The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has confirmed there are 5,279 applicants residing here that are still waiting to receive what is termed a ‘first instance decision’ from the International Protection Office. A first instance decision is where the International Protection Office assesses the validity of an applicant’s claim before recommending one of the […]
A newly commissioned Report by the Irish Refugee Council entitled ‘Implementing Alternatives to Direct Provision’ has recommended that regional ‘Accommodation Committees’ should be established to identify housing needs and commission accommodation throughout the state. The Refugee Council say that the Report aims to build on the recommendations of the Advisory Group Report published in […]
With the Citizenship referendum of 2004 again in the news, as the political “elite” plan ways to overturn that democratic decision, the current statistics available are worth looking at in the context of where the asylum process currently stands. A request under the Freedom of Information Act elicited the following data from the International Protection […]
In a tweet about the incident, Farage called the arrival of such migrants an “invasion” that would continue “unless we act.”
For the second time in less than a year, a civil servant may be facing criminal charges for allegedly supplying fraudulent documents to foreign-nationals seeking Irish passports. This has been described to news outlets as a “significant national security breach”, and reportedly has the potential to damage Ireland’s international relations if illegal passports are used […]
Whats happening over in Turkey and Greece and are we seeing a new crisis where migrants are used as a political weapon? #gript
The sixteen were discovered in the container of a lorry aboard a Stenaline ferry that had departed Brittany, France and is due to arrive in Rosslare at 3pm today.
A public meeting in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim has heard that up to 130 refugees and migrants will be given accommodation in new apartments in the town, with 100 arriving within two weeks. Just 914 people live in the small Leitrim town, but the Department of Justice will make 20 three and four-bed apartments made available to refugees […]