'Many don't know rights' says Footscray Legal Centre

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Wednesday, 1 June 2011

REFUGEES, unaware of their rights and assistance services, are increasingly bearing the burden of debt and poor housing conditions, Footscray Community Legal Centre has said. The centre last week established two new free services to help asylum seekers and refugees living or working in the West with general issues such as fines, debt, insurance, divorce, family violence and also with Centrelink and housing issues including eviction, bonds, repairs and rooming houses.

Read the full article at the Maribyrnong Leader – 'Many don't know rights' says Footscray Legal Centre