Asylum Seekers Centre

If you are an asylum seeker living in the community in NSW the following other services may also be able to offer you some assistance.
If you need the assistance of an interpreter to contact a service by telephone, call the Telephone Interpreter Service on 131 450 (available 24 hours)

Counselling

Lifeline 131 114 (available 24 hours)

NSW service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)

Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Emergency Accommodation

Homeless Persons Information Centre

NSW Women’s Refuge Resource Centre

The Domestic Violence Line

Financial / Welfare

Asylum Seekers Assistance Scheme (ASAS), Australia Red Cross

Bridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation

Salvation Army

St Vincent de Paul Society

Health

NSW Refugee Health Service

Haymarket Foundation

Kirkton Road Centre (general and sexual health matters)

If you have a health emergency go to your nearest hospital or call 000 for an ambulance

Legal / Immigration Advice

Refugee Advice and Casework Serivce (RACS)

Immigration Advice and Casework Service (IARC)

Legal Aid Commission of NSW

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

General support upon release from detention

House of Welcome (Sydney)