The state wasn’t allocating enough resources to get back to queries about immigration services, says Sanchi Tayal – so she decided to do something about that.
Some international students say a university could have done more to release final grades sooner, allowing them to work full-time, while others blame the backlogged immigration system.
Some parents living communally in a direct-provision centre in the city say they’re especially worried about the possibility that Covid-19 will spread from schools to their accommodation.
For Alexandre Henrique de Paula, a paperless migrant with an ill child, fighting a potential deportation order to a Covid-19 hotspot feels deeply personal.
Some ex-asylum seekers are finding it difficult to secure a room to rent in Dublin, after leaving direct provision. They say once they mention HAP or DP landlords stop replying to emails.
The Minister for Justice has full autonomy to decide who gets citizenship, meaning that they can deny applicants even if they satisfy all legal requirements.
The Department of Justice says that in line with the programme for government it’s aiming to “create new pathways for long-term undocumented people and their dependents”.
