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# Asylum Seekers

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Far-right leader says Germany 'has to close its borders'
21 Dec 2016
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Asylum seeker enters 35th day of hunger strike in Sligo centre
14 Nov 2016
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114
Stephen Rea opens pop-up café aiming to raise awareness about Direct Provision
10 Nov 2016
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29
'Some flee immediately': Migrants pretending to be children to get into Ireland
29 Oct 2016
33.5k
113
Paris will open its first refugee camp in the city next month
6 Sep 2016
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Fraudsters are targeting migrants and threatening them with deportation
23 Apr 2016
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20
'Mama Merkel' rules out closing the 'Balkan route' to Syrian refugees
7 Mar 2016
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Hugging women are challenging the Soldiers of Odin vigilante group
10 Feb 2016
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Pictures: Inside the surreal world of the migrant 'Jungle' at Calais
30 Jan 2016
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Radio host's comment about asylum seekers 'going to the beach' didn't break broadcasting rules
28 Jan 2016
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40
Sweden to expel up to 80,000 asylum seekers
28 Jan 2016
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A mayor in Belgium is trying to ban male migrants from using his town's swimming pool
25 Jan 2016
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Company which made asylum-seekers wear wristbands compared to Nazis
25 Jan 2016
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Labour councillor: Housing should be given to locals over asylum seekers
12 Jan 2016
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137
Some kids have lived their whole lives in Direct Provision. It's time to do the right thing.
Donal O'Keeffe
1 Jul 2015
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Here's what needs to be done to help asylum seekers in Ireland
30 Jun 2015
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103
Poll: Should long-term asylum seekers be allowed to work?
30 Jun 2015
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LÉ Eithne to be recalled from Mediterranean in a month's time
15 Jun 2015
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Did Australia bribe people smugglers to turn their boat around?
12 Jun 2015
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Children moved from asylum centres after claims of inappropriate contact
25 May 2015
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It's clear: The direct provision system is utterly unfit for purpose
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
7 May 2015
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One person has been in an asylum centre for 11 years - this is how they live
7 May 2015
25.1k
111
To stop drownings, Europe should ferry across migrants itself
Aaron McKenna
25 Apr 2015
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I feed my children when they're hungry. Parents in direct provision don't have that choice.
Anonymous
21 Apr 2015
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Anti-Deportation Ireland: ALL members of asylum reform group should resign
27 Mar 2015
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85
We are 'sick of being lectured' by the UN on asylum seekers: Australian PM
9 Mar 2015
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94
"We have a love affair with incarcerating people in Ireland"
3 Mar 2015
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81
'Why have 16 children died in Direct Provision?'
22 Jan 2015
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101
"The kids began laughing when he told them that his family have to queue up for food"
10 Jan 2015
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158
These are the countries hosting the world's refugees
7 Jan 2015
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36
Opinion: Workhouses and Direct Provision – the parallels can no longer be ignored
Fiona Fitzsimons
31 Dec 2014
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Businesses are making money from direct provision
9 Dec 2014
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LGBT asylum-seekers cannot produce 'sex tapes' as evidence
4 Dec 2014
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Parish priest banned from visiting direct provision centre - but he's going anyway
23 Nov 2014
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115
High Court rules direct provision does not breach human rights
14 Nov 2014
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62
'I don’t know how to be happy': Asylum seekers speak out about their experiences in Ireland
3 Nov 2014
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121
Direct Provision 'increases distress and vulnerability' of sexually-abused migrants
28 Oct 2014
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35
Asylum working group criticised for including only one (former) asylum-seeker
15 Oct 2014
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146
Opinion: 'Direct provision' is a holding pen where people are kept for efficient deportation
Anne Mulhall and Gavan Titley
15 Oct 2014
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Retired judge to chair group that will tell government how to treat asylum seekers better
13 Oct 2014
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