Chase and Jessica are destitute asylum seekers from Zimbabwe and Nigeria. No longer supported by NASS, they are homeless with no income.

Chase has a child who is seven years old. Both Chase and her daughter were evicted from their housing.

They arrived at RASA distraught. With no friends or family, RASA is the only place they can turn to for support. During their interview at RASA both broke down and the interview was extremely difficult for all those involved.

RASA, however, can do little to assist them. The first thing we do was to give them hope: hope that they might be given a positive answer through amnesty. We ask them, however they survive not to be involved in criminal activity. And above all, we stressed they should not be subject to sexual abuse or racial harassment but If anything bad were to happen to them, they can come to RASA for support.

These young, isolated women are extremely vulnerable, yet RASA is the only place to which they can turn for support, the only place where they can find a sympathetic ear.