Sinn Féin found itself in hot water yesterday, while Fianna Fáil left reporters yawning, writes David Davin-Power.

I feel, like a punch in my gut, comments like those of Verona Murphy... that ISIS supporters make up ‘a big part’ of the migrant population., writes Victoria White

A new refugee resettlement scheme which has seen Irish communities open their arms to welcome those fleeing war and persecution is to be rolled out nationwide.

Thousands of Rohingya refugees have marked the second anniversary of their exodus from Burma into Bangladesh.

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

A record 71 million people have been displaced worldwide as a result of war, persecution and other violence, the UN refugee agency said.

"We will not send anyone to die," said immigration police chief Major General Surachate Hakparn

A dedicated crèche facility has been created at a refugee centre in west Waterford to cater for children of migrants awaiting permanent relocation, here.

Sam Keeley failed his Leaving Cert but his love of acting has seen him succeed, writes Esther McCarthy

Bidi Bidi in northern Uganda is the world’s largest official refugee camp, where survivors of the conflict in South Sudan wait and hope, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

Thousands of Rohingya are continuing to flee violence and persecution in Burma and crossing into Bangladesh.

About 164,000 Rohingya have flooded into Bangladesh since violence erupted in Burma on August 25, the UN's refugee agency said.

A hospital near Bangladesh's southeastern border has treated dozens of Rohingya refugees who arrived with bullet wounds and broken bones after fleeing violence in western Burma.

By maintaining the level of resettlement at 520 people a year, Ireland can ensure it plays its part in implementing the Refugee Response Framework, writes Enda O’Neill.

Ireland is leading the way in the international response to the refugee crisis, according to the United Nations.

Irish engineering students have devised expandable pod-like shelters with roll-out roofs, some of which can be erected in just 40 minutes, which could help refugees fleeing conflict or famine around the world.

A paperwork blunder has forced an Irish Naval refugee rescue ship to remain berthed in Cork Harbour, days after it was due to set sail for the Mediterranean.

The risk of mass deaths from starvation is growing in parts of east Africa, Yemen and Nigeria due to a combination of conflict, drought and a shortfall in humanitarian aid, it has been warned.

In 2015, €9.7bn of the development assistance budget was used to deal with the influx of people into the EU, instead of paying for projects in those countries from where asylum-seekers had fled, says Jorge Moreira da Silva.

 

Italy’s refusal to allow gardaí assess migrants on Italian soil before they are transferred here is stalling the Government’s commitment to take in 2,662 migrants by year’s end, according to the Department of Justice.

Irish members of Clowns Without Borders help to entertain the traumatised in war-torn areas,

Persecution and conflict in Syria and Afghanistan, and elsewhere, raised the number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record 65.3m in 2015, says the UN refugee agency.

The UN refugee agency says persecution and conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan raised the number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record 65.3 million at the end of last year.

Ireland has received just one family and blamed ‘low take up’ on refugees who had not wished to complete the first step of applying for asylum, writes Victoria White.

Victoria White reports from Skaramagas refugee camp, west of Athens, home to 2,800 refugees who fled fighting in Syria but now fear that their hopes of starting life afresh in the West will never be realised

The mayor of Paris has announced plans to create a centre to take in migrants with nowhere to go.

Sr Stanislaus Kennedy calls for Ireland's politicians to assume a more active role when it comes to fighting the injustices suffered by the thousands of refugees who have flooded into Europe in the past few years.

Up to 500 migrants may have drowned last week in the Mediterranean when human traffickers crammed people onto an already overcrowded ship, causing it to sink, the UN refugee agency said.

Up to 500 people are feared dead after a boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea last week, the UN refugee agency said.

Greece is pressing ahead with plans to start deporting migrants and refugees back to Turkey next week, despite mounting concern from the UN and human rights organisations that Syrians could be denied proper protection.