# Asylum Seekers
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Yesterday
17th May 2024
UNHCR
UN refugee agency 'concerned' by Government plans to cut payments to Ukrainians in Ireland
17 May
7.5k
welfare cuts
Ukrainians in hotels paying for hot meals won't have to do so if payments are reduced
The Ukraine Civil Society Forum says some 13,000 children could be pushed into poverty.
17 May
25.2k
This week
12th May 2024 - 18th May 2024
Emergency Accommodation
'Work underway' as goverment moves to use Thornton Hall site for asylum seeker accommodation
Updated
16 May
29.9k
Grand Canal
Gardaí 'categorically reject' claims that school group was escorted near canal due to tents
15 May
44.5k
Migration
Taoiseach says plans to cut social welfare rates of some Ukrainian refugees is 'sensible'
It will not apply to Ukrainians living in pledged accommodation.
12-week lead-in time for streamlining of Ukrainian social welfare payments.
Review of benefits for international protection applicants to be completed within six weeks.
Updated
14 May
108k
Immigration
Government reviewing benefit payments for asylum seekers with decision to come 'in weeks'
12 May
45.4k
Last week
5th May 2024 - 18th May 2024
Unaccommodated
McGrath says tents should be provided to asylum seekers for use at State-run facilities
Updated
10 May
35.7k
Asylum Seekers
It's a 'criminal offence' to pitch tents on public land, govt says, after removing Grand Canal camp
Updated
9 May
20.8k
cleared
Asylum seeker tents cleared from Grand Canal as Taoiseach says 'Team Ireland' response needed
Asylum seekers were told they are committing an offence by camping on the canal.
Diggers have cleared all the tents from the area.
The Government has confirmed that 163 individuals were moved to Crooksling and the former Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum.
The Taoiseach said an all-of-Government approach is needed and that he has "no doubt" further issues will arise.
Updated
9 May
61.9k
Dublin
Asylum seekers expected to be moved from Citywest amid concerns over tents on Grand Canal
Updated
8 May
40.4k
This month
May 2024
The Lighthouse
Removal of Mount Street camp is 'like putting a plaster on a wound'
The Lighthouse in Dublin is providing food and other services for hundreds of asylum seekers every day.
Órla Ryan
4 May
13.5k
RELATED
Criticism
Harris says asylum seekers in Ballsbridge park is 'temporary thing done by people being very humane'
Updated
3 May
32.7k
Investigation
Gardaí investigating video showing migrant men being told to leave Newtownmountkennedy
2 May
23.6k
Mount Street
Around 100 asylum seekers without beds in Dublin city told there is 'no further accommodation'
2 May
22.6k
Wicklow
Man arrested after construction workers are 'subjected to abuse' at hotel in Aughrim
Protesters incorrectly believed the site was being renovated to house international protection applicants.
Órla Ryan
2 May
35.7k
Dublin
Mount Street: Several asylum seekers without beds after makeshift encampment is dismantled
‘Just under’ 290 people have been moved to Citywest and Crooksling.
A number of steel barriers have been erected along the pathway on Mount Street where the tents were located.
Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman described the tents as an "extremely difficult situation" for people living in them.
Updated
1 May
82.1k
Asylum Seekers
McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact
1 May
17.4k
Last month
April 2024
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Image of Garda standoff shared after Newtownmountkennedy protests is AI-generated
30 Apr
43.4k
Wicklow
Builders confronted by anti-immigration protesters 'in shock' after 'intimidating' incident at Aughrim hotel
Construction workers at the site in Aughrim in Co Wicklow were told to “pack up and get the f**k out”.
Órla Ryan
30 Apr
63.7k
claims
Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’
Updated
29 Apr
31.3k
102
international protection office
Asylum seekers unaware of any plans to clear tents on Dublin's Mount Street
Updated
29 Apr
26.9k
IPO
Mount Street protesters take aim at Helen McEntee for ‘recycling far-right rhetoric’
27 Apr
26.7k
Deterrent strategy
Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working
27 Apr
43.2k
Wicklow
Anti-asylum seeker protesters march through Newtownmountkennedy chanting 'Newtown says no'
27 Apr
58.4k
esri report
Language barrier among challenges for Ukrainians trying to work or study in Ireland
25 Apr
7.4k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
IPO to prioritise asylum seekers from countries with highest number of applicants
Updated
23 Apr
30.4k
Asylum Seekers
The UK's controversial Rwanda bill has finally passed in parliament - so what happens now?
23 Apr
6.5k
food scene
'Generous' Dublin restaurants 'happy to help', providing free meals for asylum seekers
16 Apr
29.4k
Press Freedom
Irish journalist Sally Hayden denied entry to Rwanda to report on 30th anniversary of genocide
16 Apr
16.7k
10
Immigration
Hotels, state bodies and Direct Provision: The companies behind Ireland's refugee housing sector
More than €2 billion was paid by the Government on the sector last year.
Stephen McDermott
14 Apr
38.4k
ff ard fheis
Bring an end to tent encampments and deport asylum seekers that commit crime - FF migration report
13 Apr
25.5k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Harris says Ireland will comply fully with Migration Pact, including setting up reception centres
The European Parliament yesterday voted to adopt the Migration and Asylum Pact yesterday.
11 Apr
12.5k
Refugees
MEPs vote in favour of EU Migration Pact to overhaul rules on asylum seekers and migrants
The new Migration and Asylum Pact is a package of 10 laws drawn up after years of negotiations that aim to get EU countries to act together on migration.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
Reports from Brussels
Updated
10 Apr
33.8k
Explainer
MEPs will vote today on the EU Migration Pact: Here's what it means (in a five-minute summary)
Stephen McDermott
10 Apr
39.1k
Gardaí
Gardaí probe Dublin assault on asylum seeker who says he and others called 'black monkeys'
8 Apr
24.7k
Status orange
Government to offer temporary shelter to asylum seekers sleeping rough during Storm Kathleen
5 Apr
12.0k
March
March 2024
Immigration
Sharp increase in prosecutions and prison terms for asylum seekers arriving without passports
27 Mar
36.4k