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The Department of Justice have made some changes to the citizenship application requirements. This applies to anyone making an application after 01st January 2022. Passports It is no longer necessary to send your passport with your…

Nasc the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre is recruiting a Community Sponsorship Officer to assist in the expansion of our Community Sponsorship Programme in the following counties: Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Laois. Salary: €…

Holiday Closing Dates Nasc's office will be closed from Tuesday 21st December 2021. We will re-open again on Tuesday 04th January 2022.    End of Year Round-Up You can read more about Nasc's 2021 work here.    We'd like to wish our…

Nasc welcomes the Regularisation Scheme and Scheme for Persons in the International Protection Process 03/12/2021 We are delighted to welcome the Minister for Justice’s announcement this morning of both the Regularisation Scheme for…

Nasc welcomes the High Court ruling on access to driving licences for people seeking international protection in Ireland. In a judgment handed down on Friday 05th November 2021, the High Court ruled that International Protection Applicants…

Nasc are recruiting a peer researcher with lived experience of direct provision/the international protection process. This position is on an independent contractor basis. The contract will be for a total of 20 days (160 hours) at the rate…

For Immediate Release: 28th September 2021 Nasc welcome the announcement today that the government will introduce an Afghan Admissions Programme in December 2021. This news has been eagerly awaited by the Afghan community in Ireland who…

About Nasc: Nasc (the Irish word for ‘link’) is an NGO and registered charity based in Cork City. Nasc works with migrants and refugees to advocate and lead for change within Ireland’s immigration and protection systems. We are currently…

10th September 2021 Refugee support organisations have called for the speedy implementation of the humanitarian admission programme announced by the Government on August 28th in response to the crisis in Afghanistan. Doras, Nasc, the Irish…

On August 27th, Nasc, Crosscare Migrant Project, Doras and Irish Refugee Council wrote to Minister for Justice, Heather Humphries to ask for the urgent introduction of a Humanitarian Admission Programme and provision to be made for…