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The Irish Refugee Council, the Irish Red Cross and Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre welcome the official launch today by Minister David Stanton of Ireland’s Community…

Following the Dáil debate of the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 last December, Nasc was invited by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice…

Decisions from the first round of applications under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme Humanitarian Admission Programme (IHAP) have begun to issue, and several of our clients…

“This should be treated as a hate crime,” says Nasc CEO Fiona Finn A fire which broke out last night in Rooskey at a hotel earmarked for a reception centre for asylum seekers is reportedly being investigated as a suspected arson attack…

On World Refugee Day 2016, Nasc launched a new campaign – Safe Passage – to call on the Irish Government to introduce a humanitarian admission programme for families fleeing…

Yesterday Minister of State for Equality, Integration and Immigration David Stanton T.D., launched a new report by Social Change Initiative Immigration and Refugee Protection in…

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release Headline findings: 74% agree no child should grow up undocumented in Ireland (only 5% disagreed) 60% of survey respondents agree that…

To mark International Human Rights Day, Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre and University College Cork’s Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) are releasing our “Beyond McMahon – Reflections on the Future of Asylum…

This Thursday (6th December), the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendement) Bill will be brought to the Dáil and TDs will vote on whether it should progress to…

The 2018 Gateway to Employment Project ran from March to October 2018. The project worked with 25 women with refugee status and family members of refugees.  The project centred…