# Immigration

Last week

21st May 2023 - 27th May 2023

What does Africa Day mean to Afro-Irish people living here today?

It’s a celebration of culture and a recognition of success, mixed with demands for better recognition and a reflection on what is happening in Sudan.

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This month

May 2023

# anti-immigration protests

Garda union AGSI seeks clarity on the policing of protests as Clare blockade continues

The government and Garda management have been under mounting pressure over how anti-migration protests have been handled.

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May 19th 2023, 12:49 PM

This year

2023

# Protest

Dublin Airport says traffic is 'returning to normal' after immigration protest

The airport had warned that people should “allow additional time” for their flight due to heavy traffic arising from the demonstration.

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Mar 26th 2023, 4:57 PM

# Immigration

UK immigration policy will impact Ireland, says Taoiseach

Speaking to reporters in Washington DC today, Varadkar said he will be speaking to the British government about the issue.

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Mar 16th 2023, 7:26 PM

Voices

Opinion: Identity politics dominated Britain's Brexit - let's not make the same mistakes

Peter Flanagan looks at our neighbours’ decision to leave the EU and whether we can learn the lessons here.

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Feb 28th 2023, 8:00 PM

# Refugees

Irish immigration lawyers say Government needs to show 'actual leadership and compassion'

“It’s not possible to say ‘I want to apply for a visa so I can seek asylum.’”

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Feb 12th 2023, 9:31 AM

Voices

Paul Murphy: Anti-refugee protests a far cry from grassroots 'no to water charges' campaigns

‘You’d have to have your head in the sand not to notice that Ireland’s emerging far-right is playing a crucial role here,’ writes the Dublin TD.

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Feb 9th 2023, 10:00 AM

# demostrations

Varadkar on protests against refugees: 'We should know better. It's not the Irish way'

The Taoiseach said refugees genuinely fleeing war and oppression are welcome here.

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Feb 2nd 2023, 6:41 PM

# Podcast

The Explainer: How does Ireland's immigration system work?

Listen in to hear Nick Henderson of the Irish Refugee Council explain.

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Feb 2nd 2023, 5:00 PM

# Gino Kenny

Dublin TD says protesters told him 'they will come to my home and burn it down'

The People Before Profit deputy said he would not be intimidated by the threats.

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Jan 18th 2023, 1:33 PM

# Home Secretary

Charity refuses to delete clip of Holocaust survivor confronting UK politician

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who referred to migrants as ‘an invasion’, was accused of Nazi-like rhetoric by the activist.

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Jan 15th 2023, 4:53 PM

Last year

2022

# factcheck

FactCheck newsletter: Covid, climate change and Ukraine dominated disinformation narratives in 2022

The ‘unholy trinity’ were prevalent throughout Europe this year.

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Dec 29th 2022, 12:00 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Fermoy latest town to be visited by anti-immigration campaigners and misinformation

A report by

Eimer McAuley

Analysis: Activists exploiting the war and accommodation shortages by whipping up local community sentiment against asylum seekers.

After protests in East Wall, campaigners look to seize on anti-immigration sentiment.

Cork man Derek Blighe has undertaken a tour of the country over the past month to take part in anti-immigration rallies.

Fermoy locals hitting back with counter protest today.

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Dec 3rd 2022, 12:05 AM

Voices

Lynn Ruane: Some refugees are vilified for being from certain places or because they are men

Whether it is sinister actors or simply those with misplaced fears, many now seem comfortable asserting a hierarchy of who is worthy of protection, Senator Lynn Ruane writes.

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Nov 24th 2022, 6:00 PM

# Manston Detention Centre

‘Shut Manston down’ – hundreds protest outside UK migrant centre in pouring rain

It comes after the centre in Kent was revealed to be dangerously overcrowded.

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Nov 6th 2022, 6:28 PM

# UK

UK police: 'Extreme right wing motivation behind firebomb attack' on immigration centre

Two staff were injured after homemade incendiary devices were thrown at a centre in Dover last Sunday.

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Nov 5th 2022, 2:20 PM

# France

French far-right MP suspended for 15 days after racist comment

Carlos Martens Bilongo said he was ‘deeply hurt’ by the remark.

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Nov 4th 2022, 7:55 PM

# Paris

Uproar in French parliament after MP accused of racially abusing colleague during migration debate

In French the pronouns ‘he’ and ‘they’ are pronounced the same, suggesting that de Fournas might have been targeting Bilongo directly

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Nov 3rd 2022, 5:54 PM

# Asylum Seekers

UK immigration centre a ‘prison’, migrants say, as they beg for help with message in a bottle

A young girl threw a letter in a bottle over the fence of the Kent processing centre to a PA news agency photographer

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Nov 2nd 2022, 10:45 PM

# English Channel

UK immigration office handling asylum seekers firebombed

One person was injured in this morning’s attack

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Oct 30th 2022, 4:42 PM

# UK

How has the European Court of Human Rights grounded the UK’s Rwanda plan?

The first flight due to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda did not take off following an interim ruling by the Strasbourg court.

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Jun 15th 2022, 12:39 PM

# rwanda policy

Last-ditch bid to block deportation flight from UK to Rwanda rejected

The UK’s Court of Appeal judges rejected a legal bid to block the first flight due to relocate asylum seekers under a controversial new policy.

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Jun 13th 2022, 6:00 PM

# UK

‘No Rwanda’ protest staged at immigration removal centre

The immigration policy has come in for criticism from various groups.

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Jun 12th 2022, 6:44 PM

# Refugees

Ireland could develop two-tier treatment of asylum seekers, Refugee Council warns

Large numbers of people are currently sleeping on the floor of the Red Cow Moran hotel due to a lack of resources for asylum seekers.

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Jun 12th 2022, 3:00 PM

# Ukraine

Ukraine refugees to be allowed register at regional immigration hubs under new law

The new legislation will remove the current requirement to travel to Dublin.

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Jun 9th 2022, 11:41 AM

Voices

Larry Donnelly: Why hasn’t the far-right risen in Ireland?

Ireland’s history of emigration has made most of us resistant to anti-immigration rhetoric, our columnist writes.

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Apr 30th 2022, 8:00 PM

# Immigration

Rwanda president says UK asylum seeker deal 'not trading in humans'

The agreement has attracted criticism from rights groups, opposition figures in Britain and Rwanda, and the United Nations.

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Apr 22nd 2022, 6:07 PM

# Immigration

UK's Rwanda immigration policy ‘about saving this Government’s skin’, says charity

Priti Patel unveiled the Government’s new direction over immigration this week.

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Apr 16th 2022, 6:30 PM

# Undocumented

Regularisation scheme for undocumented immigrants opens today

For the next six months, people living in Ireland without documentation will be able to apply for permission to stay here.

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Jan 31st 2022, 8:00 AM

All time

# Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel says Germany has ‘managed’ migrant influx

The German chancellor is preparing to step down

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Nov 8th 2021, 12:57 PM

# TGIP

Irish MEPs criticise Poland for pushing migrants back at new border wall with Belarus

Poland is also refusing to host any Afghan refugees, labelling them as ‘challenges to the traditional makeup of their society’.

Gráinne Ní Aodha asked all 13 Irish MEPs for their thoughts on the EU's response to the border wall in Poland.

One Irish MEP said that what Poland was doing was "no better than what Trump was trying to do along the US-Mexico border", and that the EU should condemn it.

This month, The Good Information Project will focus on migration and the EU.

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Sep 9th 2021, 12:05 AM

# Organised Crime

Cash, mobile phones and documents seized in Garda raids targeting people trafficking

The search is the latest in a series of raids targeting alleged members of an organised crime gang.

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Aug 12th 2021, 5:04 PM

# uk residency

There will be 'no extension’ on deadline for post-Brexit residency scheme for EU nationals

EU citizens and their families have been asked to apply to the Home Office scheme by 30 June.

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Jun 23rd 2021, 7:06 AM

# Common travel loophole

Crime gangs are exploiting the Irish-UK common travel area to bypass Brexit border checks

The organised crime groups are exploiting a 100-year-old agreement between Ireland and England to bypass Brexit imposed checks.

Organised crime groups have been exploiting a 100-year-old agreement between Ireland and England to bypass Brexit imposed border checks.

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May 6th 2021, 12:05 AM

# CROSS BORDER PROBE

Three men arrested in Dublin and Wicklow raids targeting a gang facilitating illegal immigration

Gardaí made three arrests during searches at six properties in Wicklow and Dublin.

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Apr 28th 2021, 4:51 PM

# covid-19 pandemic

Non-EU doctors call for all frontline workers' citizenship applications to be fasttracked

Doctors have written to all TDs and senators asking for their citizenship to be fasttracked as a gesture for their work during the pandemic.

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Apr 3rd 2021, 12:05 AM

Voices

Maeve Higgins: The State cannot say it values migrant workers while it pushes them out the door

Maeve Higgins says Ireland’s home care assistants and other migrant workers perform a vital service and should be given proper immigration status.

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Feb 28th 2021, 8:30 AM

# Wexford

Man charged after two people found concealed in truck at Rosslare port

Gardaí said both of the people found in the truck have been offered accommodation and welfare services.

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Nov 27th 2020, 9:14 PM

Voices

Ivana Bacik: Children who are born in Ireland belong here

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik says the 2004 referendum has caused needless suffering and she’s asking the Government to back a new Bill addressing this issue.

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Nov 24th 2020, 7:00 AM

# Reform

'I felt as if I have done a crime': Pakistani man says immigration officials read personal texts to his wife to verify his relationship

The Imigration Council of Ireland said the whole system needs an overhaul.

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Jul 29th 2020, 6:00 AM