# INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
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This week
19th May 2024 - 22nd May 2024
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Govt working to create more accommodation for asylum seekers as tents remain on Grand Canal
20 May
6.6k
South Dublin
Mayor calls on Govt to tackle immigration 'myths' as council launches info campaign
19 May
11.2k
Last week
12th May 2024 - 18th May 2024
hiqa report
Inspection of Laois direct provision centre finds 75% of residents had been granted protection
17 May
17.4k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Tánaiste denies that asylum seekers in tents on streets is 'Ireland's Rwanda policy'
17 May
5.7k
This month
May 2024
Asylum Seekers
It's a 'criminal offence' to pitch tents on public land, govt says, after removing Grand Canal camp
Updated
9 May
20.8k
Dublin
Asylum seekers expected to be moved from Citywest amid concerns over tents on Grand Canal
Updated
8 May
40.4k
Criticism
Harris says asylum seekers in Ballsbridge park is 'temporary thing done by people being very humane'
Updated
3 May
32.7k
Dublin
Mount Street: Several asylum seekers without beds after makeshift encampment is dismantled
‘Just under’ 290 people have been moved to Citywest and Crooksling.
A number of steel barriers have been erected along the pathway on Mount Street where the tents were located.
Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman described the tents as an "extremely difficult situation" for people living in them.
Updated
1 May
82.1k
Last month
April 2024
Legislation
Cabinet approves emergency legislation to enable return of asylum seekers to UK
30 Apr
46.7k
international protection office
Asylum seekers unaware of any plans to clear tents on Dublin's Mount Street
Updated
29 Apr
26.9k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
IPO to prioritise asylum seekers from countries with highest number of applicants
Updated
23 Apr
30.5k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Harris says Ukrainians leaving state accommodation will free up space for other asylum seekers
Christina Finn
reports from Brussels
17 Apr
24.7k
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
33.8k
Explainer
MEPs will vote today on the EU Migration Pact: Here's what it means (in a five-minute summary)
Stephen McDermott
10 Apr
39.2k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
MEPs urged to accept Migration Pact tomorrow but some negotiators acknowledge remaining flaws
9 Apr
5.6k
Courts
Man from Eritrea who landed at Dublin Airport without passport or ID is jailed for two months
9 Apr
66.0k
This year
2024
Immigration
Sharp increase in prosecutions and prison terms for asylum seekers arriving without passports
27 Mar
36.4k
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
60.2k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Department officials set to discuss age assessment process for unaccompanied minors, PAC hears
29 Feb
8.7k
state accommodation
Number of international protection applicants without accommodation rises to 1,010
23 Feb
6.3k
Drogheda
'The best solution': Taoiseach says Government wants to see a dual-use model used for D Hotel
8 hrs ago
16.1k
lost for words
Promised interpretation standards for asylum applications not being introduced by deadline
Poor interpretation undermines asylum seekers’ credibility and delays their cases, say lawyers.
13 Feb
9.8k
THE MORNING LEAD
Asylum-seeker support workers expected to act as interpreters without specialist training
Experts concerned that ‘cultural mediators’ being asked to provide “interpretation services” beyond their required skill set.
Cultural mediators were introduced to speed up the asylum application process
Advocates say the lack of clarity around role risks harming asylum seekers
UN body who trains them says mediators "not legally accountable" for applications
Alice Chambers
13 Feb
13.8k
Immigration
Helen McEntee: New measures to speed up asylum applications designed to stop misuse of system
11 Feb
22.1k
FACTCHECK
FactFind: What is a ‘safe country of origin’ and how many asylum seekers come from one?
31 Jan
13.4k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
'Need for substantial reform': TDs debate Government response to asylum seekers in Dáil
30 Jan
10.5k
Out in the Cold
Asylum seekers endure sub-zero temperatures on Dublin streets without tents or sleeping bags
22 Jan
42.1k
Fianna Fáil
Martin says plans being prepared to ramp up State-owned accommodation to house asylum seekers
11 hrs ago
17.6k
Refugees
Ten districts with the highest proportion of refugees to get special support package, says Taoiseach
Updated
16 Jan
32.5k
Asylum Seekers
Explainer: Does the Dublin Regulation outline where IP applicants must claim asylum?
13 Jan
26.1k
asylum dispute
Ballinrobe hotel 'initially ear-marked for adult males' will house 'families and children', Dept says
The Department of Integration confirmed that the hotel would be used to provide temporary shelter to International Protection applicants.
The disused hotel has been the site of an ongoing protest since Friday night after councillors were informed last Thursday about plans for the site.
Local councillors have said there were concerns about a lack of consulation and the "denomination" of those planned to be housed there.
8 Jan
14.8k
Last year
2023
Immigration
Taoiseach: Government has a big job to do in 2024 as far-right myths gain traction
26 Dec 2023
12.1k
Ballyshannon
Sinn Féin TD says locals apologised to him after meeting on refugee accommodation got out of hand
20 Dec 2023
26.2k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Minister hits out at 'open and closed border slogans' used in asylum discussions
16 Dec 2023
13.2k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Taoiseach says those who already have housing elsewhere should not come to Ireland to seek asylum
Updated
15 Dec 2023
43.7k
Westmeath
'This is wrong': The misleading claim about a refugee family getting a free house in Westmeath
13 Dec 2023
31.1k