Direct Provision

Emergency accommodation for 500 asylum seekers, many living in tents, ‘in coming days’

Growing unease among gardaí at tactics deployed for anti-immigration protests, with some fearing response to protests not firm enough

How accommodating refugees has become a lucrative business for hotels

Hotel group Tifco and Tetrarch Capital were paid tens of millions in State contracts

Hotel firms were paid tens of millions of euro to accommodate refugees

Several companies were paid more than €10 million under State accommodation contracts, figures show

Calls to increase payments to children in direct provision who receive ‘just €29.80 per week’

Research shows current supports fall short of a minimum essential standard of living

‘Period poverty’ is a misleading term that gets bandied about. I think it has become very, very trendy

If a woman can’t buy period products, it’s just one aspect of her poverty as she will be struggling to buy all basic necessities, from food to fuel

Number of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland decreases, figures show

After a surge in applications last year, recent months have seen the numbers fall to about 800

Asylum seeker fails to show rights were breached by transfer from Dublin to midlands

The Minister argued the case was moot as the woman had been granted refugee status so the State no longer had to provide her with accommodation

Differences between State’s treatment of Ukrainians and other asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’, Ombudsman says

Government warned preferential treatment of Ukrainian families over other asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’

Huge shortfall in beds for refugees predicted as hotels switch focus to tourists

Government sources say reforms in UK could result in more refugees heading to Ireland

Over 350 international protection applicants homeless in Ireland - report

Irish Refugee Council experiencing ‘one of the most challenging times’ in 30-year history as those seeking protection face ‘deteriorating’ situation

‘It was hard at first. It can be very difficult to get a job when you are a refugee’

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

Number in State accommodation for asylum seekers doubles to over 20,000

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

Government is shaking up the refugee accommodation system but sustainable solution still some way off

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

Call for national lead on housing for refugees has ‘fallen on deaf ears’, committee told

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

400 direct provision residents in Killarney will have to vacate their hotel rooms

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

Far-right using digital platforms to spread anti-immigrant messages, monitoring group says

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

Tommy Robinson profile: Convicted criminal is one of UK’s most prominent far-right activists

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

Afghan asylum seeker takes High Court case after being left homeless

Man seeks urgent injunction forcing State to provide him with accommodation

200 gather in Ballyfermot for demonstration in support of asylum seekers

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

Asylum seekers ‘broadly welcomed’ to Lismore despite hotel protest

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

How the political mood music on asylum issue is changing

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

Jennifer O’Connell: Why is the Government perpetuating tropes about single male asylum seekers?

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

Airlines told to do more to stop people arriving without documentation

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

The racism that has always lurked within the Irish has been exposed

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

Simon Harris criticises ‘thuggish actions’ of minority to asylum-seekers

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

Further €10 million earmarked for communities that host migrants

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

Six unaccompanied minors went missing from State care last year, says Tusla

Whereabouts of three underage asylum seekers still unknown

State to consider making supports for refugees time-limited

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

Hundreds attend protest in Lismore over plans to use hotel as centre for asylum seekers

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

Hunt for sites to house asylum seekers as more than 20 new arrivals face homelessness

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

Homeless asylum seekers: ‘We are in a very difficult position. We will have to sleep on the streets again’

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

Far-right’s goal is to misdirect anger to divide and oppress

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

Immigration protest and counter rally in Dublin attract hundreds

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

Officials flag concerns about equipping health service to deal with 90,000 more refugees

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

Plan to house refugees in industrial estate causes concern

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

Ireland faces returning to debates of the 2000s as asylum system struggles

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

Citywest refugee facility may close to new entrants again due to accommodation shortfall

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

Any ‘bad vibes’ over refugee housing will be reversed, new junior minister predicts

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

There is a clear playbook emerging for how asylum-seeker protests are organised

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

Anti-immigration protesters block traffic in Dublin and Cork

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

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