Hungarian leader Viktor Orban gives insight to his ‘lonely’ worldview
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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
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
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