The Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)
RACS is an independent community legal centre based in NSW, providing free, specialist legal assistance to people seeking asylum in Australia.
About this finalist
- Year: 2017
- Level: Finalist
- Award category: Law award
About the 2017 nomination
RACS is an independent community legal centre based in NSW, providing free, specialist legal assistance to people seeking asylum in Australia. When the deadline for the lodgement of protection applications for people who arrived by boat was imposed on 1 October 2017, RACS' responded by ramping up its services, providing assistance 7 days and 2 nights a week through its team of specialist lawyers, pro bono lawyers, volunteer interpreters and community organisations.
About the Human Rights Awards
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