Migrant Crisis

‘Deep concern’ over families evicted from direct provision despite gaining status - Ombudsman

Letter to ministers Darragh O’Brien and Roderic O’Gorman warned movements are having ‘devastating impact’ on children’s rights

Suad Aldarra awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Syrian-Irish writer’s memoir I Don’t Want to Talk About Home was published in 2022

‘I want to go to Chicago’: Immigrants, vigilantes and good samaritans on the US-Mexico border

Immigration and border security are key issues in the US presidential election campaign, yet those making the crossing care more for food and water than politics

Abandoned in Lebanon: How Ireland offered Syrian refugees a route to safety, then left them in a war zone

Two years ago about 375 Syrians were interviewed in Lebanon by Irish officials and told they would be resettled in Ireland before 2024. They’re still waiting - amid bombs, deprivation and discrimination. Sally Hayden spoke to some of those people, who feel trapped, scared and forgotten

Israeli drones an essential part of EU’s attempt to stop refugees and migrants from reaching its territory

Drones ‘tested over Gaza’ have been reappropriated by the EU to monitor migrants in the Mediterranean

Three things the Irish election should be about - but won’t

Climate, immigration and the sustainability of our economic model are subjects no one wants to talk about but they are not going away

European asylum policy continues to shift to the right

Under pressure from the far right, focus of EU leaders moves to more deportations and tighter borders

Two migrants die after boat sinks in English Channel, French coastguard says

So far this year, 47 deaths have been reported by coastguard, including a baby

Borderline existence: The risk of refugees disappearing from history

Greece Letter: Those arriving in Greece face an old problem - how to accept their new circumstances while sustaining a memory of who they actually are

Let’s get a grip and celebrate the turnaround in migration

In a word: Immigration, we need it

International protection applicants moved from tents during Storm Ashley, says activist

‘The tents have been flying everywhere,’ says spokesman as migrants moved to houses in Newtownmountkennedy and Crooksling

EU leaders push for harder stance on asylum

Summit of European leaders hears call for firmer deportation policies as migration dominates agenda

Spain’s government under fire over plan to house migrants in disused airport

Built at cost of over €1 billion, Ciudad Real airport operated for only three years before euro zone crisis

EU deportation hubs not the same as ‘stupid’ UK Rwanda policy, Simon Harris says

Taoiseach says Ireland has an ‘open mind’ to idea for EU deportation sites for failed asylum seekers

Poland’s Tusk says he will protect Polish security at EU summit

President Andrzej Duda joined the criticism of the asylum policy adopted by the government, saying it would harm Belarusian dissidents fleeing repression

An intervention from Germany’s opposition could prove important to the EU’s approach to migration

The party is calling for a temporary closure of the country’s borders to asylum claimants

EU considers controversial deportation sites outside its borders

Proposal would see asylum seekers deported to ‘hubs’ outside of the EU then returned to home countries

State has ‘done nothing’ about High Court judgment finding breach of asylum seekers’ rights, judge hears

Human rights body asks court to reconsider making order forcing State to vindicate the asylum seekers’ rights

Dutch government suffers setback in bid to introduce hardline immigration policy

Surprise as Senate votes against declaring an ‘asylum crisis’

Migrant arrivals to Canary Islands surging as capsizing tragedy strikes

More than 50 people believed to have died while crossing to islands from west Africa

Far-right Freedom Party promises ‘fortress Austria’ and zero-asylum policy as country goes to polls

FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl has shaped party’s populist brand with rhyming, racist rhetoric

Controversial fencing being removed along Dublin’s Grand Canal

Move comes two weeks after Waterways Ireland started 24-hour patrols of the canal to stop homeless people erecting tents there

Sharp rise last year in applications to have asylum decisions reviewed by High Court, report shows

Annual report from Courts Service shows continuing fall in most types of crime but continuing rise in domestic violence applications

Ireland must tackle the ‘pull factors’ that attract asylum applicants

A proposal to charge asylum seekers with jobs €15 or €25 a week for accommodation is a pathetic response

Herbert Kickl, the skilled sloganeer aiming to make Austria a ‘fortress’ against immigration

The leader of Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) hopes to become ‘the people’s chancellor’ following this month’s general election

German police say new border checks ‘impossible to implement’

Interior minister Nancy Faeser said decision to temporarily set aside open-border measures was due to security risk posed by the numbers of irregular arrivals

Rescue ship tries to save minds as well as bodies on the Mediterranean

MSF tackles challenge of providing mental healthcare to traumatised asylum seekers and refugees

‘You don’t get it. You’re not gonna be saved’: Desperate cries of migrants in small boats still not being heard

Worldview: English Channel's worst incident so far this year occurred on September 3rd, when 12 people perished

Fabric of Europe’s political centre is stretched by immigration issue

Extreme right’s gains are forcing EU states to consider a hardened policy

Olaf Scholz attacks German opposition over migration standoff

Social Democratic Party leader rejects Christian Democratic Union claim government has ‘lost control’ of immigration

Protests and violence push cost of policing Leinster House demonstrations above €1m

Sum spent in first seven months of 2024 more than four times that for all 2023 as protests and linked disorder increase

German border checks the frustrating new normal in what was the heart of EU’s open-border Schengen area

As migration ramps up tensions in the Scholz coalition, few in Berlin expect ‘temporary’ border measures to be eased before June 2026, when a new EU migration and asylum pact comes in

New Dutch government to stop funding shelters for failed asylum seekers

Coalition agreement includes possibility of making law to allow country to temporarily stop accepting refugees

At least 12 dead after boat ‘ripped open’ attempting to cross English Channel, French minister says

More than 50 people rescued and two missing after ‘terrible shipwreck’ off coast of Cap Gris-Nez

‘If the system worked for refugees no one would risk their life like this’: A Syrian writer’s journey to Europe

Yusuf was among 73 people taken on board the Médecins Sans Frontières Geo Barents ship off Libya

Kidnap, extortion and murder in the Mediterranean: ‘He’s giving us one option. If you don’t go, he’ll kill you’

Interviews with migrants on a rescue ship help trace their routes to Europe, which can often include legal or semi-legal portions

Record number of asylum seekers awaiting accommodation

Department of Integration hopes to open Thornton Hall site for accommodation in the coming weeks which will allow international protection triaging to continue

Spain seeks immigration solutions amid ‘humanitarian drama’ on Canary Islands

Economy needs regulated arrivals, prime minister says

Pope Francis says refusing aid to Mediterranean Sea migrants a ‘grave sin’

Pontiff calls for ‘global governance of migration based on justice, brotherhood and solidarity’

Officials concerned about adult asylum seekers claiming to be minors

Internal briefing warns of ‘severe demands’ put on Tusla service for child asylum seekers

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