Jim O’Callaghan can look to UK to see if making life hard for immigrants helps integration
Same political parties who once let wealthy buy Irish residency now want tighter rules for others who live here
Migrant Crisis
Welfare benefits such as children’s allowance will not bar recipients from Irish citizenship
But those getting unemployment payments or certain housing supports could be blocked under reforms
Who is ‘Danny Tommo’, the man behind anti-migrant protests on England’s south coast?
Anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth were organised by a hard-right campaigner who was jailed for kidnapping in 2016
More than 1,100 asylum seekers have voluntarily left the State this year
Department of Justice has paid more than €290,000 in ‘reintegration assistance’ fees so far this year
Message from the Editor: a story of desperation, horror and unthinkable human endurance
IT Sunday: Our in-depth account of a single small boat that set off for Europe in June gives a rare glimpse of the human tragedy behind one of the defining issues of the age
‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
Violent scenes in Ceuta as Madrid struggles with migrant crisis
Opposition says Spanish enclave in North Africa is ‘terrified and mired in chaos’
‘Is that a body in the water?’ Flying over the ‘mass grave’ that is the Mediterranean Sea
The union is accused of collaborating with encouraging ‘extremely violent’ Libyan militias in the Mediterranean in a bid to stop people fleeing war, poverty, persecution and climate change
Europe can’t have it both ways on migration
Europe cannot ethically base its economy on the availability of cheap migrant labour while demonising those who seek better lives
To manage migration, Europe should help African countries improve their citizens’ lives
Worldview: Ceuta exemplifies how political surprises cut through the best diplomatic preparation
What led to the mass migrant crossing in Ceuta and could it happen again?
In the News podcast: Social media activity suggests another crossing in the coming days
Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta crisis, analysis finds
Spanish police and forensic scientists bring in extra staff to identify bodies of 80 migrants who died attempting to reach enclave
EU ministers seek tougher migration response after Ceuta crisis
Minister for Justice says borders are a ‘shared responsibility’ following meeting with member states
Ceuta leader blames Morocco over ‘atrocity’ of mass border crossing after more than 90 die
Stronger EU borders needed after crisis, Ursula von der Leyen says
Spain sends extra troops to Ceuta after thousands of people swim into territory
Nine bodies recovered as video shows migrants walking around breakwaters and along beaches of north African enclave
Former WHO chief Dr Mike Ryan warns of deepening climate-based migration
Challenges of war ‘will pale into insignificance’ compared to global warming impact, MacGill Summer School hears
Odysseus is all around us, not just in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster
He is everywhere in our cities, anywhere we see shipwrecked people adrift and wandering
Sharp fall in number of asylum seekers since EU migration pact, says Jim O’Callaghan
Minister for Justice says numbers suggest Ireland is not losing control over asylum process
Deportation charter flight to South Africa costs the State at least €735,000
Forty-two South Africans deported at an average cost of €17,500
South Africa struggles to stop anti-immigrant violence
Ghana and Nigeria among countries to remind South Africans of solidarity shown during fight against apartheid
New asylum contract for minors agreed as EU migration rules come into effect
Representative to be at port of entry within one hour of unaccompanied children being reported
Pope Leo appeals to world leaders for more humane treatment of migrants
Pontiff makes ‘appeal to the conscience’ of politicians during visit to Spain’s Canary Islands
Ireland’s asylum system is flawed, but a factory for fast decisions is not the answer
As the Migration Pact passes into law, the right to asylum must be safeguarded
‘Very disturbing’: How Ireland’s far right has opened new front by targeting Dublin’s council homes
The far right is hijacking anger on working-class Dublin estates over a shortage of council houses by vandalising vacant properties
Look at what lurks behind Donald Trump’s rants
The president is hurting the most vulnerable people in the US
New pilot project sees Ireland processing asylum applications in line with EU migration pact
Officials meeting 12-week timeline for ‘safe-country’ cases and those with less than 20 per cent acceptance rate
Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interests
In the infantile recent debate about the Mercosur deal, for example, politicians from all sides fell over each other to criticise an agreement profoundly in Ireland’s interests
Iranian women’s soccer squad member changes mind on Australia asylum offer, to return home
Six squad members have chosen to stay in Australia
Family at centre of Department of Justice protest deported to South Africa
Members of south Dublin community ‘shocked and saddened’ by development on Saturday
Almost 8,000 people died on migration routes in 2025 but toll could be far higher, says UN agency
As legal pathways for migrants shrink, more people are pushed into the hands of smugglers, says International Organisation for Migration
Immigration law overhaul: Five issues that have divided the Dáil
Opposition TDs criticise plans to guillotine International Protection Bill on Wednesday
An outlier in Europe: Spain’s plan to ‘regularise’ 500,000 undocumented migrants
Prime minister Pedro Sánchez says mass regularisation is about ‘dignity and justice’ as opposition warns of ‘pull effect’
Racism and hate not being tackled with energy needed to meet scale of problem, rapporteur says
‘Structural racism’ persists across public services in areas such as employment, housing and health, report states
Arrests of deportees intensify overcrowding in Irish prisons
Intended deportees ‘compete for floor space’ with violent offenders despite committing no crimes
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