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# asylum - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
Ex-Bolivian president travelling to Mexico after being granted asylum
This comes as his supporters and foes clashed on the streets of La Paz following his resignation.
# asylum - Thursday 12 September, 2019
US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to implement new asylum restrictions
Democrats have said the ruling puts people’s lives at risk.
# asylum - Monday 8 July, 2019
Trump says migrant detention centres will be opened up to visits by journalists
His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.
# asylum - Sunday 13 January, 2019
'Very, very happy' Saudi woman arrives in Canada after receiving asylum
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun had accused her family of physical and psychological abuse.
# asylum - Saturday 24 November, 2018
Who is Asia Bibi and why has her case sparked furious protests?
There have been calls for the Pakistani woman to be offered asylum, including in Ireland.
# asylum - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
Judge bars Trump from denying asylum to people entering US illegally
The US President issued a proclamation earlier this month as a matter of “national security”.
# asylum - Saturday 17 November, 2018
'Ireland would like to help': Irish government open to asylum application from Asia Bibi
The justice minister and Tánaiste said Ireland would like to help.
# asylum - Monday 18 June, 2018
Melania Trump and Laura Bush hit out at separating of families at US border
For both, it was an unusual entry into a fierce political debate.
# asylum - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
People 'unable to leave direct provision centres if they can't find alternative housing'
A report found the housing crisis is ‘contributing to bottlenecks’ in the asylum system.
# asylum - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
Missing Commonwealth Games athletes resurface in Sydney
More than a dozen athletes from four African nations have been missing since the games on the Gold Coast last month.
# asylum - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
UN says Ireland needs to take 'immediate action' to cut asylum waiting times
Some people are waiting over two years for a decision on their asylum application.
# asylum - Thursday 22 March, 2018
'Out of reach': A month after landmark court ruling, no asylum seeker has applied for work permit here
Critics say the barriers that remain in place act as a deterrent for asylum seekers to get an employment permit.
# asylum - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
Giving the unborn full rights would have consequences 'with reverberations', Supreme Court hears
A landmark Supreme Court appeal hearing is under way which is expected to have crucial ramifications for the pending referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
# asylum - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
The food is 'horrible' and the men are 'creepy' - Children in direct provision speak out
It’s part of a report commissioned by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
# asylum - Monday 3 July, 2017
Private firms housing refugees and asylum seekers were paid €60 million last year
The rise in spend by the RIA came against the background of the numbers accommodated by the agency last year decreasing from 4,696 to 4,425 at year end.
# asylum - Sunday 14 May, 2017
'It felt very oppressive': Eerie photos show abandoned asylum in west of Ireland
The photographer said he wants to show people inside mysterious buildings they pass all the time.
# asylum - Monday 12 December, 2016
'I wanted to sweep them up and bring them home': Ministers meet refugees in Greece
Zappone said she wants Ireland to take as many unaccompanied minors from the camps as we can.
# asylum - Monday 14 November, 2016
Asylum seeker enters 35th day of hunger strike in Sligo centre
The Iranian man has been served with a deportation order.
# asylum - Thursday 29 September, 2016
Irish citizen whose father and brother were killed by Islamic State denied permission to bring mother to Ireland
Rasheed’s* mother is unable to renew her passport and as a result a visa application from her will not be considered.
# asylum - Thursday 4 August, 2016
Tánaiste expects more than 4,000 people will be refused entry to Ireland this year
Already this year more than 2,000 people have been refused leave to land in Ireland.
# asylum - Wednesday 2 March, 2016
Ireland deported or removed 3,800 people last year
The approval rate for entry visa applications was 91%.
# asylum - Sunday 28 February, 2016
Kurdish refugees found in back of lorry awaiting transfer to asylum centre
They were discovered at the back of a truck that had travelled to Ireland from France.
# asylum - Tuesday 26 January, 2016
Teen held after asylum centre worker stabbed to death
Swedish news agency TT said he was 15 years old.
# asylum - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
Michael D calls in Council of State over law that was rushed through the Dáil
Michael D Higgins could now refer the International Protection Bill to the Supreme Court.
# asylum - Tuesday 24 November, 2015
'We need some breathing room' - Sweden is tightening its asylum rules
The Scandinavian country received 80,000 asylum applications in the past two months.
# asylum - Thursday 29 October, 2015
MEPs vote to welcome "human rights defender" Edward Snowden in Europe
Irish MEPs voted 6-4 in favour of the resolution, which Snowden himself has called a “game-changer.”
# asylum - Tuesday 27 October, 2015
Halloween event advertises 'asylum' attraction 'filled with the crazy'
Mental Health Ireland said it hoped organisers had not intended to portray people with mental health difficulties in a negative way.
# asylum - Saturday 19 September, 2015
The 9 at 9: Saturday
It’s Saturday, here’s what’s happening.
# asylum - Friday 14 August, 2015
Baggage handlers find man stowed away among the luggage on a plane
The man took advantage of his job at Addis Ababa airport to smuggle himself aboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight.
# asylum - Saturday 11 July, 2015
More people have applied for asylum this year than in the entire of 2014
The Direct Provision system is now “virtually full” according to justice minister Frances Fitzgerald.
# asylum - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
Some kids have lived their whole lives in Direct Provision. It's time to do the right thing.
Ireland has been warehousing asylum-seekers in Direct Provision since 2000. How can we stand by and allow children to live in these conditions?
# asylum - Monday 11 May, 2015
EU wants refugee quotas for member states and the UK's not happy
Frances Fitzgerald can’t comment on the issue.
# asylum - Thursday 7 May, 2015
One person has been in an asylum centre for 11 years - this is how they live
Serious concerns have been expressed about the quality of life children in direct provision have.
# asylum - Friday 27 March, 2015
Anti-Deportation Ireland: ALL members of asylum reform group should resign
Sue Conlan says the group has not been fully consulted on new legislation.
# asylum - Tuesday 3 March, 2015
"We have a love affair with incarcerating people in Ireland"
Aodhan Ó Riordáin expects a report on reforming the Direct Provision on his desk by Easter.
# asylum - Tuesday 27 January, 2015
The number of people applying for asylum in Ireland last year more than doubled
The Department of Justice said this was a reversal of recent trends.
# asylum - Saturday 10 January, 2015
"The kids began laughing when he told them that his family have to queue up for food"
Three people living in direct provision centres explain what people don’t realise about their lives.
# asylum - Wednesday 31 December, 2014
Opinion: Workhouses and Direct Provision – the parallels can no longer be ignored
Direct Provision has revived the spectre of the workhouse in Ireland. It should be challenged by any Irish person that cares about equality and fairness.
# asylum - Wednesday 12 November, 2014
In her own words: One woman's escape from ethnic cleansing
“I pray to God I don’t have to go back to Sudan. At the least, I will be arrested. The least, you understand? I could be killed.”
The scars that brought us to Ireland: Asylum seekers on the violence that made them flee
Three refugees who have fled their home countries due to political persecution share their stories.
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Poll: Have you turned the heating on this week?
SO FAR, JULY has been unseasonably wet and cold, with rain pouring across the country since the month began.
This week alone, 41.6 mm of rain was recorded in Dublin Airport compared to just 41 mm across all of July in 2019. The average rainfall in July over the last 30 years has been 56.2 mm, so we’re likely to eclipse that if the trend continues.
While drier and warmer weather is expected as we move into the weekend, we want to know have you turned the heating on this week?
Poll Results:
Just for a bit, to take the edge off (4354)
No (2275)
Yes, all the time (531)
Can you not think of a proper question? (446)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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