Migrant Crisis

There were 76,175 Ukrainian refugees in Ireland at the end of March, the tenth highest number overall in the EU

Round-the-clock demonstration to continue on the Magowna Road in Co Clare but not directly outside the Magowna House Hotel

‘Honest, open discussion’ played role in decision to remove blockade at Magowna House in Inch, says Joe O’Brien

True impact of migration accommodation issues is it will fuel feelings, where they exist, that Government is remote, indifferent and arbitrary

Unpublished paper developed by Department of Integration makes several recommendations

Ministers and Garda Commissioner agree that finding accommodation an ‘absolute priority’ while Government asks Clare residents to drop barricade at asylum seeker site

Dolcain House, a former office building close to the M50 motorway, will have capacity to house 386 asylum seekers

Government to push ahead with new refugee accommodation centres in Santry, Clondalkin and Dún Laoghaire

Decrease follows tougher enforcement measures and a severe lack of accomodation for asylum seekers

International Protection applicants bussed from Dublin on Monday to be housed at Magowna House hotel

Roderic O’Gorman, who has met local representatives on Wednesday morning and listened to their concerns, has received all help he requested, Taoiseach said after reports of Coalition tensions

Growing unease among gardaí at tactics deployed for anti-immigration protests, with some fearing response to protests not firm enough

Several companies were paid more than €10 million under State accommodation contracts, figures show

Standoff at Upper Sandwith Street where homeless refugees have set up makeshift camp

Greatest impact felt in popular destinations where much capacity is taken up by State contracts to house refugees

After a surge in applications last year, recent months have seen the numbers fall to about 800

Europe-bound vessel had set off from the coastal town of Garabouli

Judge declares State’s failure to provide ‘material reception conditions’ to applicant was unlwaful

Mayor Eric Adams, a Biden ally, calls for asylum seekers to be allowed to help solve ‘one of the largest humanitarian crises that this city has ever experienced’

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

More than 3,200 people are rescued since Friday amid bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea

Government says it is ‘confident’ enough sites are ‘under review to accommodate’ units this year

In recent weeks, dozens have gone missing and died in repeated drowning accidents off the Tunisian coast

Rishi Sunak has made cracking down on illegal migration one of his top priorities

Migrant Crisis: On the Italian island of Lampedusa, the effects of a law restricting NGO ships that help migrants are being felt

Staff made no apparent attempt to release the men before smoke filled the room

Incident comes as migration through the country to the US is near highest level in 20 years

Housing cited by 52 per cent of Irish people in poll compared with 8 per cent across the EU

Irish Refugee Council experiencing ‘one of the most challenging times’ in 30-year history as those seeking protection face ‘deteriorating’ situation

Over the past four days, five boats have sunk off the southern city of Sfax, leaving 67 people missing and nine dead

Documentary maker Ike Nnaebue, who retraced his attempted journey to Europe a quarter of a century ago, explains why migration is as old as humanity

Many failed asylum seekers “self-deport” while the status of others is unknown

President says world should ‘embrace decent instincts of humanity such as St Patrick embodied’

One group of asylum seekers claim they were ‘mocked and harassed’ and ‘ordered to take off their clothes’

Peter Murtagh visits a decrepit former army camp that has become a stopover for people from all over the world attempting to make it to the US or Canada

Eleven people rescued after dinghy sank in Aegean Sea, with five more found on nearby island

Leaders say they have made progress on migration across the English Channel and co-operation in energy and defence

Up to 3,000 people who claimed asylum have been sleeping rough due to a lack of beds

New law planned to deport and permanently ban migrants arriving on dinghies from France

Sunak to raise issue with Macron on Friday, three days after the UK unveils tough laws to ban and deport migrants who cross the English Channel on dinghies