Keir Starmer faces real peril in defining period as MPs return
UK prime minister must overturn Reform’s migration-fuelled summer dominance, while crucial budget also looms into view
Migrant Crisis
At least 70 people drown as migrant boat capsizes off West Africa
Gambia says vessel carrying about 150 people sank off coast of Mauritania
British government wins appeal against asylum hotel ruling
Earlier ruling required asylum seekers to be temporarily evicted from Bell Hotel in Epping
Nick Delehanty says law permitting seizure of asylum seekers’ cash and phones could be useful ‘deterrent’
Independent is hoping to generate enough support to run in the presidential election
Migrants detained in Africa ‘face torture, sexual abuse’, with EU policy blamed for adding to problem
Bloc has migration control deal with Mauritania, a common departure point for those trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands
Angela Merkel’s legacy under scrutiny in a Germany gripped by distrust and a rising far-right
Former chancellor’s immigration policy linked by some to present-day unrest
Britain’s summer angst over migration heaps pressure on Keir Starmer’s Labour government
Even a majority of Labour members believe the UK prime minister is handling the issue badly, poll suggests
‘Pack your bags, son’: inside the live-streamed right-wing protests against asylum hotels in Britain
More than 200 hotels in Britain house more than 30,000 asylum seekers
We cannot police the streets if online material is not regulated
Racism in this State goes back a bit, but vile discourse online is new and most of it comes from abroad – principally the US and UK
At least 26 die in migrant shipwreck off Italian coast
Sixty survivors brought ashore as search operations continue
We in Ireland forget how recently we were the ‘crap-job’ migrants
If we were serious about stopping people coming here to work in low-paid jobs, we would have to be willing to do three things
Spain starts sending hundreds of asylum-seeking children from Canary Islands to mainland
Children, mainly from Mali, are at the centre of legal wrangle over who is responsible for them
British MP admits mistaking charity rowing crew for ‘illegal migrants’
Rowers were raising money for research on motor neurone disease
Social media algorithms are boosting videos of attacks on asylum seekers, Irish campaign group says
Videos being posted online of homeless asylum seekers culminate in attacks on them and their tents
Suspected sex offender used 27 aliases in UK and France before arriving in Ireland
Gardaí have yet to establish exactly how long the man, who has no passport, has been in the State
EU countries increasingly keen on sending migrants outside bloc for processing
German minister says ‘vast majority of member states have made it clear that this is a path the EU must take’
Keir Starmer promises ‘no more gimmicks’ as migrant-returns deal with France kicks in
Small boat arrivals across the English Channel are at record levels
Rights watchdog failed to prove breach of homeless asylum seekers’ fundamental rights, appeal court finds
Senior judges overturn High Court ruling that government breached duty to provide basic needs
Deportation flights signal Germany’s pivot to hardline stance on migration
Radical policy shift a response to series of fatal attacks and to rise of far-right AfD
We need to confront the reality that the housing shortage can’t be solved
Recent data indicates the population is growing much faster than assumed
Legal Aid Board warns of delays to divorce and child custody cases due to funding shortage
Rise in workload driven partly by ‘exponential increase’ in cases involving asylum seekers
Why has immigration fizzled out as an issue?
Dramatic decline in numbers seeking asylum will be seen by some as evidence that Ireland has become less welcoming. But that’s what the Government wanted
Number of asylum seekers who can access labour market to ‘reduce significantly’, analysis finds
Update to Irish law required to bring it into line with EU legislation, which would bring first-instance decision on international protection within five months
‘Where do we even go?’: Iran deports more than one million Afghans
Mass expulsions leave many facing uncertain future in Afghanistan amid poverty and harsh restrictions on women and girls
Tramore community rallies around Albanian family facing deportation
Mother facing deportation: ‘Sometimes I just want to give up but I have to go on for my children’
Violent clashes break out between far-right groups and migrants in Spanish town
Incidents follow assault of an elderly man by unknown assailants earlier in the week
Ireland needs immigrants. But our economy can’t accommodate an infinite number
Ireland has a management problem as well as a demographic dilemma
Spanish far right draws backlash with proposal to deport ‘millions’
Vox party’s plan echoes Donald Trump’s administration’s handling of migrants
Third of asylum seekers entering State this year subject to a fast-track decision-making
Total numbers applying for leave to remain in Ireland down by 44% year on year in period to mid-June
Poland to start controls on borders with Germany, Lithuania over migration
Move follows other EU countries in reimposing frontier checks to stem illegal migration
Migrant shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa leaves one dead, two feared missing
Eight-seven were rescued off the Italian island after a boat from Tunisia disintegrated during navigation
Legislation on housing for foreign nationals to be brought forward under plan
Possible move characterised as an attempt to solve a problem ‘that does not exist’
Two jailed for life after 53 migrants die in locked truck in Texas
Truck carrying migrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador had broken air conditioner and no water
People with right to remain in Ireland stuck in direct provision centres due to lack of housing, Hiqa finds
Inspections covered IPAS centres in Cork, Kerry, Louth, Galway and Waterford
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