# Asylum
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Last year
2023
Asylum and Migration Pact
EU deal to reform asylum laws described as 'cruel' and 'catastrophic' by aid groups
Updated
20 Dec 2023
25.6k
Greece
Syrian family loses EU lawsuit against Frontex deportation, despite lodging asylum request
6 Sep 2023
13.8k
51
Voices
Barry Andrews: Several false narratives surround migration and asylum seeking - here are some facts
Barry Andrews
12 Aug 2023
25.2k
All time
Voices
Opinion: The poor state of public services in Ireland is not the fault of refugees
Fellipe Lopes
4 Dec 2022
28.4k
41
Asylum Seekers
O'Gorman will 'consider' State apology on Direct Provision but 'the best thing we can do is create new system'
26 Feb 2021
11.4k
5
Asylum
State plans to end Direct Provision by 2024 and replace system with not-for-profit accommodation
Updated
26 Feb 2021
53.4k
117
White Paper
Government's plan for ending Direct Provision delayed until February 2021
16 Dec 2020
15.3k
17
Evo Morales
Ex-Bolivian president travelling to Mexico after being granted asylum
12 Nov 2019
9.1k
35
Asylum
US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to implement new asylum restrictions
12 Sep 2019
11.8k
18
Border
Trump says migrant detention centres will be opened up to visits by journalists
8 Jul 2019
7.6k
43
Toronto
'Very, very happy' Saudi woman arrives in Canada after receiving asylum
13 Jan 2019
20.5k
38
Blasphemy
'Ireland would like to help': Irish government open to asylum application from Asia Bibi
17 Nov 2018
59.0k
55
Asylum
Melania Trump and Laura Bush hit out at separating of families at US border
18 Jun 2018
42.7k
104
Housing Crisis
People 'unable to leave direct provision centres if they can't find alternative housing'
6 Jun 2018
6.6k
52
direct provision
UN says Ireland needs to take 'immediate action' to cut asylum waiting times
25 Apr 2018
14.2k
24
right to work
'Out of reach': A month after landmark court ruling, no asylum seeker has applied for work permit here
22 Mar 2018
19.3k
37
Supreme Court
Giving the unborn full rights would have consequences 'with reverberations', Supreme Court hears
21 Feb 2018
24.2k
waiting for asylum
The food is 'horrible' and the men are 'creepy' - Children in direct provision speak out
19 Jul 2017
68.3k
218
Integration
Private firms housing refugees and asylum seekers were paid €60 million last year
3 Jul 2017
19.6k
55
peek inside
'It felt very oppressive': Eerie photos show abandoned asylum in west of Ireland
14 May 2017
90.7k
76
Asylum
'I wanted to sweep them up and bring them home': Ministers meet refugees in Greece
12 Dec 2016
16.4k
164
direct provision
Asylum seeker enters 35th day of hunger strike in Sligo centre
14 Nov 2016
19.0k
114
family reunification
Irish citizen whose father and brother were killed by Islamic State denied permission to bring mother to Ireland
29 Sep 2016
28.9k
95
Denied
Tánaiste expects more than 4,000 people will be refused entry to Ireland this year
4 Aug 2016
17.2k
71
Wexford
Kurdish refugees found in back of lorry awaiting transfer to asylum centre
28 Feb 2016
15.5k
121
Article 26
Michael D calls in Council of State over law that was rushed through the Dáil
23 Dec 2015
32.1k
88
Migration crisis
'We need some breathing room' - Sweden is tightening its asylum rules
24 Nov 2015
15.6k
99
Bienvenue
MEPs vote to welcome "human rights defender" Edward Snowden in Europe
29 Oct 2015
16.9k
56