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Foyle MLA Ferguson slams Home Office for removing Derry asylum seekers

Sinn Féin Foyle MLA, Ciara Ferguson, has slammed the British Home Office over the treatment of asylum seekers in Derry. Ms Ferguson's comments came after 17 individuals were told they were being moved to new accommodation in Scotland on a ...

24 May 2022 at 10:41

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Asylum seekers in County Derry enriching local community

A Portstewart church is extending a welcoming hand to asylum seekers staying in the area while they are considered for refugee status. The asylum seekers have also enriched the community through various volunteering jobs and a couple ...

11 Jan 2023 at 18:00

National News

Tipperary hotel staff and management meet as asylum accommodation decision condemned

Meetings between staff and management of the Racket Hall Hotel were held on Friday afternoon against the backdrop of protests at the entrance to the premises, after it was announced yesterday the hotel will close to the public and ...

13 Jan 2024 at 15:27

Northern Ireland

Staff working with children in NI asylum hotels ‘not checked or trained’

Staff working with children and vulnerable adults in asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland have not undergone checks or training, a report has found. An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for families with children ...

29 Feb 2024 at 18:36

Northern Ireland

Anti-immigrant sign in west Belfast investigated as hate incident – police

Police are investigating the erection of an anti-immigrant sign in west Belfast as a hate incident. The sign, which appeared at Tildarg Avenue, Suffolk, warned against the “re-housing of illegal immigrants” in the area, and ...

29 Nov 2023 at 15:28

National News

UK would be following Putin’s lead if it abandoned ECHR, committee warned

The UK would be following Vladimir Putin’s lead it if took the “absolutely outrageous” step of withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights, an Irish parliamentary committee has heard. Such a move would ...

16 Nov 2023 at 12:40

Northern Ireland

Tanaiste says 80% figure for asylum seekers from NI not based on evidence

A claim by the Irish justice minister that 80% of asylum seekers are coming into the country from Northern Ireland is not based on data, evidence or statistics, Ireland’s deputy premier has said. Micheal Martin ...

29 Apr 2024 at 16:28

Northern Ireland

Sunak ‘not interested’ in asylum seeker returns deal with Ireland

Rishi Sunak rejected the idea of accepting the return of asylum seekers from Ireland amid concerns the UK Government’s Rwanda policy was driving the flow of migrants across the border with the republic. The ...

29 Apr 2024 at 17:23

Northern Ireland

Doubt cast on claims majority of asylum seekers in Ireland had crossed NI border

Claims that the majority of asylum seekers entering Ireland had crossed the border from Northern Ireland have been questioned by human rights and refugee organisations. Ireland’s justice minister Helen ...

29 Apr 2024 at 12:55

Cleverly-McEntee meeting on migration postponed because of ‘genuine diary clash’

Northern Ireland

Postponed Cleverly-McEntee meeting on migration due to ‘genuine diary clash’

A postponed meeting between James Cleverly and Irish justice minister Helen McEntee was because of a “genuine diary clash”, an Irish minister has said. The Home Secretary and Ms McEntee had been due ...

29 Apr 2024 at 14:43

Northern Ireland

UK and Irish ministers to meet amid row over migration

UK and Irish ministers are due to meet in London amid an escalating row over migrants travelling from the UK to Ireland. Ireland’s deputy premier and foreign affairs minister Micheal Martin is to ...

29 Apr 2024 at 10:51

National News

WATCH: Clean-up underway on Dublin street after makeshift asylum seeker encampment removed

Authorities have commenced an operation to move asylum seekers who have been sleeping in tents on Mount Street in central Dublin, beside the city's International Protection Office. The ...

01 May 2024 at 12:39

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