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
Migrant Crisis
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’
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