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.

The Irish Refugee Council has repeated its call for the Government to end the controversial scheme of direct provision for asylum seekers.

There was a flurry of excitement when it emerged Edward Snowden applied to Ireland for asylum, but it may not have been a wise move, says Noel Baker.

I HAVE the utmost sympathy for the residents of Priory Hall.

IT was four in the morning when Immigration officers of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) stormed into the Reception Centre on the Kinsale road — for the wrong man.