Asylum seeker's hunger strike for permission to remain reaches third day

Permission to remain can be granted to people who have been refused a refuge or subsidiary protection declaration but who are not returned home for humanitarian or other compelling reasons

Nadim Hussain said he fears for his life if he was to be deported to his home country of India. He said that both of his parents were killed in riots before he came here in 2018.

An asylum seeker's hunger strike campaign to achieve permission to remain status in Ireland has reached its third day. 

Nadim Hussain, who currently lives in Direct Provision in Cork, is pleading to be granted permission to remain in Ireland. Mr Hussain has been living in Cork for three years.