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National Zakat Foundation

Muslim-specificAustralia-wide

Financial support for essentials and resources for refugee and asylum seeker families during settlement.

No public street address - Nation-wide service

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

Melbourne metro

Australia's largest independent support organisation for people seeking asylum. Provides material aid, a foodbank offering culturally appropriate food, a health centre, legal help, employment and English programs, and casework, with no means test and no religi…

Level 2, 214-218 Nicholson St, Footscray VIC 3011. serves people seeking asylum across Melbourne & Victoria

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The ICV lists these services as a referral point. We do not run them and cannot guarantee availability. Contact details are checked regularly, but please confirm with the service before travelling.

Directory last reviewed 7 September 2026.

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