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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Greek authorities have said the fires on Tuesday and Wednesday evening were deliberately set by some of the camp’s residents.
Armagh haulier Ronan Hughes pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey today to 39 counts of manslaughter.
By conjuring the spectre of a national crisis, the right have created the ideal conditions for a reactionary power grab, writes Ash Sarkar.
1,004 migrants were brought ashore by Border Force between 4 August and 13 August.
The Home Office said more than 130 migrants made it to the UK in 13 boats yesterday.
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland said there had been a ‘gross and serious breach of confidentiality’.
The children will be received into the care of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
The council’s impact report for 2019 has been published today.
Five people died and seven others went missing while their boat was in distress off Malta’s coast this week.
The plan, available for a month only and based on a €2,000 stipend, is only open to those who arrived in Greece before 1 January.
Turkey’s decision to ease border restrictions came amid a Russia-backed Syrian government offensive into a Syrian province.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country’s borders with Europe.
Many female asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland are living with depression, anxiety and PTSD, a new report has found.
Six coastguard patrol boats and three helicopters were engaged in the continuing rescue effort.
The eight people are all reported to be male.
A local councillor told RTÉ that the men and boys may have believed they were bound for the UK.
The man was arrested on the M40 motorway in Buckinghamshire.
The men are aged from 20 to 40 and are said to be in good health.
The people found received medical attention at the port.
Vietnam’s foreign ministry said it would help but that families would have to foot the bill.
Two 15-year-old boys are among the dead.
A Cork-based company confirmed their vehicle was seized in the incident.
The recent discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry in Essex has put the crisis back under the spotlight.
Investigators initially believed the migrants were of Chinese origin.
Maurice Robinson has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people and money laundering.
The man was wearing a makeshift life jacket made of empty plastic bottles.
356 migrants have been stranded aboard the Ocean Viking boat in the Mediterranean.
Some of the people on board have spent months or years in Libyan detention camps, suffering torture and sexual abuse.
The announcement comes amid a war of words between Italy’s interior minister and the premier.
ICE agents were expected to conduct raids in at least 10 major cities yesterday.
The US Vice President said the situation at the border is a “crisis that is overwhelming our system”.
His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.
The tragedy comes after 44 migrants were killed in an air strike on their detention centre in Libya.
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
An image of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his daughter went viral last week.
John Sanders was appointed to the post just two months ago.
The teen has been identified by US Customs and Border Protection as Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez.
The boat was travelling from Libya to Italy.
Amanda Coakley reports from Bogotá.
The caravan first set off on Wednesday from the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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