FOR LEGAL<br />
ADVICE<br />
St Vincent de Paul<br />
Assist clients and refer our clients to<br />
them.<br />
Jesuit Refugee Service<br />
Assist clients and refer our clients to<br />
them.<br />
Human Rights Law Centre<br />
Advocacy/information sharing.<br />
Human Rights Watch<br />
Advocacy/information sharing.<br />
Welcome to Australia<br />
Advocacy/information sharing.
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