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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

Local News

Empty Rural College site could provide interim asylum accommodation, says MLA

A Stormont MLA has suggested a former County Derry rural college that has lain unused for a over a decade could provide interim accommodation for asylum seekers. Draperstown Rural College was opened almost 26 years ago by then ...

06 Oct 2021 at 08:00

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Magee on Music: Lunatics running the Asylum

Interesting fact, Derry used to have quite a good metal scene. There were bands like Philby, Skin Grip, Triggerman, Lady J, Making Monsters, and there’s a ton more who would describe themselves as some sort of variant of ...

18 Sept 2021 at 14:55

Local News

Derry Court: Asylum seeker charged with sexually assaulting a female in local bar

Derry Magistrate's Court heard today that a man who is in the city while his application for asylum is being processed is accused of sexually assaulting a female in a local bar. Weldu Feshazion (31) with an address in ...

06 Apr 2023 at 12:49

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

29 Apr 2024 at 12:55

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