# asylum - Yesterday’s News
Only 8.6pc of asylum seekers in Ireland are granted protection – compared to an EU average of 25.2pc.
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# asylum - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
Kileni, who fled South Africa after the murder of her husband and suffered Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, waited over a year for the payment awarded to her.
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# asylum - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Almost 500 Vietnamese asylum seekers have arrived on Australian shores, that’s more than in the last five years combined.
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# asylum - Monday 25 March, 2013
A woman and a young child have died after an overloaded boat carrying 95 asylum-seekers travelling to Australia sank in the Indian Ocean.
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# asylum - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
The Immigrant Council of Ireland said this shows a “clear need for a fresh approach to identifying victims”.
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# asylum - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
In total, approximately 165,700 immigration related requests were made in 2012.
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# asylum - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Ireland has 6,740 asylum seekers living in an antiquated direct provision system that is not fit for purpose, write Gavan Titley and Ronit Lentin.
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# asylum - Sunday 14 October, 2012
The deaths took place over the past ten years. One quarter of the asylum seekers who died were under five years of age.
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# asylum - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Indonesian officials received an alert from Australian authorities but have been unable to locate the vessel.
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# asylum - Sunday 26 August, 2012
President Rafael Correa says the two countries are returning to dialogue over controversy surrounding the WikiLeaks founder.
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# asylum - Thursday 16 August, 2012
The Foreign Office in the UK said that the decision “changes nothing” and the Wikileaks founder will still be extradited to Sweden.
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# asylum - Thursday 5 July, 2012
The scheme will provide young asylum seekers with a mentor to help them integrate into Irish society.
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# asylum - Sunday 24 June, 2012
Ecuador is mulling over whether to offer the WikiLeaks founder asylum, after he took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Tuesday.
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Assange has sought asylum in bid to avoid being extradited to Sweden.
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# asylum - Thursday 21 June, 2012
The boat, which is thought to be from Sri Lanka, was on its way to the Australian territory of Christmas Island.
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# asylum - Saturday 16 June, 2012
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Over 5,100 people are currently being housed in 37 accommodation centres around Ireland.
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# asylum - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
The Irish Refugee Council has said that the proposed Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill does not address the reasons for Ireland’s low rate of acceptance for protection applicants.
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# asylum - Saturday 8 October, 2011
Moussa has been living in a hostel in Ireland for seven years while the Government decides if he can stay and work here. Waiting is soul-destroying, he says, as is being made to feel like a criminal.
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# asylum - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
The organisation has made proposals about making the system “fairer” – saying that the current structure is far too costly, places burdens on the courts and puts people through unnecessary misery.
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# asylum - Wednesday 17 August, 2011
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# asylum - Thursday 16 December, 2010
Australian authorities have begun a criminal investigation into shipwreck which killed at least 28 people off Christmas Island yesterday.
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# asylum - Wednesday 15 December, 2010
Refugee advocate accuses Australian authorities of knowing the ship was heading for the island.
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# asylum - Wednesday 1 December, 2010
Nine things you need to know by 9am: no sign of a thaw in icy conditions, John Gormley compares being a government minister to being “in asylum” and Fruitbatgate lecturer claims he was not given a fair hearing.
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