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# Asylum Seekers

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Simon Harris thanks 160 healthcare workers who live in Direct Provision
7 May 2020
23.2k
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Explainer: What’s going on between Turkey and Greece and the EU?
9 Mar 2020
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12
Department to hold meeting with locals in Rosslare ahead of new Direct Provision centre opening
2 Mar 2020
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'We don't want to create an 'us and them' scenario': Tullamore councillors to discuss planned Direct Provision centre
19 Feb 2020
14.2k
37
Direct provision centre to accommodate up to 168 asylum seekers in Offaly from early March
18 Feb 2020
29.4k
60
'I might never see my parents again': Asylum seekers share their experiences of isolation and PTSD
30 Jan 2020
16.6k
40
Government aiming for 'successful conclusion' to asylum seeker driver licence question after WRC ruling
17 Jan 2020
23.1k
26
'They operate in a vacuum': Migrant rights group hits out at lack of inspections for hotels housing asylum seekers
14 Jan 2020
17.3k
47
Video of crowded Direct Provision room not staged, says asylum seeker group
Updated 6 Jan 2020
46.5k
242
Student living in Direct Provision says jail would be 'better than being here'
5 Jan 2020
70.1k
152
'Nothing special being asked of Oughterard' in accommodating asylum seekers, said top Justice official
26 Dec 2019
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42
'I expect more from you': Letters of complaint sent to the Taoiseach called on him to drop Verona Murphy
24 Dec 2019
15.1k
42
Protesters barred from interfering in accommodation being fitted out for asylum seekers in Leitrim
23 Dec 2019
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53
'Treated like cattle': Justice Committee chair says 'profiteering' use of hotels for asylum seekers should end
12 Dec 2019
11.1k
24
Direct Provision should be 'replaced' or 'fundamentally reformed', Justice Committee concludes
12 Dec 2019
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27
Asylum seekers to move into Leitrim apartments after 'constructive' meeting between Minister and locals
28 Nov 2019
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42
Opinion: 'We will soon see asylum seekers living in sports halls and tents if we don't do something'
Enda O'Neill
20 Nov 2019
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117
FG candidate Verona Murphy apologises for saying some asylum seekers need to be 'deprogrammed'
18 Nov 2019
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137
Up to 4.8m unauthorised migrants lived in Europe in 2017 - that's less than 1% of the population
13 Nov 2019
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Taoiseach says asylum seekers should be allowed to get licences for driving
7 Nov 2019
27.9k
104
Minister has 'constructive' meeting with locals about Direct Provision centre in Ballinamore
5 Nov 2019
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16
'A Lightning Rod': Anti-immigrant rhetoric, Ireland's Direct Provision system and Carrickmacross
30 Oct 2019
39.0k
Police investigating deaths of 39 Essex lorry victims seeking to track brothers from Armagh
29 Oct 2019
38.6k
State paying hotels and guesthouses €462,000 per week to accommodate asylum seekers
16 Oct 2019
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37
Upgrade works due to be completed at Direct Provision centre in July still haven't started
13 Oct 2019
10.0k
7
'I don't want to see these people on our streets': Charlie Flanagan admits 'crisis' in asylum seeker accommodation
23 Sep 2019
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89
Protest in Oughterard over Direct Provision centre concerns
14 Sep 2019
23.5k
46
Taoiseach calls on Galway TD to withdraw remarks made at direct provision centre public meeting
13 Sep 2019
28.5k
Justice Minister Flanagan 'very disappointed' over comments made at Galway direct provision centre meeting
12 Sep 2019
33.5k
113
'There's an absence of information': Calls for clarity after 700 people attend meeting about Galway direct provision centre
12 Sep 2019
25.6k
50
Government to spend €65 million on new Direct Provision centres in four counties
29 Aug 2019
36.4k
117
Emergency accommodation for asylum seekers costs three times more than Direct Provision centres
27 Aug 2019
28.4k
71
Asylum seekers forced to wash clothes in sinks at Dublin hotel
19 Aug 2019
35.8k
110
'A gross violation': Asylum seekers say post is being opened without consent
4 Aug 2019
39.3k
5
Three men who made their way to Ireland hidden on indie band's truck claim asylum
30 Jul 2019
33.0k
104
Fresh concerns over Direct Provision after incident involving children at Cork centre
23 Jul 2019
39.3k
Call for Ireland to accept Brexit-delayed asylum applications that would otherwise be transferred to UK
12 Jul 2019
27.7k
39
NGOs asked by justice department to help asylum seekers in emergency accommodation 'as soon as possible'
6 Jul 2019
17.0k
73
'Difficulty accessing services': Complaints from asylum seekers living in hotels raised with Ombudsman
4 Jul 2019
9.6k
18
'Horrifying image' of drowned father and daughter crossing Rio Grande increases spotlight on US immigration
26 Jun 2019
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