2020 policy envisaged 3,500 applicants a year and predicted own-door accommodation by end of 2024 but O’Gorman says that is no longer possible
Direct Provision
State support and accommodation is failing to meet the basic nutritional, hygiene and transportation needs of single people and families in direct provision, new research shows
Peacemore Magonya (28) will study production in a bachelor’s degree course at BIMM
Advisory group calls for six centres to be opened by end of 2024, says ‘a stark difference in treatment’ between Ukrainian and other refugees
‘Fastest growing criminal industry in the world,’ according to Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Electric Picnic tents at Stradbally in use as Minister cites ‘pinch point’ with students returning to accommodation
Faith Khomba (29) completed her first year in Social Policy and Sociology while moving from homeless shelters to hostels
State must stop depending on the private sector and establish new reception and integration centres, a specialised accommodation agency and better, earlier dialogue with local communities
Ministers pledged to end the system by 2024 but updated report finds some vital steps have not been taken
Mount Trenchard in Co Limerick had been criticised as similar to ‘an open prison’ in previous report
A decade ago, the idea that there might be homeless people living in tents was unthinkable
Similar story for asylum seekers in Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and Poland as Ukrainians enjoy priority treatment and others sometimes struggle
Unpublished paper developed by Department of Integration makes several recommendations
Minister of State Joe O’Brien asks people to step down ‘blockade’ at Magowna House in Inch
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