Our Services
Gamede provides legal assistance to asylum seekers, refugees, disadvantaged migrants in the community and in detention and those facing the threat of deportation. Our lawyers have substantial casework experience and expertise. Gamede’ work involves provision of key legal assistance to those who could not otherwise obtain it due to financial and other forms of distinct disadvantage.
Our services include:
· conducting pre- assessments for eligibility
· advising and lodging refugee status applications
· advise and representation at status eligibility interviews
· advice and representation on status determination
· advise on claims for refugee status
· advise and representation on appeals
· assisting with the preparation for the hearings
· collecting information and evidence to be presented at the hearing
· advise and assistance with detailed country information pertinent to the particular claims of asylum seekers
· advise and assistance with reports into the situation an asylum seeker will face if returned to their country.
· liaising with immigration authorities
· advice and representation in matters involving lawfulness, reasonableness and procedural fairness of administrative decisions
· advising and representation on judicial review proceedings
· advising and representation on arrest
· advise and representation on detention
· advise and representation deportation
· advise on standards governing procedural safeguards and conditions of detention;
· monitoring conditions of detention
· advising on the relevant asylum, refugee and immigration law and procedures
· advise and representation on other matters relating to the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants.