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# Asylum Seekers

Yesterday
17th May 2024
UN refugee agency 'concerned' by Government plans to cut payments to Ukrainians in Ireland
19 hrs ago
7.0k
Ukrainians in hotels paying for hot meals won't have to do so if payments are reduced
The Ukraine Civil Society Forum says some 13,000 children could be pushed into poverty.
20 hrs ago
23.6k
This week
12th May 2024 - 18th May 2024
'Work underway' as goverment moves to use Thornton Hall site for asylum seeker accommodation
Updated 16 May
29.7k
Gardaí 'categorically reject' claims that school group was escorted near canal due to tents
15 May
44.5k
Taoiseach says plans to cut social welfare rates of some Ukrainian refugees is 'sensible'
It will not apply to Ukrainians living in pledged accommodation.
12-week lead-in time for streamlining of Ukrainian social welfare payments.
Review of benefits for international protection applicants to be completed within six weeks.
Updated 14 May
108k
Government reviewing benefit payments for asylum seekers with decision to come 'in weeks'
12 May
45.4k
Last week
5th May 2024 - 18th May 2024
McGrath says tents should be provided to asylum seekers for use at State-run facilities
Updated 10 May
35.7k
It's a 'criminal offence' to pitch tents on public land, govt says, after removing Grand Canal camp
Updated 9 May
20.8k
Asylum seeker tents cleared from Grand Canal as Taoiseach says 'Team Ireland' response needed
Asylum seekers were told they are committing an offence by camping on the canal.
Diggers have cleared all the tents from the area.
The Government has confirmed that 163 individuals were moved to Crooksling and the former Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum.
The Taoiseach said an all-of-Government approach is needed and that he has "no doubt" further issues will arise.
Updated 9 May
61.9k
Asylum seekers expected to be moved from Citywest amid concerns over tents on Grand Canal
Updated 8 May
40.4k
This month
May 2024
Removal of Mount Street camp is 'like putting a plaster on a wound'
The Lighthouse in Dublin is providing food and other services for hundreds of asylum seekers every day.
Órla Ryan
4 May
13.5k
RELATED
Around 100 asylum seekers without beds in Dublin city told there is 'no further accommodation'
2 May
Mount Street: Several asylum seekers without beds after makeshift encampment is dismantled
1 May
McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact
1 May
Harris says asylum seekers in Ballsbridge park is 'temporary thing done by people being very humane'
Updated 3 May
32.7k
Gardaí investigating video showing migrant men being told to leave Newtownmountkennedy
2 May
23.6k
Around 100 asylum seekers without beds in Dublin city told there is 'no further accommodation'
2 May
22.6k
Man arrested after construction workers are 'subjected to abuse' at hotel in Aughrim
Protesters incorrectly believed the site was being renovated to house international protection applicants.
Órla Ryan
2 May
35.7k
RELATED
Builders confronted by anti-immigration protesters 'in shock' after 'intimidating' incident at Aughrim hotel
30 Apr
Taoiseach and Justice Minister condemn attacks on gardaí at public order incident in Wicklow
26 Apr
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
RELATED
McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact
1 May
From private Facebook groups to a clash with gardaí: Inside the Newtownmountkennedy standoff
1 May
McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact
1 May
17.4k
Last month
April 2024
Debunked: Image of Garda standoff shared after Newtownmountkennedy protests is AI-generated
30 Apr
43.4k
Builders confronted by anti-immigration protesters 'in shock' after 'intimidating' incident at Aughrim hotel
Construction workers at the site in Aughrim in Co Wicklow were told to “pack up and get the f**k out”.
Órla Ryan
30 Apr
63.7k
RELATED
Asylum seekers unaware of any plans to clear tents on Dublin's Mount Street
29 Apr
Cabinet to sign off on one-year lease extension for Citywest accommodation centre
16 Apr
Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’
Updated 29 Apr
31.3k
104
Asylum seekers unaware of any plans to clear tents on Dublin's Mount Street
Updated 29 Apr
26.9k
Mount Street protesters take aim at Helen McEntee for ‘recycling far-right rhetoric’
27 Apr
26.7k
Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working
27 Apr
43.2k
Anti-asylum seeker protesters march through Newtownmountkennedy chanting 'Newtown says no'
27 Apr
58.4k
Timeline: What happened in Newtownmountkennedy yesterday evening?
26 Apr
17.6k
Language barrier among challenges for Ukrainians trying to work or study in Ireland
25 Apr
7.4k
IPO to prioritise asylum seekers from countries with highest number of applicants
Updated 23 Apr
30.4k
The UK's controversial Rwanda bill has finally passed in parliament - so what happens now?
23 Apr
6.5k
Child hospitalised due to pest infection in asylum seeker accommodation centre
1 hr ago
15.2k
'Generous' Dublin restaurants 'happy to help', providing free meals for asylum seekers
16 Apr
29.4k
Irish journalist Sally Hayden denied entry to Rwanda to report on 30th anniversary of genocide
16 Apr
16.7k
10
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
38.4k
Bring an end to tent encampments and deport asylum seekers that commit crime - FF migration report
13 Apr
25.5k
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
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
MEPs will vote today on the EU Migration Pact: Here's what it means (in a five-minute summary)
Stephen McDermott
10 Apr
39.1k
Gardaí probe Dublin assault on asylum seeker who says he and others called 'black monkeys'
8 Apr
24.7k
Government to offer temporary shelter to asylum seekers sleeping rough during Storm Kathleen
5 Apr
12.0k
March
March 2024
Sharp increase in prosecutions and prison terms for asylum seekers arriving without passports
27 Mar
36.4k
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
60.1k
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