Numbers entering homeless services from direct provision surge since pandemic
People with status ‘squeezed out’ of direct provision and cannot find housing, says advocacy group
Direct Provision
Hundreds rally in Dublin to demand amnesty for 1,500 asylum seekers
Abolish Direct Provision Ireland group believes EU migration pact will worsen experience of applicants
Refugees who remain in State accommodation will not pay new fees
New barriers to citizenship form part of Government tightening of immigration system
Non-Irish nationals ‘over-represented’ in homeless services, officials warn
Report raises prospect of surge in social housing demand as people qualify after five years’ residence in the State
Traitors winner Vanessa Ogbonna on growing up in direct provision and challenging misogyny
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How former GAA manager Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney made over €200m from housing refugees and the homeless
Family firms linked to Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney have been paid large sums for emergency accommodation, which critics lay at the door of the State’s ‘repeated short-termism’
Children’s ombudsman stopped visiting asylum seekers due to budget cuts
Dr Niall Muldoon warned his office could not fulfil its statutory obligations with existing resources
People with right to remain in Ireland stuck in direct provision centres due to lack of housing, Hiqa finds
Inspections covered IPAS centres in Cork, Kerry, Louth, Galway and Waterford
One in four single people seeking emergency accommodation are from direct provision, say homeless agencies
Meeting of high-level committee advising Government also hears of increase in number of people over 60 falling into homelessness
Will dramatic immigration law reforms in Ireland change the number of people seeking asylum?
In the News podcast: Falls in asylum seeker applications and whether Government policies are responsible for this change are discussed with immigration lawyer Cathal Malone
Asylum seekers in Dublin’s East Wall: ‘Just ordinary, decent people that wanted a better life for themselves’
Fear was widespread when an international protection centre opened here in 2022; now tensions seems lower and ties are growing between residents of the centre and the wider community
Moving from Syria to Ireland: My daughters speak Arabic and English and they learn Irish at school
Eyvon Bastouri from Syria came to Ireland in 2016. She has a busy life, juggling two children and her own projects, including her fledgling baking business
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