Direct Provision

New to the Parish: Safora Mohammadi came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021

More than 11,000 are in emergency accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses

Asking a UN agency for assistance shows the gravity of the situation

Lack of coordination between departments shows new approach needed, Migrant Rights Centre says

Residents have been formally told by International Protection Accommodation Services their rooms will revert to catering for tourists at the end of March

Oireachtas committee hears from Far Right Observatory submission of online techniques used to spread hate

Founder of English Defence League and a former member of the British National Party has travelled to Ireland

Man seeks urgent injunction forcing State to provide him with accommodation

There have been several protests against refugees in the west Dublin suburb in recent weeks

Over 300 protested last month over conversion of town’s only hotel into hub for international protection applicants

Parties fear flaws in asylum-processing system will be exploited by far-right groups

The ‘military-age men’ idea is a well-worn trope of right-wing rhetoric, and our politicians have fallen into the dangerous trap of reinforcing it

More than 5,000 international protection applicants arrived with fake or no documents between January and November 2022

The absence of significant racial minorities for most of the State’s history meant an intolerance lay dormant

Minister for Justice says gardaí are taking tough line with far-right agitators

Department of Integration has already committed €50m for those housing people fleeing war and hunger

Whereabouts of three underage asylum seekers still unknown

Ministers to discuss ongoing humanitarian response to war in Ukraine as Government examines ‘all options’ to tackle accommodation crisis

About 300 people attend protest to voice concern over plan to house over 100 asylum seekers in historic Lismore House Hotel

Many providers signal they will not accept men, while Minister expresses concern about impact on tourism

Asylum seekers just arriving are being told they will have to find their own accommodation

Some people involved in anti-refugee protests aim to misdirect anger and capitalise on resentment to demonise, divide and oppress

Pro- and anti-immigration campaigners were kept apart by gardaí

About 70,000 Ukrainians granted temporary protection in Ireland while more than 19,300 asylum seekers housed in direct provision in 2022

Department of Integration is looking at refitting a building at Shannon Business Park for emergency accommodation

Increase in number of asylum seekers reignites old debates about Ireland’s ‘pull factor’ for migrants

Ministers told the number of refugees entering the State in 2023 could equal last year’s figures

Joe O’Brien says migrant reception system needs structural overhaul as he tends integration portfolio

In 2019 extremists tapped into people’s concerns about the treatment of asylum seekers; today, they use the housing emergency and a crumbling healthcare system to spread an ‘us vs them’ narrative

‘They are free to protest but no need for the racist words,’ says resident of Travelodge in Ballymun

International protection applicants moved into Abbey Hotel, Athy, where anti-immigration protest planned for Thursday evening

Involvement of anti-immigration National Party and Irish Freedom Party widely condemned

The figure of 13,319 is highest in 20 years and is in addition to almost 70,000 refugees from Ukraine.

Gardaí are continuing to seek a motive for the outbreak of violence on New Year’s Day

Minister Roderic O’Gorman said he will meeting officials to discuss requests to move children out of the processing facility

‘Nobody will know where we’re going to strike,’ say protesters of further planned demonstrations in Dublin

Asylum seekers left in tents in sub-zero temperatures, flights cancelled and drivers warned

Heating system expected to dip below -4 at Knockalisheen, Co Clare, on Sunday night

MInister says Government has not ‘lost sight’ of plan to end direct provision

Between January and July this year 4,404 arrivals were refused ‘leave to land’, meaning they were initially prevented from travelling through immigration