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# Asylum Seekers

Last year
2023
Taoiseach 'horrified' by burning of refugee tents as ministers to meet gardaí over protests
Irish Refugee Council has 'grave concerns' for safety of asylum seekers living in tents
Taoiseach condemns 'violence unreservedly' after tents set on fire at homeless refugee camp
Nine people died in asylum seeker accommodation in Ireland last year, highest figure since 2008
Hiqa to begin inspections of Direct Provision centres this year after campaign by rights groups
Mullingar: Anti-migrant protests see allegations of 'intimidation' against refugees and locals
Justice minister says anti-asylum seeker demonstration in Mullingar was 'effort to intimidate'
355 asylum seekers are currently without accommodation, says Irish Refugee Council
Man arrested and Garda injured after demonstration at asylum seeker accommodation
'It's relentless': The toll of online abuse on community groups supporting asylum seekers
FactCheck newsletter: Despite Covid's lessons about fake news, history is now repeating itself
Stephen McDermott
€20m signed off on for refugee accommodation plans, with commercial properties being considered
Cabinet set to approve millions of euro to fund refugee accommodation
Sinn Féin TD says there's 'no place on the streets' for Tommy Robinson in Ireland
'This is the real Ballyfermot': Local community group forms to show solidarity after protests
Teenager arrested following protest outside Merseyside asylum seeker hotel to appear in court
Taoiseach wants time to process asylum seekers cut down to less than 12 weeks
Refugees from 'safe' countries must have their cases heard fairly, says immigration lawyer
'Now I'm included': Asylum seekers in East Wall taking part in community classes and groups
EU agrees tougher rules for failed asylum-seekers as leaders call for border surveillance
Debunked: Video of fire does not show building contracted to house asylum seekers
Mary Lou McDonald: Direct anger at Government, not refugees
Far right protesters aren't just in it for the cause - there's also money to be made
One agitator asks his followers for support to cover travel and other expenses related to the protests.
Anti-immigration activists monetise their YouTube accounts and ask for donations, reports Eimer McAuley.
Experts say the tactics are imported from abroad but the levels of profit are small at present.
Harris says decision-making process for those seeking asylum will be accelerated
Varadkar on protests against refugees: 'We should know better. It's not the Irish way'
Debunked: No, ‘100,000 unvetted foreign nationals’ did not receive free accommodation in a year
Govt facing 'pinch-point' on asylum seeker accommodation
Minister: 'No level of consultation' would change views of some on housing asylum seekers
'Only a matter of time before someone is killed': Hundreds attend anti-racism event in Ashtown
89 asylum seekers left without accommodation last week after Citywest closure
Residents in Lismore protest against use of town's refurbished hotel for direct provision
26 additional asylum seekers unable to be accommodated by State
UN refugee agency says it is 'completely unpalatable' that asylum seekers are homeless in Ireland
Asylum seekers sleeping rough on the streets of Dublin: 'I don't know what's next'
55 asylum seekers left without accommodation since Citywest closure
New asylum accommodation might not be ready for five weeks, as charities prepare for influx
Dublin TD says protesters told him 'they will come to my home and burn it down'
Drimnagh is latest Dublin community to form group to 'support inclusion' after protests
Refugee accommodation protestors 'roar obscenities' outside house of Ballyfermot councillor
Modular houses to come on stream as Cabinet briefed on refugee accommodation crisis