International Protection Office
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Give asylum seekers ‘ID to open bank accounts’
- Social Affairs
- January 5, 2021, 01:00
The Government should provide asylum seekers with “acceptable identification documents” and proof of address so they can open bank accounts and manage(...)

New asylum system will fail if backlog of applicants not cleared, Day warns
- Social Affairs
- November 17, 2020, 22:40
Plans to replace direct provision with a new system for asylum seekers will fail unless the large backlog of people awaiting a decision on their claim(...)

Asylum seekers’ wait time before working cut to six months
- Social Affairs
- October 21, 2020, 20:54
Independent monitoring of centres, a reduction in the time an asylum seeker must wait before entering the labour force and vulnerability assessments, (...)

Supreme Court rules man has no legal right to remain in Ireland
- Supreme Court
- April 1, 2020, 19:05
A man from the Democratic Republic of Congo has lost his Supreme Court appeal over a decision he has no legal right to remain in Ireland. His partne(...)

Questionnaires cause ‘distress’ for people in direct provision
- Social Affairs
- February 20, 2017, 18:25
A “complicated” new application form is causing “extreme distress and confusion” for thousands of people in direct provision, groups working in the s(...)