As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
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For “urgent” questions, the Department of Justice directs asylum seekers to a chatbot. Is it trustworthy?
A disclaimer on it says, “no responsibility is accepted by, or on behalf of the Department of Justice for any errors, omissions or misleading statements”.
West African nurses question why they must wait longer than others for family to join them in Ireland
“It creates frustration and tension between communities where there are different timelines,” says Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin.
Underfunded legal aid system may struggle to support asylum seekers next year, documents suggest
“We have seen figures from the Department [of Justice] that postulate further significant increases in demand on account of the EU Migration Pact.”
For some citizenship-seekers asked to submit more documents, technical glitches trigger refusals
“That’s not fair because we have uploaded [the documents],” says Irina Osipova, who has applied for citizenship for her 12-year-old daughter.
A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway
In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.”
Immigrant care-workers wait with guilt, for years, for word of whether their children can join them
Shylet Mazuru says her children back home ask her, “Why did you abandon us?” “I’m so depressed, I’m so so depressed,” Mazuru says.
Airlines are still blocking some children returning home to Ireland from boarding
To solve the problem, a petition is asking the government to bring in a “residency confirmation letter in an electronic format for non-EU minors”.
Government plans new system to “detain” some people who come to Ireland seeking asylum
The previous government’s programme pledged to end direct provision. This one’s takes a decidedly different tone towards some people seeking asylum.
Some lawyers who judge asylum appeals have gone on strike
Several solicitors and barristers who sit part-time on the International Protection Appeals Tribunal stopped doing that work this month, over low pay.
With rulings on Syrian asylum claims frozen, a couple wait and worry
The depiction of Syria post-revolution as somewhere safe that all the Syrians abroad can return to isn’t really accurate, says Mahmoud Alabed.
At the remote Kilbride Army Camp, a man seeking asylum died before paramedics reached him
The tragedy left already isolated residents more worried about how hard their centre is to get to and from.
Men living at Kilbride Army Camp while they seek asylum find the little privacy they have is being eroded
They now have to show their papers to enter – despite a judge ruling that a similar measure was overly intrusive a decade ago.