Organisation: Irish Refugee Council

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<p>Migrants are helped to evacuate a partially deflated rubber dinghy by the rescue personnel of the SOS Mediterranee humanitarian ship Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean last month. Picture: Johanna de Tessieres/ SOS Mediterranee via AP</p>

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Q&A: What is the EU Migration Pact and how will it affect Ireland?

The Government will be required to introduce new immigration laws within the next two years to be compliant with the pact

<p>Helen McEntee has made a move towards opting in to migration pact measures. Picture: PA Wire</p>

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Refugee Council criticises Ireland’s plans to join in EU migration pact

<p>Homeless international protection applicants were moved from their makeshift camp on Mount St in Dublin to a completely inadequate site in Crooksling, Co Wicklow, with similarly flimsy tents to shelter them from the weather.</p>

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Crooksling ought to be a turning point for international protection applicants

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Irish Examiner view: Irish workers affected by a downside of global capitalism

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'I am in hell': Snow adds more misery for asylum seekers living in tents in Dublin

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Airlines fined €2.5m in last two years for flying in passengers without travel documents

S Mick Clifford: What is it about the fear of men?

Lock up your daughters, unvetted, military age men are coming to town

Sun, 14 Jan, 2024

FILE PHOTO EU deal to reform asylum laws described as 'cruel' and 'catastrophic' by aid groups END

Number of asylum-seekers without accommodation breaches 500

Irish Refugee Council chief executive Nick Henderson said he was 'gravely concerned' by the rising figures

Tue, 09 Jan, 2024

S Fergus Finlay: Let 2024 be the year we get to grips with the reality of immigration

When it comes to immigration and asylum seekers, we have to strip away — again and again — the rhetoric from the reality.

Wed, 27 Dec, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Criminal act shows the true face of racism

The fire at Ross Lake House Hotel in Rosscahill, Co Galway, may be part of an orchestrated campaign by malign agitators

Tue, 19 Dec, 2023

Tánaiste Micheál Martinofficially open new special school in Templeogue

Asylum seekers left without accommodation to get additional €75

32 left without a place to stay today due to the "severe shortage" of accommodation

Mon, 04 Dec, 2023

Government scrambling to find accommodation for asylum seekers

It comes as earlier this week, there were warnings that asylum seekers could end up sleeping on the streets as the Government faces running out of accommodation

Sun, 03 Dec, 2023

Almost 90% of families in direct provision say daily allowance not enough to meet basic needs

Allowance does not cover food, healthcare and childcare costs, survey finds

Thu, 05 Oct, 2023

Direct provision income support not meeting basic needs

Youth leader for the Irish Refugee Council, Marwa Zamir speaks about her experience of direct provision in 2016, versus that of residents nowadays, and why she is glad she went through it at the time she did

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023

1,400 homeless asylum applicants included four children who had to sleep rough

Irish Refugee Council's new report includes 'deep concern' about the children, two of whom have now been taken into care by Tusla

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023

'Floatels' being considered for homeless refugees

The Government is considering sheltering refugees by procuring barges which can offer “floating accommodation”.

Mon, 15 May, 2023

Calls for asylum seekers to be taken off streets following anti-immigration protests

Gardaí are on high alert for further protests against asylum seekers after public order units were called out on Friday and Saturday night.

Sun, 14 May, 2023

First modular homes for Ukrainians fleeing war will not now be ready until June

The second deadline of Easter will now pass after the 'rapid-build' schemes to shelter Ukrainian refugees were dogged by delays and local opposition

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

350 asylum seekers without accommodation, says Irish Refugee Council

Chief executive Nick Henderson said the basic rights of people in the international protection process remain unmet in many ways

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Catherine Conlon: Can the migrant crisis be resolved?

Migration should not be viewed as a problem but as something that has favourable outcomes for all involved, writes Catherine Conlon

Thu, 16 Mar, 2023

Leo Varadkar: Ireland has to take fair, firm and hard approach to migration

The Taoiseach admitted the Government needs to improve its communication with communities ahead of the arrival of refugees

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Gardaí investigate hammer attack on Dublin asylum seeker hostel

Attack occurred a day after video clip of men arriving at the hostel was posted online, attracting much attention from far-right groups

Mon, 09 Jan, 2023

'We need to stay strong and believe in the happy future of Ukraine'

Noel Baker speaks with Ukrainians who are spending this Christmas far away from home

Fri, 23 Dec, 2022

Irish Refugee Council calls for transfer of 68 children from Citywest due to 'very serious concerns'

The Irish Refugee Council identified 'grievous risks' when it visited the site in November

Mon, 19 Dec, 2022

Thousands have withdrawn pledges of rooms for Ukraine refugees or are uncontactable

A spokesperson for the Department of Integration said the withdrawal of pledges is a nationwide trend for a variety of reasons.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2022

Mick Clifford: We can't lose compassion for refugees

Here are some extracts from an Irish government memo about refugees who arrived in this jurisdiction. “Refugees are not always just frightened people who are thankful for the assistance being given them,” the memo declared.

Sun, 17 Jul, 2022

'They are grateful for a place to be quiet': Ukrainian refugees sleeping on floor of Dublin Airport

Around 250 people are staying at the old terminal building at the airport - of those about 150 are women and children fleeing their home in Ukraine.

Thu, 14 Jul, 2022

Irish Refugee Council launches Ukrainian language helpline and chat service

The Council says both Ukrainian and Russian speakers are staffing the helpline, which will be in operation Monday to Friday from 10am until 1pm

Wed, 20 Apr, 2022

Finances among main barriers facing refugees who want to continue education

Asylum seekers said they didn't have enough money to buy books, food, or pay for transport to school

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021

Call for community employment to be extended to protection applicants

The Irish Refugee Council added that these individuals are the “hidden unemployed” and schemes such as this could help them integrate

Fri, 27 Aug, 2021

New government must address ‘barriers’ to work for asylum seekers – Irish Refugee Council

The next government must address “barriers” to work for asylum seekers as part of a programme for government commitment to end Direct Provision, the Irish Refugee Council has said.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Aoife Moore: Silence is deafening on Irish attitude to difference

Never has silence been so fitting as the one in the Dáil on Wednesday, writes Aoife Moore

Sat, 06 Jun, 2020

Irish Refugee Council call for justice minister to apologise to direct provision residents

The Irish Refugee Council has said the Justice Minister should apologise to the residents of a direct provision centre in Cahirciveen in Co Kerry.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Michael Healy-Rae had shareholding in hotel at centre of Direct Provision controversy in Caherciveen

Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae had a shareholding in the company that sold the lease in the hotel in Cahirciveen to the businessman now running it as a Direct Provision (DP) centre.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Joe McHugh to answer Dáil questions on Leaving Cert cancellation

The Education Minister will face questions in the Dáil this afternoon on the decision to scrap the Leaving Cert.

Wed, 13 May, 2020

Treatment of asylum seekers during crisis to be raised in Dáil

The government is to be grilled about the treatment of asylum seekers in Direct Provision during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Dáil.

Tue, 12 May, 2020

Calls for direct provision centre in Cahersiveen to be closed

There are calls for all the asylum seekers in a Kerry direct provision centre to be moved to a self-isolating facility in Dublin.

Mon, 11 May, 2020

Direct provision centres’ Covid-19 response ‘deeply troubling’ - Irish Refugee Council

Direct Provision is the most “disturbing” aspect of Ireland’s response to Covid-19, according to the Irish Refugee Council.

Mon, 11 May, 2020

'Deeply concerning': Refugee Council say over 1,700 in direct provision sharing rooms with non-relatives

The Irish Refugee Council says it is highly inappropriate during the coronavirus crisis.

Tue, 05 May, 2020

Direct provision settings may be unlawful

EU and Irish human rights laws require own-door accommodation.

Mon, 04 May, 2020

The Irish Examiner View: Policy failure highlighted in a new way

Anyone who works, or at least until recently worked, in an office, a factory or a school setting, others too, will be familiar with fire drills.

Sun, 03 May, 2020

Calls to allow legal and safe escape from persecution after migrants found on ship

The Government has again been called on to commit to solutions that allow people to safely and legally escape persecution - after another group of migrants was found trying to enter Ireland in a cargo ship.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2019

‘Asylum seekers will continue to risk their lives’: Irish Refugee Council call for 'real' action

Ireland will see more cases of people risking their lives to come here unless the Government commits to solutions that allow people to safely and legally escape persecution.

Fri, 22 Nov, 2019

Truck driver held in murder probe; 39 who died were not trafficked through Ireland

Gardaí do not believe that the 39 people found dead in a container yesterday in the UK were trafficked through Ireland.

Thu, 24 Oct, 2019

Ireland should more than double intake of refugees to meet 'fair share', migrant group says

Ireland should more than double its annual intake of refugees over the coming three years to meet its “fair share” of the projected global refugee resettlement need, a migrant umbrella group has said.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2019

Taoiseach accused of making 'disingenuous' and untrue statements about Direct Provision

The Taoiseach has been accused of making "disingenuous" and factually incorrect statements about the Direct Provision system for asylum seekers.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2019

WATCH: ‘Disco outside the Dáil’ sends clear message to Pence

“Today was a both a celebration of who we are in Ireland now"

Tue, 03 Sep, 2019

Ireland to take in migrants stranded on Mediterranean rescue ship

Ireland is among six EU countries which have agreed to take in migrants stranded on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean.

Fri, 23 Aug, 2019

Refugees 'struggling to access basic services' in emergency accommodation, says council

The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) has said asylum seekers are struggling to access basic services such as healthcare, when in the State system.

Thu, 08 Aug, 2019

World Refugee Day: Global crisis that needs solving

Today is World Refugee Day. That may not mean much to most people living in Ireland but, in common with other

Thu, 20 Jun, 2019