# refugees - Wednesday 24 March, 2021
# Raising Awareness
From The42
# Raising Awareness
Alphonso Davies will work as a global goodwill ambassador for UNHCR.
# refugees - Friday 26 February, 2021
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
Plans to end Direct Provision by 2024 were unveiled today.
# refugees - Sunday 29 November, 2020
# Deal
# Deal
The deal will see more police deployed in the route.
# refugees - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Moria
# Moria
Greek authorities have said the fires on Tuesday and Wednesday evening were deliberately set by some of the camp’s residents.
# refugees - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# Lesbos
# Lesbos
The blaze means thousands more refugees are in need of emergency housing.
# refugees - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Refugees
# Refugees
Jack Sheehan says the EU’s policy on refugees is inhumane and that Irish citizens must hold MEPs to account.
# Moria
# Moria
A state of emergency is set to be declared on the island.
# refugees - Thursday 18 June, 2020
# Education For All
# Education For All
A recent study by DCU proved that access programmes help improve participation by refugees in higher education.
# refugees - Wednesday 17 June, 2020
# Migrants
# Migrants
The children will be received into the care of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
# refugees - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
The Ombudsman today published his annual commentary on Direct Provision complaints.
# refugees - Monday 13 April, 2020
# Beirut
# Beirut
Refugee camps in Lebanon are at breaking point but many people don’t want to leave their homes, instead choosing to improve them from inside.
# refugees - Sunday 12 April, 2020
# Lebanon
# Lebanon
Syrian refugees in Lebanon have shared their experiences with TheJournal.ie.
# refugees - Saturday 11 April, 2020
# Lebanon
# Lebanon
NGOs in Lebanon are trying to build bridges between Syrian refugees and local people, using techniques from Northern Ireland.
# refugees - Thursday 12 March, 2020
# Lebanon
# Lebanon
NGOs have warned that self-isolation is virtually impossible in refugee camps and informal settlements.
# refugees - Tuesday 3 March, 2020
# Syria Civil War
# Syria Civil War
Greek authorities said they thwarted an attempt by about 1,000 people overnight to cross the border.
# refugees - Sunday 1 March, 2020
# Idlib
# Idlib
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country’s borders with Europe.
# refugees - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
“It’s a fait accompli, I would prefer if there had been more consultation,” one councillor said.
# refugees - Thursday 30 January, 2020
# Syria
# Syria
Many female asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland are living with depression, anxiety and PTSD, a new report has found.
# refugees - Monday 30 December, 2019
# Refugees
# Refugees
The families have been resettled in Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
# refugees - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Resettling
# Resettling
3,151 people have arrived to Ireland through a refugee programme since 2015.
# refugees - Thursday 7 November, 2019
# Travel To Work
# Travel To Work
Leo Varadkar says the rules were changed to allow asylum seekers to work, therefore they should be allowed to drive to that workplace.
# refugees - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Defending Direct provision, he said it ‘is an imperfect system, but not an inhumane one’.
# refugees - Sunday 3 November, 2019
# Essex
# Essex
The recent discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry in Essex has put the crisis back under the spotlight.
# refugees - Monday 30 September, 2019
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Michael D Higgins made the speech in New York.
# refugees - Sunday 29 September, 2019
# Oughterard
# Oughterard
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan was speaking to RTÉ One’s The Week in Politics this afternoon.
# refugees - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
# Gardaí
# Gardaí
The Department of Justice says it is aware of an incident in the centre.
# refugees - Thursday 11 July, 2019
# Asylum Applications
# Asylum Applications
Filippo Grandi complimented Ireland on its resettlement efforts.
# refugees - Monday 8 July, 2019
# Border
# Border
His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.
# refugees - Sunday 26 May, 2019
# Column
# Column
I find it obscene that Ireland is dragging its feet rather than creating an environment where families torn apart by war can start a new life, writes Senator Lynn Ruane.
# refugees - Monday 1 April, 2019
# LE Eithne
# LE Eithne
The EU is winding down Operation Sophia amid pressure from Italy and other countries.
# refugees - Saturday 30 March, 2019
# City Of Sanctuary
# City Of Sanctuary
Cork will be the latest area to become a so-called place of sanctuary – making it part of a wider national, and indeed international, movement.
# refugees - Monday 25 March, 2019
# Watergate House
# Watergate House
The centre accommodated around 50 asylum seekers before it closed last June.
# refugees - Saturday 23 March, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The truth is my father was ashamed of our emergency, he was a proud man that had worked his quarter acre like a Trojan. Now he was nothing.
# refugees - Sunday 17 March, 2019
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
Parents talk to us about why they are seeking asylum in Ireland and the impact of raising a family in an institutionalised setting.
# refugees - Thursday 14 March, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
My new play attempts to capture the perspective of young people who have been in state care – humanity has to be at the core of our response, writes Fionnuala Kennedy.
# refugees - Wednesday 13 March, 2019
# Clondalkin Towers
# Clondalkin Towers
About 70 residents at the Clondalkin centre have protected status and faced the risk of becoming homeless.
# refugees - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
# Lismore
# Lismore
A meeting of the Lismore Welcome Project was interrupted last night.
# refugees - Tuesday 12 February, 2019
# Scott Morrison
# Scott Morrison
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week ruled out calling a snap election if his government was defeated over the “stupid” bill.
# refugees - Sunday 13 January, 2019
# Rooskey
# Rooskey
The hotel was damaged in a suspected arson attack earlier this week.
# refugees - Thursday 10 January, 2019
# Malta
# Malta
Almost 50 migrants who were stranded at sea for weeks aboard two rescue ships arrived in Malta yesterday.
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