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# Migrant

Last year
2023
Over 60 migrant children missing after disappearing from State care
The boys and girls – who sought protection after fleeing war-torn countries – vanished in Ireland since 2017.
Noteworthy analysis finds a large number of missing migrant children were not the subject of public garda appeals to help locate them
This year alone, 20 refugee children disappeared and remain missing from Tusla care - the highest yearly number to date
Children’s rights organisations express concerns over underage migrants and raise trafficking fears
14 Dec 2023
43.8k
Seven vacant nursing homes mooted for 600 refugee beds but block on converting continues
2 Jun 2023
18.1k
31
Explainer: What is the difference between ‘economic migrants’, ‘refugees’ and 'asylum-seekers'?
4 Feb 2023
18.7k
All time
'This is happening in plain sight': Telling the story of trafficked people working in Irish growhouses
17 Jun 2021
26.5k
18
Irishman given three-year jail sentence for trying to smuggle migrants into UK in roof box of his car
28 Feb 2020
71.2k
25
German far-right group launches vigilante street patrol after alleged asylum seeker attacks
3 Jan 2019
59.5k
213
US in dramatic border shutdown after hundreds of migrants try to cross over from Mexico
26 Nov 2018
22.3k
64
Two humanitarian groups suspend migrant rescues due to threats from Libya
13 Aug 2017
11.2k
35
The challenges of integrating migrant children in Ireland's care
2 Apr 2017
8.7k
13
Attack on migrant ship leaves over 30 dead and dozens critically injured
17 Mar 2017
16.3k
11
Worked for €2 an hour and forced to break the law - the plight of Ireland's au pairs
5 Mar 2017
45.0k
69
Skipper of migrant boat which sank killing up to 900 found guilty
13 Dec 2016
8.8k
18
Escaping a warzone in a wheelchair: This teen has turned her incredible story into a book
23 Oct 2016
9.6k
22
The world's six richest countries take in just 9% of the world's refugees
18 Jul 2016
24.6k
153
Powerful video shows child fleeing war-torn England
10 May 2016
22.9k
120
Plan for Greece to send back illegal migrants under 'one-for-one' deal
8 Mar 2016
9.7k
75
Police say most Cologne mob suspects were asylum seekers
8 Jan 2016
24.6k
144
"You never know when someone will attack you and smash a bottle over your head" - Life on the streets for Dublin's migrant homeless
26 Oct 2015
29.7k
57
Migrant crisis talks: No agreement on quotas until next month
14 Sep 2015
17.6k
106
Distressing images of drowned Syrian toddler highlight tragedy of migrant crisis
2 Sep 2015
49.9k
262
LÉ Niamh disembarks 14 bodies found on overcrowded barge
29 Jul 2015
20.9k
59
Watch: 200 migrants rescued by Irish Naval ship LÉ Eithne off Libyan coast
28 May 2015
23.2k
135
Europe or Die: Why so many migrants risk their lives to come here
26 Jan 2015
10.6k
37
Fears for 500 on sunken boat as two Palestinian migrants are rescued in Mediterranean
15 Sep 2014
4.7k
6
Bishop: Caesarean a "better outcome than abortion" but creates risks
18 Aug 2014
15.7k
268
Opinion: It is a great feeling knowing that your children can call Ireland home
Reginald Oko-Flex Inya
25 May 2014
693
99
Column: 'A Migrant State of Mind’ – emigration and mental health
Dil Wickremasinghe
10 Oct 2013
223
76
Divers hope to resume search off Italy amid fears death toll could reach 300
5 Oct 2013
4.3k
2
Column: Why are asylum seekers protesting?
Dr Matt Cannon
10 Jul 2013
153
108
Political integration scheme connects migrants to Leinster House
17 Nov 2012
2.8k
1
Factory raids highlight India's illegal child labour
12 Jun 2012
3.0k
4
Column: ‘We are the 17 per cent’ – the story of a migrant in Ireland
Dil Wickremasinghe
27 May 2012
221
40
Former child migrants seek compensation for alleged child abuse
14 Jun 2011
366