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On the 03rd June 2020 Nasc, the Irish Refugee Council, Doras and Graham Clifford, Founder of the Sanctuary Runners, wrote to the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD asking for clarity on the circumstances of the transfer of international protection…

Asylum seekers who are living in direct provision have been excluded from the Covid 19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment. Instead of receiving a weekly payment of €350, asylum seekers only receive €38.80 weekly (Daily Expenses Allowance) with…

For World Refugee Week this year, we're asking you to walk in support of our Gateway Refugee Women's Project. From 19th June, walk, run or cycle 30 mins each day to help keep our project open. Nasc's Gateway Project works with refugee…

Watch videos here A new service which aims to inform migrants about Covid19 is to be launched today (Tuesday, May 19th). Using video messaging in over 30 different languages, from Swahili to Urdu, Chinese to Czech and Portuguese to Polish…

A word from our CEO, Fiona Finn Today marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Nasc, when a small  group of social justice activists, academics, members of the religious and…

COVID-19 has been a really stressful time for everyone but when you live in direct provision and are told to stay inside and keep your distance from others, it is even more challenging. How do you socially-distance when you are sharing a…

Nasc have written to the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Minister for Health to express our concerns following the publication of reports by The Irish Times 'Group of 70 asylum seekers transferred from Dublin despite case of COVID…

Nasc's helpline is open. Our legal service has moved primarily to a phone and email service. This means that there will be no Walk-In service.  If you need information or advice, you can call or WhatsApp our helpline numbers. Our phone…

For Immediate Release The Department of Justice and Equality have announced their plans for a pilot self-isolation facility and the provision of self-isolation units in direct provision centres across the country. Nasc, Migrant and Refugee…

Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre CEO Fiona Finn recently warned that up to six people are living in the same room in DP centres. She pointed out that some of these people are also immuno-compromised. She said that even washing hands…