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Submission from the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma Joint Standing Committee on Migration – Inquiry into Migrant Settlement Outcomes

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The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Joint Standing Committee of Inquiry into Migrant Settlement Outcomes. This submission will outline the specific service and client context of FASSTT and its area of expertise.  It will then address three…

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Submission from the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma to the proposals of the Australian Government to strengthen the requirements to become an Australian citizen

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Introduction The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission in response to the proposals of the Australian Government to strengthen the requirements to become an Australian citizen. Given the nature of our work, outlined below, the submission focuses on…

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FASSTT congratulates Jorge Aroche CEO of STARTTS on being elected President of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims.

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The Council unanimously elected Jorge Aroche, Chief Executive Officer of Australian IRCT member centre, Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS), as the new IRCT President. Ms Sana Hamzeh, Psychotherapist at Restart Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture in Lebanon, was elected…

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Submission from the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma to the Australian Human Rights Commission National Inquiry Into Children in Immigration Detention

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FASSTT MEMBER AGENCIES ASeTTS: Association of Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors Address: 286 Beaufort St, Perth, WA 6000 Telephone: 08 9325 6272   Companion House Address: 41 Templeton Street, Cook, ACT 2614 Telephone: 02 6251 4550   Melaleuca Refugee Centre:Torture and Trauma Survivors Service of the Northern Territory Address:…

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Submission from the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma to the National Mental Health Review 2014

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Background   FASSTT is a network of eight not-for-profit agencies – one in each State and mainland Territory – that respond to the needs of survivors of torture and trauma who have come to Australia from overseas (the majority through the Federal Government’s Refugee and Humanitarian Programme). During the last…

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Letter to PM – 13 Dec 2013

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The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP Prime Minister of Australia PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 13 December 2013 Dear Prime Minister The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma acknowledges your long-standing appreciation of the prevalence of torture and its awful impacts,…

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