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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

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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

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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

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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

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 in ...

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 ...

21 May 2024 at 19:51

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 for ...

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 applicants ...

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 recent days ...

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 ...

24 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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 ...

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 ...

10 Mar 2023 at 17:49

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