Refugees

Last year

2024

Twitterer

How Elon Musk has courted Ireland's far-right by taking aim at the government's hate speech laws

10 Feb 2024

18.5k

Refugees

Rishi Sunak made £1,000 bet with Piers Morgan over plan to deport refugees to Rwanda

6 Feb 2024

20.6k

UNWRA

SF calls on Govt to boost Palestine agency support, amid fears it will close after funding cuts

Updated 1 Feb 2024

7.9k

Explainer

What does UNRWA do and why are countries pulling their support for the Palestinian aid agency?

Ireland has been among UNRWA’s main defenders since allegations of staff involvement in the 7 October attacks surfaced.

31 Jan 2024

4.8k

FactCheck

FactFind: What is a ‘safe country of origin’ and how many asylum seekers come from one?

31 Jan 2024

14.8k

Asylum Seekers

Government considers chartering flights to deport immigrants denied asylum

30 Jan 2024

19.8k

Migration

FG politicians given international protection info sheet as Varadkar appeals for help setting out facts

25 Jan 2024

11.9k

rural ireland

The Irish hotel: From the foundation of the GAA to a battleground in Ireland's refugee crisis

20 Jan 2024

17.3k

The Morning Lead

Govt 'failure' for towns sheltering refugees 'feeds anti-migrant narrative', say locals

Roscommon TD Claire Kerrane said promises to resource towns and villages receiving asylum seekers have regularly not received any follow through.

20 Jan 2024

15.8k

Asylum Seekers

Donohoe 'confident' gardaí will bring cases forward over recent arson attacks around the country

19 Jan 2024

7.6k

Asylum Seekers

Local authorities can't have ‘a la carte’ relationship with Govt, Varadkar says after Mayo council vote

17 Jan 2024

19.4k

Refugees

Ten districts with the highest proportion of refugees to get special support package, says Taoiseach

Updated 16 Jan 2024

32.5k

Racket Hall

'Bring your kids out': Protests as asylum seeker families with children arrive at Roscrea hotel

Protests against asylum seekers being housed at the Tipperary hotel began last week.

Niall O'Connor

Reports from Roscrea

15 Jan 2024

81.9k

Asylum Seekers

Explainer: Does the Dublin Regulation outline where IP applicants must claim asylum?

13 Jan 2024

26.4k

The Morning Lead

Lebanon was already in crisis - now it's dealing with thousands fleeing Israel-Hezbollah conflict

The conflict has made it unsafe for civilians on either side of the border to remain in their homes.

David MacRedmond

13 Jan 2024

16.3k

emergency accomodation

Carlow premises earmarked for 50 male asylum seekers to be used instead for families, Dept says

10 Jan 2024

25.9k

Refugees

Cabinet told 500 refugees arriving from Ukraine per week, as social welfare rates set to reduce

9 Jan 2024

40.3k

Ringsend

'Someone could be killed': Fears grow as gardaí probe 'worrying trend' of arson attacks

No arrests have been made to date but a number of investigations are ongoing.

The Irish Network Against Racism has expressed concern that the issue will only be taken seriously if someone is badly injured or killed

There have been around 20 arson attacks, or attempted attacks, on properties earmarked to house international protection applicants

Multiple garda investigations into the Ringsend, Rosscahill and other arson attacks around the country are ongoing

4 Jan 2024

31.2k

All time

Integration Minister

Interview: O'Gorman says blockades of asylum seeker accommodation should not be tolerated

The Integration Minister said he regretted government did not act faster to resource communication with local communities.

23 Dec 2023

17.2k

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Minister hits out at 'open and closed border slogans' used in asylum discussions

16 Dec 2023

13.3k

Sinn Féin

Interview: McDonald says she wants 'space for people to ask questions' about immigration

16 Dec 2023

26.9k

Accommodation

Around one in eight tourist beds in use by Government for refugees

15 Dec 2023

9.4k

Westmeath

'This is wrong': The misleading claim about a refugee family getting a free house in Westmeath

13 Dec 2023

31.6k

Cabinet

Social welfare cuts and 90-day state accommodation limit for new Ukrainian arrivals agreed by coalition leaders

Updated 11 Dec 2023

46.0k

Asylum Seekers

Over 80 people seeking asylum in Ireland not offered accommodation between Monday and Wednesday

8 Dec 2023

11.0k

Immigration

Dáil adopts motion emphasising importance of inward migration, following immigration debate

6 Dec 2023

11.3k

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Highest number of asylum applications filed on record last year

29 Nov 2023

12.2k

The Morning Lead

Refugee organisations decry conditions in tents on Direct Provision sites as mid-winter approaches

22 Nov 2023

23.2k

Refugees

Fresh appeal for people to offer unoccupied properties as temporary accommodation for Ukrainians

7 Nov 2023

13.5k

Ukraine

'Very traumatised' refugees not getting mental health support, experts warn

7 Nov 2023

9.0k

Refugees

Thousands of Afghans forcibly returned from Pakistan, say Taliban officials

5 Nov 2023

17.7k

ukrainian refugees

Varadkar: 'No limit on the compassion of the Irish people ... there is a limit to our capacity'

25 Oct 2023

18.5k

Cabinet

Government revisits idea of cutting social welfare supports for Ukrainian refugees

25 Oct 2023

31.5k

Refugees

Govt examining evidence that Ukrainians arriving in Ireland are coming from other EU states, says Martin

24 Oct 2023

49.4k

Ukraine

Plan to impose time limit on State accommodation for Ukrainians deferred by coalition leaders

24 Oct 2023

15.8k

Refugees

Taoiseach: Ireland won't give Palestinian refugees the same protection as Ukrainians

19 Oct 2023

32.0k

department of children

No movement on lack of Child Benefit entitlement for families in Direct Provision

10 Oct 2023

14.1k

Dangerous Crossing

More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean in 2023

29 Sep 2023

6.2k

Refugees

At least 20 dead and 290 hospitalised after fuel depot explosion in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh

26 Sep 2023

6.5k

Budget

Extra €1b announced for Ukrainian accommodation as Minister confirms tents may be used over winter

26 Sep 2023

19.7k