News
Updates on ASST events, projects, and media announcements.
March 2022. Safe start. Fair Future 2 Pager
The time for change is now: it has been almost a decade since the first New Zealand Refugee
Resettlement Strategy (NZRRS) charted a course for good settlement practice for refugees arriving
through the Quota programme. Despite plans for inclusion at the time, this strategy does not yet
cover those who are (or become) refugees through seeking asylum within New Zealand (referred to as
Convention Refugees).
Published Tue March 15th 2022
It’s time for Aotearoa New Zealand to ensure a Safe Start and Fair Future for refugees.
The Safe Start. Fair Future Report represents a collaboration between the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies (CAPRS) at the University of Auckland and the Asylum Seeker Support Trust (ASST).
Published Tue Feb. 15th 2022
Begana does House Deconstruction in Auckland
Our social enterprise can help you deconstruct a house in Auckland, employing people from refugee backgrounds
Published Tue Dec. 14th 2021
Refugee Alliance
New alliance to gain positive change for Refugees in Aotearoa
Published Tue Oct. 5th 2021
Press Release New Lynn Terror Attack
"The overwhelming majority of refugees in this country are law-abiding, community-oriented, hard-working, and trustworthy people. Refugees are not defined by the act of this one person and our collective response to them should be one of solidarity and support. We must remember this and not spread any hate, xenophobia or racism in our reactions."
Published Sun Sept. 5th 2021
AGM 2021 12th October 7pm on Zoom
Please join us on Zoom for our AGM
Published Tue Aug. 31st 2021
Asylum seekers locked up in Auckland prison – New Zealand's own Manus Island
"When I went to the police station they took me to a cell and gave me a mattress. There were cockroaches crawling and biting me, I thought to myself this is similar to a police station in Afghanistan!"
Published Fri Jan. 8th 2021
Asylum seeker imprisoned for over three years recognised as refugee
1 NEWS can reveal the man spent three years and one month in prison while waiting for his claim to be processed, which turned out to be valid.
"It was the worst time of my life, a lot of anxiety, because you don't know about your future," the man said.
Published Fri Jan. 8th 2021
Asylum Seekers welcomed with jail
No crime, no charge - the asylum seekers welcomed to NZ with jailtime
Published Fri Jan. 8th 2021
Asylum Seekers in prison
Asylum seekers are being detained for long periods in our prison system
Published Mon Aug. 10th 2020