Commercial Property Exclusive: Government contacts hundreds of property firms in bid to house asylum seekersClose to two hundred branches of estate agents and auctioneers have been contacted by the Department of Integration as its grapples with the accommodation crisis
Immigration Government expects to have to move 250 asylum seekers from tents every week Record numbers of international protection applicants are now arriving every week
Immigration Asylum seekers from unsafe countries to be put into fast-tracked system under new plansHelen McEntee is to bring a memo to cabinet ensuring that international protection applicants from certain countries are put into ‘accelerated process’
International Protection Up to 50,000 asylum seekers to need housing by 2026, memo warnsDocuments obtained by the Business Post reveal how Department of Integration secretary general warned of ‘no sufficient pipeline of accommodation’ to resolve very serious shortfall
International Protection State extends lease on Citywest as payments to private operator total €110mHotel in Dublin used to accommodate asylum seekers and refugees from Ukraine
MIGRATION Government to set up new border detention camps for asylum seekers under landmark pactThose who arrive from safe countries or without valid documents will ‘not be authorised to enter Ireland’ and will processed at an accelerated rate in designated centres
Politics Mary Lou McDonald condemns Galway hotel fire but says she ‘understands’ local anxieties over immigrationRoss Lake House Hotel in Rosscahill, which was earmarked to house 70 asylum seekers, went up in flames on Saturday night
MIGRATION Outsourcing asylum processes to Africa not under consideration, says Helen McEntee Justice minister’s comments come as a number of European states explore offshore methods of processing of asylum claims
MIGRATION EU’s ‘fair share’ approach to asylum seekers to only apply in emergency situationsReforms to EU migration policy will allow countries overwhelmed by international protection applicants to ask for help from other member states
Refugees Independent TD objects to housing of asylum seekers in ‘peripheral’ Clare areaViolet-Anne Wynne has objected to the planned housing of 23 asylum seekers in Kilrush
Refugees Around half of international protection applicants granted permission to stayNo systematic information on where applicants go after they are rejected from Ireland, Sinn Féin senator told
Migrant Crisis Barry J Whyte: Far-right moves in when locals and their futures are left behindAnti-immigration groups are exploiting the tensions being creating by the housing and cost of living crises
Migrant Crisis Surge in migration across EU since end of pandemic restrictionsHundreds sleeping rough in tents in Brussels while other asylum seekers are living in school gymnasiums in Germany
Aviation Airlines fined €1.4 million for allowing passengers to board without passportsPenalties levied in effort to lower the number of people with no valid travel documents applying for international protection
Refugees Varadkar: We are doing “all we can” to find accommodation for asylum seekersThe Taoiseach said while the refugee crisis was on a scale that “we’ve never experienced in our history”, Ireland would not turn anyone away
Refugees Further training for LGBTQI+ asylum claims planned for Justice Department staffInternational protection interviewers to receive more training on asking about claimants’ orientation, after concerns about inappropriate questioning
Politics Playing with fire: Concerns mount that violent protests against refugees will lead to deathsThe 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
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
Legal Supreme Court finding delays asylum process for hundreds of applicantsJustice department paused hundreds of applications after Supreme court judge criticises the ‘flawed procedure’ used in teenager's deportation order
Legal Fraudster’s lawyers use Britain’s default on NI protocol to appeal against extraditionHigh Court orders hearing into case of socialite and convicted fraudster Farah Damji, who absconded during London trial in 2020