Andrew Wilkie (Clark, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Finally, briefly, I will take this opportunity to acknowledge the many people right around the country who do come to the assistance of asylum seekers to allow them to work their way through the processes that we're discussing and in the case studies that I've given. I would particularly like to single out my friends at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, who, along with countless lawyers and other people around the country, have worked tirelessly to take hold of an asylum seeker and understand their circumstances and help them make that application, particularly when the application is complex and there is a need ultimately to provide that additional information and to achieve the protection they seek.

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