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Refugees having to sleep on chairs with no blankets, campaigners claim

Refugees have been forced to sleep on chairs with no blankets at the Citywest transit hub, it has been claimed. Concerns have been raised by campaigners about asylum seekers being subjected to conditions that fail to provide a suitable standard of ...

19 Aug 2022 at 17:52

National News

Department ‘deplores’ protests held outside centres where migrants are living

The Department of Integration has strongly condemned protests held outside centres where asylum seekers are being housed, saying that they are causing “fear and distress”. Last night, protests were organised at several centres where migrants are ...

13 Jan 2023 at 15:41

National News

Taoiseach criticises protests held outside migrant centre

The Taoiseach has criticised protests held outside a centre housing migrants, including young children, saying there is no excuse for racism in Ireland. Videos on social media in recent days show a crowd of people outside a hotel in Ballymun, ...

10 Jan 2023 at 15:58

National News

Counties to be given funding based on number of Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers accommodated

The government has announced that funding will be given to counties based on the number of displaced Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers they accommodate. The new funding measures are part of a €50 million programme brought to the ...

13 Dec 2022 at 16:27

Local News

Donegal launch for national movement bringing asylum seekers, refugees and wider society together through running

A national solidarity-through-sport movement, which started in Cork in 2018, is set to come to Letterkenny next Saturday, November 20th. The Sanctuary Runners initiative enables Irish people to run alongside, and in solidarity, ...

15 Nov 2021 at 16:24

National News

More tents at Grand Canal SCRAPPED as 89 asylum seekers given alternative accommodation

More tents have been removed from the Grand Canal area after 89 international protection applicants were offered alternative accommodation this morning (May 21). According to RTÉ, barricades have been erected along the canal ...

21 May 2024 at 13:11

National News

Asylum seeker tents not removed because of Europa League final, insists minister

Homeless asylum seekers sleeping in tents along a Dublin canal were not moved because of a high-profile football match, the Transport Minister has said. The Europa League final between Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen is to be ...

21 May 2024 at 19:51

Local News

Amnesty film night in Letterkenny

Over 80 people came to watch the film Aisha in the ATU at a recent screening organised by Amnesty International and ATU Law Society. Aisha follows the journey of a young Nigerian woman’s experiences in the direct provision ...

01 May 2023 at 13:56

National News

Junior minister: Communicating with locals difficult when migrants on streets

The junior minister for integration has said that communicating with locals ahead of time is difficult when hundreds of asylum seekers are sleeping on the streets. Joe O’Brien, the Minister of State with responsibility ...

17 May 2023 at 18:49

National News

Hundreds of beds to be offered to rough-sleeping asylum seekers, minister says

Hundreds of beds will be made available to asylum seekers who have no accommodation and are sleeping rough, the minister for integration has pledged. Roderic O’Gorman said around 480 international protection ...

15 May 2023 at 10:51

National News

Taoiseach ‘shocked and horrified’ at targeting of makeshift asylum seeker camps

People in Ireland must unequivocally reject the violent targeting of migrant camps by far-right activists, the Taoiseach has said. Leo Varadkar said he was “shocked and horrified” at scenes in Dublin in ...

15 May 2023 at 16:08

National News

Vast majority of working asylum seekers in low-skilled jobs, research finds

The vast majority of asylum seekers in Ireland who are working are in low-skilled, low-paid jobs, according to new research. Ireland granted international protection applicants the right to work in ...

24 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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