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Asylum

Refugees

Further training for LGBTQI+ asylum claims planned for Justice Department staff

International protection interviewers to receive more training on asking about claimants’ orientation, after concerns about inappropriate questioning
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 19, 2023
Politics

Playing with fire: Concerns mount that violent protests against refugees will lead to deaths

The minister of state for integration is worried that rising tension over the surge in asylum seeker applications could lead to someone being killed, but there is also concern that the government is not doing enough
  • Michael Brennan
  • February 4, 2023
Refugees

Granting of right to work sees over 5,500 asylum seekers join labour force

The Department of Justice has issued 12,180 work permits to asylum seekers over the past five years
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 21, 2023
Legal

Supreme Court finding delays asylum process for hundreds of applicants

Justice department paused hundreds of applications after Supreme court judge criticises the ‘flawed procedure’ used in teenager's deportation order
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 19, 2022
Legal

Fraudster’s lawyers use Britain’s default on NI protocol to appeal against extradition

High Court orders hearing into case of socialite and convicted fraudster Farah Damji, who absconded during London trial in 2020
  • Barry J Whyte
  • August 20, 2022
Ukraine

Croke Park handball centre and Cork’s Pairc Uí Chaoimh could shelter Ukrainian refugees

GAA is in discussions with the Department of Children over using the venues but says options for accommodating refugees are ‘extremely limited’
  • Donal MacNamee
  • August 4, 2022
Ukraine

State asks GAA, IRFU and FAI to shelter Ukrainian refugees

Around 5,000 beds in student accommodation are expected to revert to colleges in the coming weeks, while refugees have been told to seek housing with host families or risk being returned to Citywest Hotel
  • Michael Brennan,
  • Aaron Roganand
  • Donal MacNamee
  • July 30, 2022
Ukraine

One in nine Ukrainian refugees working here within two months

Most of the 1,994 Ukrainians are working in Dublin and Clare, while more than half those working have found employment in pubs, restaurants and hotels
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 15, 2022

Interviews with asylum seekers from certain countries to be dropped in bid to speed up process

Department of Justice to also consider using online questionnaires and virtual interviews as part of a technology overhaul of the asylum application system
  • Aaron Rogan
  • February 6, 2022

Asylum seekers win court case over access to driving licences

In landmark ruling, High Court judge criticised ‘flawed’ interpretation of the law which hindered Irish residents’ pursuit of work and family life
  • Catherine Sanz
  • November 7, 2021

Department clashes with expert group over asylum seeker housing

The Department of Housing has claimed that a proposal by an expert group led by mandarin Catherine Day to provide own-door accommodation for asylum seekers is neither ‘workable nor implementable’
  • Michael Brennan
  • November 22, 2020

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