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Refugee groups blast Govt’s impossible hurdles for asylum seeker labour market accessPro-refugee support groups brand Government’s provisions for employment access for asylum seekers as “immensely restrictive”.
Extraordinary delays in asylum system at ‘crisis point’ says IRCHundreds of asylum applicants who have been moved to the new international protection system have been waiting since the start of 2017 — and new applicants could face a wait of up to 20 months, according to the Irish Refugee Council (IRC).
New training to support refugees and long-term unemployed is launchedA programme which supports long-term unemployed people, early school leavers, people with disabilities and refugees to get into the workforce was launched recently in Dublin.
Right to work is good news for direct provision residentsFine Gael local representative says right to work is good news for direct provision residents - but Irish Refugee Council seeks assurances for asylum seekers.
Europe must step up for migrantsIt’s time for all EU countries to show responsibility and solidarity towards the millions of migrants fleeing persecution and thousands drowning at sea, writes Michael McGowan
US travel ban is only good for terrorismIn late January, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States – and suspending indefinitely the acceptance of refugees from war-torn Syria. Highlighting the rationale, if any, behind these new strict measures, President Trump said they were aimed at keeping radical Islamic terrorists out of the US.
New UN head means a chance for reformThe new head of the United Nations faces the mammoth task of tacking a world dominated by conflicts and humanitarian disasters, including the global involvement in the civil war in Syria and the attendant refugee crisis, via which more than 5,000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean to the freedom of Europe in the past 12 months.
Judge Bryan McMahon’s words should be taken to heart‘You, too, are Ireland.” Those were the words of retired High Court Judge Bryan McMahon while presiding over the citizenship ceremony that took place in the Dublin Convention Centre on 14 December 2015. Some 3,000 people from 121 countries were naturalised on that day: many had come to Ireland as migrants, immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers, while others were descendants of such.
Intercultural & Interfaith Calendar : What’s on in February?Intercultural & Interfaith Calendar : What’s on in February?