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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…

14/07/2021 Figures released from the Department of Justice via Parliamentary Question show that the median waiting time for international protection applicants going though the non-prioritised application process to receive the first…

25/06/2021 Nasc, Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre are honoured to be one of the successful grant applicants from the inaugural RTÉ Toy Show Appeal for our New Beginnings project which will provide practical supports to meet the needs of…

Nasc have an exciting new project 'Our Lives Our Futures' beginning in January 2021. We want to raise awareness of the barriers for young people who can't access education because of their immigration status. We want you to lead the fight…