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Four unaccompanied children among 1,400 refugees forced to sleep rough – report

Almost 1,400 international protection applicants have been forced into homelessness this year due to a lack of state accommodation, including four unaccompanied children, the Irish Refugee Council has highlighted. Some of the refugees arriving in ...

12 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Department of Justice stands by assessment on Northern Ireland asylum seekers

The Irish Department of Justice has stood by an assessment that a majority of asylum seekers are coming into the country through Northern Ireland. Last week, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee claimed 80% of asylum seekers are coming into the ...

29 Apr 2024 at 22:05

National News

Irish Refugee Council ‘gravely concerned’ for homeless migrants

The Irish Refugee Council has condemned recent anti-migrant protests in Dublin in which a camp for homeless asylum seekers was burned and set alight as “shocking, disgraceful and deeply distressing”. The council’s chief executive Nick ...

14 May 2023 at 15:08

Northern Ireland

Tanaiste says 80% figure for asylum seekers from NI not based on evidence

A claim by the Irish justice minister that 80% of asylum seekers are coming into the country from Northern Ireland is not based on data, evidence or statistics, Ireland’s deputy premier has said. Micheal Martin made the remarks after ...

29 Apr 2024 at 16:28

National News

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 people seeking ...

26 Mar 2023 at 23:01

Northern Ireland

Doubt cast on claims majority of asylum seekers in Ireland had crossed NI border

Claims that the majority of asylum seekers entering Ireland had crossed the border from Northern Ireland have been questioned by human rights and refugee organisations. Ireland’s justice minister Helen McEntee last week claimed ...

29 Apr 2024 at 12:55

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