RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees

Founded in 2010, RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees is a non-profit association based in Melbourne, Australia working on refugees & migration, human rights, poverty & hunger +3 more.

RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees is a not-for-profit incorporated association based in Melbourne, Australia. It is governed, staffed and run by refugees, asylum seekers and ex-detainees, and represents over 30 refugee community groups. RISE provides welfare and advocacy services, settlement assistance, tutoring, computer classes, a food pantry and arts programmes. It campaigns for the abolition of mandatory detention and for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia, and publishes media statements on related policy issues.