# Asylum Seekers
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Last week
21st April 2024 - 27th April 2024
IPO
Mount Street protesters take aim at Helen McEntee for ‘recycling far-right rhetoric’
27 Apr
25.8k
Deterrent strategy
Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working
27 Apr
42.1k
Wicklow
Anti-asylum seeker protesters march through Newtownmountkennedy chanting 'Newtown says no'
27 Apr
56.8k
esri report
Language barrier among challenges for Ukrainians trying to work or study in Ireland
25 Apr
7.2k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
IPO to prioritise asylum seekers from countries with highest number of applicants
Updated
23 Apr
30.3k
Asylum Seekers
The UK's controversial Rwanda bill has finally passed in parliament - so what happens now?
23 Apr
6.4k
This month
April 2024
food scene
'Generous' Dublin restaurants 'happy to help', providing free meals for asylum seekers
16 Apr
29.3k
Press Freedom
Irish journalist Sally Hayden denied entry to Rwanda to report on 30th anniversary of genocide
16 Apr
16.6k
10
Immigration
Hotels, state bodies and Direct Provision: The companies behind Ireland's refugee housing sector
More than €2 billion was paid by the Government on the sector last year.
Stephen McDermott
14 Apr
37.6k
ff ard fheis
Bring an end to tent encampments and deport asylum seekers that commit crime - FF migration report
13 Apr
25.4k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Harris says Ireland will comply fully with Migration Pact, including setting up reception centres
The European Parliament yesterday voted to adopt the Migration and Asylum Pact yesterday.
11 Apr
12.5k
Refugees
MEPs vote in favour of EU Migration Pact to overhaul rules on asylum seekers and migrants
The new Migration and Asylum Pact is a package of 10 laws drawn up after years of negotiations that aim to get EU countries to act together on migration.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
Reports from Brussels
Updated
10 Apr
33.6k
Explainer
MEPs will vote today on the EU Migration Pact: Here's what it means (in a five-minute summary)
Stephen McDermott
10 Apr
38.8k
Gardaí
Gardaí probe Dublin assault on asylum seeker who says he and others called 'black monkeys'
8 Apr
24.7k
Status orange
Government to offer temporary shelter to asylum seekers sleeping rough during Storm Kathleen
5 Apr
12.0k
Last month
March 2024
Immigration
Sharp increase in prosecutions and prison terms for asylum seekers arriving without passports
27 Mar
36.3k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
The Government unveiled two big plans around asylum seekers today - here's what they are
It involves empty office spaces and a new EU Pact.
Updated
27 Mar
59.9k
Dublin
'Criminal element embedded' in Coolock protest against asylum seekers, DCC meeting told
25 Mar
32.4k
Asylum Seekers
Asylum seekers brought to court over lack of ID sparks claims of 'interference' in process
Eoghan Dalton
23 Mar
78.4k
THE MORNING LEAD
Palestinian man who slept on Mount Street came to Ireland to escape 'death at any moment'
Mohamed has been deeply affected by the situation in Gaza, describing it as a “massacre”.
Órla Ryan
22 Mar
15.6k
RELATED
Lower Mount Street
'Why's he in Japan?': Protesters say O’Gorman must answer questions over asylum seeker treatment
Eimer McAuley
Updated
19 Mar
33.7k
Kids In Care
Ireland failing to protect unaccompanied migrant children, EU report states
Patricia Devlin
19 Mar
7.7k
Dublin City
O'Gorman denies asylum seekers were moved from Mount Street because of St Patrick's Day
Updated
17 Mar
25.2k
Mount Street
Varadkar denies government bussed asylum seekers from city to avoid Patrick's Day embarrassment
Christina Finn
reports from Washington DC
16 Mar
24.5k
Asylum Seekers
Government accused of 'playing games' as some asylum seekers bussed to Dublin Mountains return to city
Many tents and people’s belongings had been removed from the area.
A number of men were taken from Mount Street in Dublin today to tented accommodation in south county Dublin.
Some men returned to Dublin City, however, to find their tents destroyed.
16 Mar
129k
Asylum Seekers
DCC councillors discussed the tents near Mount Street yesterday and let loose on the government
14 Mar
22.3k
FACTCHECK
Debunked: A UNHCR article saying Ireland has given refugees the right to vote is 20 years old
8 Mar
587
migration pact
Varadkar says plan to process irregular migrants outside EU won't dramatically decrease arrivals
7 Mar
6.4k
Emergency Accommodation
Former Fine Gael Justice Minister criticises Govt for leaving asylum seekers on the streets
6 Mar
7.9k
Emergency Accommodation
Irish Refugee Council criticises decision to end emergency accommodation offered during cold spell
4 Mar
8.5k
Cold Weather
Emergency accommodation offered to homeless asylum seekers ends, despite freezing temperatures forecast
3 Mar
19.5k
THE MORNING LEAD
Emergency housing: How a small network of companies is making millions from a ballooning industry
One TD has called for more oversight into the provision of emergency housing.
According to Government data, more than €1 billion was spent housing new arrivals between January and September last year.
More than 50 companies run interchangeably by two directors have been paid over €20 million between them in two years.
One TD has called for more oversight into the provision of emergency housing.
3 Mar
46.5k
Mount Street
Some homeless asylum seekers offered accommodation last night back in their tents
2 Mar
29.8k
February
February 2024
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Department officials set to discuss age assessment process for unaccompanied minors, PAC hears
29 Feb
8.7k
Celbridge
Gardaí probing alleged assault of girl in Kildare amid false online rumours of sexual crime
Updated
19 hrs ago
58.3k
Mediterranean
Albania votes to approve deal with Italy to hold asylum seekers
Updated
22 Feb
9.4k
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THE MORNING LEAD
Person tried to get job at asylum seeker hostel to 'cause trouble and enact racial discrimination'
The individual was not hired after Dublin City Dorms carried out a background check.
A staff member at the centre raised security concerns with the International Protection Accommodation Services
Dublin City Dorms began operating as an accommodation centre in early 2023, having previously been a tourist hostel
The centre was among the buildings vandalised during the Dublin riots in November
Órla Ryan
22 Feb
16.9k