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# Immigration

This week
12th May 2024 - 15th May 2024
Debunked: The number of illegal immigrants in Ireland last year was not 10 times the EU average
Taoiseach calls for 'consistency of approach' around payments and supports for Ukrainians
Government reviewing benefit payments for asylum seekers with decision to come 'in weeks'
Last week
5th May 2024 - 11th May 2024
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.
Fianna Fáil TD pushes for Garda checkpoints at Northern Ireland border
This month
May 2024
Opinion: Dialogue is key to solving the UK-Ireland asylum issue
Dr Clare Rice
Extra staff to be hired to improve communications and tackle disinformation on migration
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.
Last month
April 2024
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.
Enterprise Minister Peter Burke says 'votes are there' for Government to join EU migration pact
Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working
Timeline: What happened in Newtownmountkennedy yesterday evening?
McEntee says over 80% of people seeking asylum entered the country through the northern border
Mother of boy with severe scoliosis hits out at use of his story by anti-immigrant figures
Harris expects details on locations of promised asylum reception centres 'in the coming weeks'
Larry Donnelly: The immigration issue compounds uncertainty in Irish politics
Larry Donnelly
Migration Pact will damage EU's reputation as a human rights defender, experts say
Harris says Ukrainians leaving state accommodation will free up space for other asylum seekers
Opinion: We and other NGOs are saying no to the EU's migration pact
Jim Clarken
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.
Man from Eritrea who landed at Dublin Airport without passport or ID is jailed for two months
March
March 2024
Sharp increase in prosecutions and prison terms for asylum seekers arriving without passports
Simon Harris says processing asylum applications in third country is 'worth considering'
Attitudes towards refugees and immigration remain largely positive in Ireland, ESRI finds
Taoiseach accused of 'pandering to fears whipped up by far-right' in asylum seeker comments
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.
Varadkar: Ireland can't guarantee accommodation to asylum seekers entering via 'safe countries'
Taoiseach: 'St Patrick was a migrant to Ireland - a single, male, undocumented one'
Varadkar says plan to process irregular migrants outside EU won't dramatically decrease arrivals
'It is not like the UK Rwanda policy': Varadkar defends proposed change to EU asylum policy
February
February 2024
'Ireland has become a second home for me': Ukrainians building careers in Ireland
Debunked: Norway has not deported 1,600 people from Somalia
Helen McEntee: New measures to speed up asylum applications designed to stop misuse of system
Majority of people favour 'more closed' immigration policy, new poll shows
Debunked: Clip shows crowds at a pro-refugee rally last year, not an anti-immigrant protest
'A campaign of far-right terrorism': Murphy lambastes Govt over response to arson attacks
11 arrested following anti-immigration demonstration and counter-protest in Dublin
Mary Lou McDonald: 'Government has not handled the immigration question well'
January
January 2024
FactFind: What is a ‘safe country of origin’ and how many asylum seekers come from one?
'Need for substantial reform': TDs debate Government response to asylum seekers in Dáil