The Red Cross administers the Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme (ASAS). It provides financial assistance and health care to eligible asylum seekers who have been waiting for six months or more for their Protection Visa applications to be finalised. The scheme assists with health support, counselling, accommodation, material aid, education and legal referrals, and social support.
Asylum seeker assistance scheme
For more information see www.redcross.org.au.