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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 in Dublin following a ...

21 May 2024 at 13:11

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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 held in the Aviva ...

21 May 2024 at 19:51

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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 for integration at ...

17 May 2023 at 18:49

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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 applicants were without ...

15 May 2023 at 10:51

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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 recent days when ...

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 mid-2018. More than ...

24 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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350 asylum seekers without accommodation, says Irish Refugee Council

A total of 355 international protection applicants are currently without accommodation in Ireland, according to the Irish Refugee Council. The charity said the figure shows “a further deterioration in the rights of ...

26 Mar 2023 at 23:01

National News

‘Extremely challenging’ to provide accommodation for asylum seekers – minister

The Minister for Justice has said it is “extraordinarily challenging” to provide shelter for everyone fleeing persecution. Simon Harris was responding to a question on reports that approximately 80 asylum seekers ...

10 Mar 2023 at 17:49

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Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees to be housed at festival site for six weeks

Tents at the site of an Irish music festival are to be used to house hundreds of Ukrainian refugees for the next six weeks, a junior minister has said. Over the weekend, 70,000 revellers attended Electric Picnic ...

05 Sept 2023 at 16:06

National News

People granted asylum who commit crime should be deported – Fianna Fail senator

Asylum seekers and people granted refugee status in Ireland who commit a crime should be deported, a Fianna Fail senator has said. Lisa Chambers said there is “nothing stopping us” from deporting a person who ...

13 Apr 2024 at 12:51

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New EU migration laws ‘not perfect but Ireland can’t do this alone’ – Irish MEP

The overhaul of the EU’s migration system “isn’t perfect”, but a change to handle an increase in asylum numbers is urgently needed, an Irish MEP has said. Years of division over the EU Pact on Migration and ...

10 Apr 2024 at 22:15

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McEntee: Ireland will not see ‘more than fair share’ of migrants under EU pact

Ireland may decide to “take on more” asylum seekers from other EU countries under a new pact, according to the justice minister. Helen McEntee made the comments after the European Parliament voted to ...

11 Apr 2024 at 09:56

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