Movement Of Asylum Seekers

Widespread testing was undertaken at the centre in Cahersiveen last week

Refugee support groups criticise Covid-19 supports for people living in direct provision

Charities call for people in HSE risk categories to be moved from ‘overcrowded’ centres

Support groups say overcrowding in asylum system makes self-isolation impossible

‘Ask about Direct Provision’ campaign sees responses from all candidates posted on Twitter

Video of room with 10 beds deemed ‘staged’ but potential room capacity defended

Video of direct provision centre appeared to show row of beds in room with no windows

Minister for Justice had expressed concern at footage taken inside former Portarlington hotel

European pressure was applied to Ireland to change approach to asylum seekers on welfare

Mavis Ramazani says the direct provision system is destroying the lives of children

Polls reveal anxieties but for every direct provision protest or fire, voices sing support

Movement of Asylum Seekers says: ‘Of course we know direct provision is inhumane’

Peter Tyndall to criticise use of hotels as accommodation for asylum applicants

What lies behind Roosky, Lisdoonvarna and Oughterard’s objections to direct-provision centres?

Presence of scientologists at meetings is becoming more noticeable, say charities

Limerick non-profit calls on Government to ensure asylum seekers receive basic supports

Woman was left without equipment for her baby for at least three days, volunteers found

The town is ‘coming around to the idea’ of asylum seekers after last week’s hotel fire

Department briefings raise fears asylum applicants may have to present as homeless

Vekash Khokhar departs voluntarily to avoid facing potential detention in Pakistan

Number of deportations always rise in August when solicitors are on holiday, says academic

Notice posted in Eyre Powell hostel in Newbridge removed after residents complain

Protest outside Dáil calls for unrestricted right to work for asylum seekers

Hundreds join demonstration against system of accommodating asylum seekers

Just shy of 3,300 people granted asylum protection in Republic over the last 10 years

Increase to €21.60 a week to those in direct provision called ‘offensively miniscule’

Those applying for refugee status must now fill in ‘complicated’ 60-page application form

Calls for large turnout at Dublin protest to coincide with US presidential inauguration

Group marches in Dublin and calls for end to system for accommodating asylum seekers

Actor Stephen Rea opened Our Table cafe in Dublin, where asylum seekers cook and refugees gain work

Death of woman at Kinsale Road facility in Co Cork being treated as a tragic incident