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# Immigration

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
Sinn Féin immigration policy: 'Audits' of services proposed for communities housing asylum seekers
Sinn Féin launched its new International Protection policy proposals this afternoon in Dublin.
Updated 23 Jul
16.7k
Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
McDonald calls for government to 'move beyond condemnation' and engage with Coolock residents
20 Jul
12.0k
Opinion: Blaming small sections of society for anti-migrant riots avoids true accountability
Teresa Buczkowska
18 Jul
9.9k
Sinn Féin immigration doc to call for more countries to be added to 'safe countries' list
17 Jul
18.6k
Coolock violence 'not an issue of community engagement', Taoiseach says
Updated 16 Jul
13.0k
SF immigration policy will soon be pinned to the mast as McDonald denies any pivot to the right
15 Jul
17.5k
Tenants' Union calls on IPAS to engage to prevent eviction of asylum seekers
15 Jul
4.7k
This month
July 2024
Sinn Fein 'lost the trust' of its supporters in referendums and elections, McDonald believes
Updated 13 Jul
20.2k
Nationals of South Africa and Botswana will now need a visa to travel to Ireland
8 Jul
69.7k
Last month
June 2024
'An insult to the Dáil': Opposition parties promise to vote against EU Migration Pact
18 Jun
22.0k
Government seeks tenders for charter flights to deport people from State
17 Jun
28.6k
Over 100 far-right candidates stood in this year's elections: Could they become a political force?
Five far-right councillors were elected this year – the first breakthrough for the movement.
Around 100 candidates with far-right views ran in this year's elections - most of them outperforming the movement's previous best in 2020.
Social media has proved a successful platform for a number of those who were elected or who threatened to win seats.
Stephen McDermott
15 Jun
12.5k
SF has slumped in the polls - we spoke to grassroots members about what needs to change
Sinn Féin may yet make major gains at the polls this week, but its grassroots say the leadership isn’t listening on major issues.
Eoghan Dalton
6 Jun
15.6k
RELATED
Warmth, apathy and one 'don't come near my house': On the trail with Sinn Féin in west Dublin
5 Jun
Canvassing in inner city Dublin: bins, bikes and, yes, immigration (but not how you might expect)
30 May
McEntee: Airlines fined for carrying undocumented passengers, but State will still process them
5 Jun
7.3k
'We're currently doing it': Fine Gael's Regina Doherty says EU already outsourcing asylum
2 Jun
16.5k
May
May 2024
Garda deployed to Belfast to support immigration investigations
31 May
15.4k
Far-right candidates will 'get a shock' come election count day, says O'Gorman
31 May
18.1k
Debunked: Image of burning house in rural Ireland is AI-generated and not a real arson attack
30 May
250
Taoiseach indicates asylum seeker tents to be cleared from Dublin's Grand Canal this week
Updated 27 May
23.2k
Taoiseach 'encouraged' after gardaí prevent 50 people entering Ireland from the UK with incorrect documents
Updated 21 hrs ago
42.3k
New poll shows negligible change in party support but over half want more immigration controls
19 May
14.5k
Debunked: The number of 'illegally present immigrants' in Ireland last year was not 10 times the EU average
13 May
14.2k
Taoiseach calls for 'consistency of approach' around payments and supports for Ukrainians
Updated 13 May
31.2k
Government reviewing benefit payments for asylum seekers with decision to come 'in weeks'
12 May
45.6k
Asylum seeker tents cleared from Grand Canal as Taoiseach says 'Team Ireland' response needed
Asylum seekers were told they are committing an offence by camping on the canal.
Diggers have cleared all the tents from the area.
The Government has confirmed that 163 individuals were moved to Crooksling and the former Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum.
The Taoiseach said an all-of-Government approach is needed and that he has "no doubt" further issues will arise.
Updated 9 May
62.1k
Fianna Fáil TD pushes for Garda checkpoints at Northern Ireland border
5 May
25.7k
Opinion: Dialogue is key to solving the UK-Ireland asylum issue
Dr Clare Rice
3 May
4.7k
Extra staff to be hired to improve communications and tackle disinformation on migration
Updated 2 May
15.4k
UK says Tánaiste 'confirmed' no gardaí will be sent to border for migration checks
Tánaiste Micheál Martin had a ‘constructive phone call’ with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris last night.
2 May
12.8k
RELATED
Sunak says UK Govt seeking 'urgent clarification' that no Garda checkpoints will be along NI border
1 May
Cabinet approves emergency legislation to enable return of asylum seekers to UK
30 Apr
April
April 2024
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
And what’s the evidence for Helen McEntee’s claim that 80% of of asylum seekers crossed the border? Here’s what we know.
Updated 29 Apr
15.4k
Enterprise Minister Peter Burke says 'votes are there' for Government to join EU migration pact
28 Apr
9.2k
Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working
27 Apr
43.2k
Timeline: What happened in Newtownmountkennedy yesterday evening?
26 Apr
17.8k
McEntee says over 80% of people seeking asylum entered the country through the northern border
24 Apr
12.2k
Mother of boy with severe scoliosis hits out at use of his story by anti-immigrant figures
22 Apr
12.3k
Harris expects details on locations of promised asylum reception centres 'in the coming weeks'
22 Apr
6.3k
Larry Donnelly: The immigration issue compounds uncertainty in Irish politics
Larry Donnelly
20 Apr
12.1k
72
Migration Pact will damage EU's reputation as a human rights defender, experts say
20 Apr
10.3k
Harris says Ukrainians leaving state accommodation will free up space for other asylum seekers
Christina Finn
reports from Brussels
17 Apr
25.2k
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