Person: Liam Thornton

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Migrant children stand in front of a barbed wire fence and Polish servicemen at a checkpoint at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus last week.</p>

comment-analysis

Liam Thornton: Poland’s handling of migrants on border in gross violation of EU law

Belarus has tacit approval from Russia to use migrants as pawns in their dispute with the EU, writes Liam Thornton

business

Report shows it’s time for the Government to buck up for children

news

Claims that asylum seeker payments could double

news

Asylum seekers can now receive election pamphlets after RIA u-turn - but no canvassers

news

U-turn allows asylum seekers to receive election pamphlets, but no canvassers

news

Coalition fails to deal with asylum seeker crux

‘No reason’ for 11-year asylum decision delay

There is no clear reason why asylum seekers are having to wait up to 11 years in the State’s initial refugee reception system, according to an immigration expert.

Mon, 23 Sep, 2013

You are dealing with people who have undergone torture, very often, but tribunal members seem to be unaware of this

CHILD advocacy specialist Norah Gibbons was shocked when she heard there are more than 2,000 children living in direct provision accommodation in this country.

Mon, 02 Aug, 2010

A third in asylum centres are children

ONE third of people now living in state-run centres for asylum seekers are children – many of whom have been born into the system, figures from the Reception and Integration Agency have revealed.

Mon, 02 Aug, 2010