Asylum Seekers
# asylum-seekers - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Hundreds of Vietnamese men, women and children flee to Australian shores
Almost 500 Vietnamese asylum seekers have arrived on Australian shores, that’s more than in the last five years combined.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Calls for Direct Provision to be overhauled
The Irish Refugee Council says that Direct Provision needs to be overhauled and replaced with a new system that is fairer to asylum seekers and allows them to work after a certain length of time.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Column: Ireland’s treatment of asylum seekers is unfair – and bad value for money
Ireland has 6,740 asylum seekers living in an antiquated direct provision system that is not fit for purpose, write Gavan Titley and Ronit Lentin.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
10 per cent of Irish population living in food poverty
Those most at risk are those with low incomes, young families and lone parents, according to research commissioned by the Department of Social Protection.
# asylum-seekers - Sunday 14 October, 2012
53 people seeking asylum have died in State care
The deaths took place over the past ten years. One quarter of the asylum seekers who died were under five years of age.
# asylum-seekers - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Search for sinking asylum seeker boat called off
Indonesian officials received an alert from Australian authorities but have been unable to locate the vessel.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
‘Sexiest asylum seeker’ competition: Lads’ magazine forced to apologise
“Are you a refugee not even the immigration minister could refuse?”
# asylum-seekers - Saturday 21 July, 2012
PHOTOS: Intimate images from asylum seekers’ lives in Ireland
Photographer Rory O’Neill sneaked into ‘direct provision’ accommodation in central Dublin to capture these pictures.
# asylum-seekers - Thursday 5 July, 2012
‘One good adult’ scheme launched for child asylum seekers
The scheme will provide young asylum seekers with a mentor to help them integrate into Irish society.
# asylum-seekers - Thursday 21 June, 2012
90 missing after boat carrying asylum seekers heading to Australia capsizes
The boat, which is thought to be from Sri Lanka, was on its way to the Australian territory of Christmas Island.
# asylum-seekers - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
Interviews: ‘I love the food’ – first-hand stories from asylum seekers in Ireland
What’s it really like being an asylum seeker? People living in State-funded accommodation describe their experiences.
# asylum-seekers - Saturday 16 June, 2012
State spent €70m on private and state accommodation for asylum seekers
Over 5,100 people are currently being housed in 37 accommodation centres around Ireland.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Opinion: Ireland is sleepwalking itself into a colossal mess over integration
Almost one in five of the population was born in another country, but how often do you see a teacher, Garda or TD from another country, asks Killian Forde.
# asylum-seekers - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
Government criticised for ‘shocking lack of progress’ on tackling racism
State institutions were accused of promoting racism at an event in Dublin yesterday.
# asylum-seekers - Monday 9 January, 2012
Column: It is wrong to assume all asylum seekers are faking it – and the media is to blame
Thousands of people applied to become Irish citizens last year – but the media only focuses on scare stories about immigration, writes Greg Straton.
# asylum-seekers - Wednesday 4 January, 2012
Number of asylum seekers down by one-third
New figures show a continuing fall in the number of people applying for asylum – now just over one-tenth of what it was in 2002.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 20 December, 2011
Ireland and UK to sign deal on tougher border controls
The agreement will see Ireland and the UK exchange biometric data and other information as part of the visa issuing process.
# asylum-seekers - Sunday 18 December, 2011
Two hundred feared dead after asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia
Two children, aged eight and ten, were among a few survivors found clinging to wreckage.
# asylum-seekers - Monday 10 October, 2011
Column: When refugees flee for their lives, shouldn’t we show interest?
Ireland has been a new home for thousands of refugees down the years – and showing support doesn’t have to cost anything, writes Sophie Magennis of the UNHCR.
Ireland rejects UN calls to legislate for abortion rulings
The UN publishes the outcome report of Ireland’s human rights review – revealing some 15 recommendations it is rejecting.
Irish urged to show support for refugees rebuilding lives
People can get involved by cooking a meal or reading a book, according to a new UN campaign.
# asylum-seekers - Saturday 8 October, 2011
Column: My soul-destroying life as an asylum-seeker
Moussa has been living in a hostel in Ireland for seven years while the Government decides if he can stay and work here. Waiting is soul-destroying, he says, as is being made to feel like a criminal.
# asylum-seekers - Thursday 6 October, 2011
In-cell sanitation, abortion and immigration discussed at UN human rights review
Alan Shatter takes questions from other UN members on Ireland’s work in progressing its laws protecting human rights.
Ireland ‘must fill serious gaps’ in human rights record
The government faces examination by the UN today, amid warnings that the most vulnerable social groups are at risk.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
Refugee Council calls for reform of asylum system
The organisation has made proposals about making the system “fairer” – saying that the current structure is far too costly, places burdens on the courts and puts people through unnecessary misery.
# asylum-seekers - Monday 13 June, 2011
€813m: Ireland’s bill for housing asylum seekers since 2002
Government figures indicate that the accumulated cost of housing Ireland’s asylum seekers will top €800m this year.
# asylum-seekers - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Irish people’s €2 million flatpack habit; what NOT to say to a Leaving Cert student and the royal newlyweds’ starter home hell.
# asylum-seekers - Friday 6 May, 2011
Call for Italian government to improve conditions for Libyan refugees
Thousands of migrants have arrived on the small island of Lampedusa, where they face conditions that one agency describes as “wholly inadequate”.
# asylum-seekers - Friday 18 March, 2011
Riots break out in Australian detention centre
Police fired ‘bean bag’ rounds and used tear gas canisters to gain control over the centre last night.
# asylum-seekers - Monday 14 March, 2011
Human rights commission issues hard-hitting UN ‘report card’
The Irish Human Rights Commission demands an end to ‘slopping out’ in prisons, and referenda on women’s and children’s rights.
# asylum-seekers - Friday 10 December, 2010
Ireland’s human rights record criticised: watchdog
The Irish Human Rights Commission says the state needs to do more to protect the rights of asylum seekers, Travellers, migrant workers and human trafficking victims.
# asylum-seekers - Tuesday 26 October, 2010
Direct-provision hostels for asylum seekers are like ‘refugee camps’
Asylum seekers who live for years in direct provision hostels are robbed of the opportunity to integrate, says a new report.
# asylum-seekers - Wednesday 1 September, 2010
How to live on €19.10 per week
What you can buy with the asylum seeker allowance.
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