Asylum SeekersAustralasia
How common are delays in Centrelink payments to asylum seekers?
The payments of $433 are provided to people who are deemed eligible by the DIPB, in what has been described as a “precarious existence”.
There were reports over the weekend that Nur Islam, the Rohingya asylum seeker accused of walking into a Springvale bank and setting himself alight on Friday, had experienced delays in receiving his Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) payment, although Centrelink has denied that this is the case.
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