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Nasc, Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre and Together Razem are hosting an information webinar for people hosting, or considering hosting, Ukrainian refugees in their homes.  The Information Webinar will be held on the 30th March at 7pm and…

Updated 07th February 2022 The International Protection Office opened the regularisation scheme for people 2 years or longer in the international protection process on 07th February 2022. This long-awaited news will be a huge relief to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

There are calls on the Government to widen access to the Student Universal Support Scheme or SUSI to students who are from migrant or refugee backgrounds. Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, says hundreds of young people who will…