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Friday 23 October 2020
Greek authorities have said the fires on Tuesday and Wednesday evening were deliberately set by some of the camp’s residents.
The blaze means thousands more refugees are in need of emergency housing.
Jack Sheehan says the EU’s policy on refugees is inhumane and that Irish citizens must hold MEPs to account.
A state of emergency is set to be declared on the island.
A recent study by DCU proved that access programmes help improve participation by refugees in higher education.
The children will be received into the care of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
The Ombudsman today published his annual commentary on Direct Provision complaints.
Refugee camps in Lebanon are at breaking point but many people don’t want to leave their homes, instead choosing to improve them from inside.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon have shared their experiences with TheJournal.ie.
NGOs in Lebanon are trying to build bridges between Syrian refugees and local people, using techniques from Northern Ireland.
NGOs have warned that self-isolation is virtually impossible in refugee camps and informal settlements.
Greek authorities said they thwarted an attempt by about 1,000 people overnight to cross the border.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country’s borders with Europe.
“It’s a fait accompli, I would prefer if there had been more consultation,” one councillor said.
Many female asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland are living with depression, anxiety and PTSD, a new report has found.
The families have been resettled in Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
3,151 people have arrived to Ireland through a refugee programme since 2015.
Leo Varadkar says the rules were changed to allow asylum seekers to work, therefore they should be allowed to drive to that workplace.
Defending Direct provision, he said it ‘is an imperfect system, but not an inhumane one’.
The recent discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry in Essex has put the crisis back under the spotlight.
Michael D Higgins made the speech in New York.
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan was speaking to RTÉ One’s The Week in Politics this afternoon.
The Department of Justice says it is aware of an incident in the centre.
Filippo Grandi complimented Ireland on its resettlement efforts.
His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.
I find it obscene that Ireland is dragging its feet rather than creating an environment where families torn apart by war can start a new life, writes Senator Lynn Ruane.
The EU is winding down Operation Sophia amid pressure from Italy and other countries.
Cork will be the latest area to become a so-called place of sanctuary – making it part of a wider national, and indeed international, movement.
The centre accommodated around 50 asylum seekers before it closed last June.
The truth is my father was ashamed of our emergency, he was a proud man that had worked his quarter acre like a Trojan. Now he was nothing.
Parents talk to us about why they are seeking asylum in Ireland and the impact of raising a family in an institutionalised setting.
My new play attempts to capture the perspective of young people who have been in state care – humanity has to be at the core of our response, writes Fionnuala Kennedy.
About 70 residents at the Clondalkin centre have protected status and faced the risk of becoming homeless.
A meeting of the Lismore Welcome Project was interrupted last night.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week ruled out calling a snap election if his government was defeated over the “stupid” bill.
The hotel was damaged in a suspected arson attack earlier this week.
Almost 50 migrants who were stranded at sea for weeks aboard two rescue ships arrived in Malta yesterday.
Thousands have been left in need of emergency assistance, according to aid workers.
They come here under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
Dublin City University analysed almost 7.5 million tweets during the period October 2015- May 2016.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
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