# Immigration
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This week
12th May 2024 - 15th May 2024
FACTCHECK
Debunked: The number of illegal immigrants in Ireland last year was not 10 times the EU average
13 May
12.7k
workplace inspections
Taoiseach calls for 'consistency of approach' around payments and supports for Ukrainians
Updated
13 May
30.9k
Immigration
Government reviewing benefit payments for asylum seekers with decision to come 'in weeks'
12 May
45.2k
Last week
5th May 2024 - 11th May 2024
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
61.8k
This month
May 2024
Cabinet Meeting
Extra staff to be hired to improve communications and tackle disinformation on migration
Updated
2 May
15.3k
Immigration
UK says Tánaiste 'confirmed' no gardaí will be sent to border for migration checks
Tánaiste Micheál Martin had a ‘constructive phone call’ with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris last night.
2 May
12.7k
Last month
April 2024
War of Words
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
And what’s the evidence for Helen McEntee’s claim that 80% of of asylum seekers crossed the border? Here’s what we know.
Updated
29 Apr
15.3k
Dáil support
Enterprise Minister Peter Burke says 'votes are there' for Government to join EU migration pact
28 Apr
9.2k
Deterrent strategy
Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working
27 Apr
43.2k
Justice Minister
McEntee says over 80% of people seeking asylum entered the country through the northern border
24 Apr
12.1k
harvey sherratt
Mother of boy with severe scoliosis hits out at use of his story by anti-immigrant figures
22 Apr
12.2k
Migration
Harris expects details on locations of promised asylum reception centres 'in the coming weeks'
22 Apr
6.2k
Voices
Larry Donnelly: The immigration issue compounds uncertainty in Irish politics
Larry Donnelly
20 Apr
12.0k
72
fortress europe
Migration Pact will damage EU's reputation as a human rights defender, experts say
20 Apr
10.1k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
Harris says Ukrainians leaving state accommodation will free up space for other asylum seekers
Christina Finn
reports from Brussels
17 Apr
24.7k
Voices
Opinion: We and other NGOs are saying no to the EU's migration pact
Jim Clarken
10 hrs ago
11.2k
40
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
38.3k
Courts
Man from Eritrea who landed at Dublin Airport without passport or ID is jailed for two months
9 Apr
66.0k
March
March 2024
Immigration
Sharp increase in prosecutions and prison terms for asylum seekers arriving without passports
27 Mar
36.4k
Cabinet
Simon Harris says processing asylum applications in third country is 'worth considering'
Updated
27 Mar
60.0k
Immigration
Attitudes towards refugees and immigration remain largely positive in Ireland, ESRI finds
22 Mar
8.6k
mount st
Taoiseach accused of 'pandering to fears whipped up by far-right' in asylum seeker comments
15 Mar
17.8k
THE MORNING LEAD
European elections: Dead-heat on whether immigration is a big issue for voters
A third of people say they would vote for a candidate with ‘strong anti-immigration views’.
TheJournal/Ireland Thinks poll finds voters evenly split on the relevance of immigration to June elections.
The second survey in the major series also asked questions about EU immigration policy and sea rescue missions.
Rónán Duffy
14 Mar
25.1k
Refugees
Varadkar: Ireland can't guarantee accommodation to asylum seekers entering via 'safe countries'
13 Mar
23.8k
Boston
Taoiseach: 'St Patrick was a migrant to Ireland - a single, male, undocumented one'
13 Mar
39.0k
migration pact
Varadkar says plan to process irregular migrants outside EU won't dramatically decrease arrivals
7 Mar
6.4k
EPP Congress
'It is not like the UK Rwanda policy': Varadkar defends proposed change to EU asylum policy
6 Mar
10.5k
February
February 2024
two year annivesrary
'Ireland has become a second home for me': Ukrainians building careers in Ireland
24 Feb
31.2k
Immigration
Helen McEntee: New measures to speed up asylum applications designed to stop misuse of system
11 Feb
22.1k
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Clip shows crowds at a pro-refugee rally last year, not an anti-immigrant protest
8 Feb
401
Arson Attacks
'A campaign of far-right terrorism': Murphy lambastes Govt over response to arson attacks
8 Feb
9.8k
Dublin
11 arrested following anti-immigration demonstration and counter-protest in Dublin
Updated
5 Feb
59.1k
January
January 2024
FACTCHECK
FactFind: What is a ‘safe country of origin’ and how many asylum seekers come from one?
31 Jan
13.3k