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# Asylum Seekers

This week
21st July 2024 - 27th July 2024
McDonald says 'better off' areas should house asylum seekers rather than most deprived communities
Updated 23 Jul
20.3k
‘It’s not about having a big row in a public hall’: Coolock TDs on how to end the protests
“Some people feel intimidated and some people are so angry it’s hard to have engagement”.
Updated 23 Jul
25.8k
Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Ireland urged to do more to support asylum seekers subjected to female genital mutilation
Pregnant women accommodated outside of Dublin are particularly lacking in care and supports.
Jane Matthews
reporting from Ethiopia
20 Jul
10.6k
Gardaí probe two more suspected arson attacks at buildings in Limerick and Donegal
Updated 19 Jul
22.0k
Asylum seekers attacked by gang armed with iron bars and knives in Dublin city centre
17 Jul
49.2k
Phibsborough encampment cleared by gardaí following intimidation by anti-migrant groups
16 Jul
19.0k
Coolock violence 'not an issue of community engagement', Taoiseach says
Updated 16 Jul
13.0k
Coolock: Disinformation included claims about 'unvetted males' and 'white destruction'
16 Jul
15.7k
How arson attacks on properties linked to asylum seekers have escalated over the last six years
Fires at a site in Coolock is the latest arson attack related to anti-migrant groups.
Updated 16 Jul
24.7k
IPAS postpones eviction orders for some Direct Provision residents
16 Jul
14.6k
Waterways Ireland facing prosecution after homeless man paralysed by digger clearing tents
15 Jul
32.6k
This month
July 2024
Locals in Tramore say it would be 'huge loss' if families in Direct Provision have to leave town
A mother who has lived in Tramore for five years with her son said she is devastated about having to leave their community.
Several families have been told they need to leave Ocean View House in the next two weeks
Many children and parents have been attending schools or working in the area for years
"I feel empty, my heart is torn," one mother told us
Órla Ryan
12 Jul
22.9k
Cost of overpayments to asylum seekers since 2018 is less than €6,000
8 Jul
18.0k
Five more countries to be added to Ireland’s ‘safe countries’ list
1 Jul
47.4k
Last month
June 2024
Dáil narrowly votes in favour of adopting new EU border and immigration policies
5 hrs ago
34.8k
Debunked: Why terms like 'illegals' and 'people trafficking' mischaracterise the asylum system
20 Jun
4.9k
'It's very rewarding for everybody': The volunteer group helping asylum seekers learn English
Cross-Cultural Conversations hold classes to teach English and about Ireland, as well as social events in the city.
16 Jun
11.9k
Debunked: Fabricated quotes and made-up commentators feature in 'vote-rigging' news story
12 Jun
7.0k
Asylum seekers staying in tents on Leeson Street moved on without offers of new accommodation
12 Jun
21.0k
20 years of legal migrant voting in Ireland but conspiracies about it are being shared online
7 Jun
18.5k
McEntee: Airlines fined for carrying undocumented passengers, but State will still process them
5 Jun
7.3k
Sinn Féin not seeking to outsource processing of asylum seeker applications to other countries
4 Jun
25.3k
83
'We're currently doing it': Fine Gael's Regina Doherty says EU already outsourcing asylum
2 Jun
16.5k
May
May 2024
Debunked: High Court did not rule that ‘illegal immigrants should be paid €318 per week’
31 May
443
High Court told State can't simply accommodate homeless asylum seekers 'at the drop of a hat'
Stephen McDermott
Updated 30 May
12.9k
Fixing delays with childen's spinal surgeries 'not rocket science', President Higgins says
30 May
5.4k
Tents cleared at Grand Canal for the third time as over 100 asylum seekers moved on
One young man who was offered State-provided accommodation today said he was fleeing conflict in Somalia.
Updated 30 May
19.1k
1,000 asylum seekers to be accommodated at Thornton Hall by the end of June
29 May
27.8k
High Court told Ireland is breaching human rights law by failing to house homeless asylum seekers
Stephen McDermott
Updated 29 May
30.4k
Taoiseach indicates asylum seeker tents to be cleared from Dublin's Grand Canal this week
Updated 27 May
23.2k
Means-testing asylum seekers aims to ensure system is fair, says McEntee
24 May
10.9k
Sinn Féin says plans to means test asylum seekers should go further and include medical cards
Updated 23 May
38.1k
Four men charged with public order offences during protest at asylum seeker accommodation
22 May
25.1k
Outrage from locals in Borrisokane as families living in direct provision face eviction, Dáil told
22 May
32.6k
Arson attack on building earmarked for asylum seekers 'idiotic' and 'criminal', says Taoiseach
22 May
12.2k
Modular and prefab units to be used to house asylum seekers on Thornton Hall site
21 May
23.4k
Some asylum seekers told to get bus to tented IPAS site, while others left by Grand Canal
The clearance comes following a similar operation on 9 May.
Eimer McAuley
Updated 21 May
41.0k
Govt working to create more accommodation for asylum seekers as tents remain on Grand Canal
20 May
6.7k
Mayor calls on Govt to tackle immigration 'myths' as council launches info campaign
19 May
11.4k
'Whether they're from Donegal or Senegal, it makes no difference': A night at the Lighthouse café
Hundreds of homeless people, from Ireland and further afield, visit the Dublin centre every day for food, clothes and friendship.
The centre provides a range of supports to homeless people and asylum seekers
"We need to remember it’s people who are actually inside the tents. These are human beings."
Órla Ryan
19 May
12.0k
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