Spotlight Government urged to widen access to student grants to those from refugee or migrant backgrounds Read more Filter by - Any -Latest newsPress releaseCampaignsPublicationsKnow your rightsProjectsVacancySpotlightFree legal servicePQ digestMedia Apply June 1, 2020 World Refugee Day - Walk with Refugees 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… Read more Latest news, Press release, Know your rights, Spotlight May 19, 2020 PRESS RELEASE: THE COVID19 WORLD SERVICE IS LAUNCHED 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… Read more Latest news, Spotlight May 1, 2020 Happy 20th Birthday Nasc 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… Read more Latest news, Campaigns, Projects, Spotlight April 23, 2020 Social-distancing in direct provision 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… Read more Latest news, Spotlight April 21, 2020 Transfer of international protection applicants to Skellig Star Hotel 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… Read more Latest news, Know your rights, Spotlight, Free legal service March 30, 2020 Corona Virus Updates 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… Read more Press release, Media March 24, 2020 Nasc calls on Minister for Justice and Equality to 'Move the Vulnerable Out' 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… Read more Latest news, Media March 23, 2020 Residents in Direct Provision centres can't socially distance themselves 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… Read more Latest news, Media March 11, 2020 Coronavirus: Outbreaks in direct provision centres could be ‘devastating’ There are people who are immune-compromised or in other high-risk categories who are sharing rooms with strangers. Being able to take even the minimum precautions of regularly washing your hands with warm water and soap in these conditions… Read more Press release March 4, 2020 Statement: Nasc strongly condemns EU measures on the Greece-Turkey border The response of the EU to the humanitarian crisis on the border between Turkey and Greece has been deeply shocking. Yesterday (03rd March) European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, announced €700m in EU funds for Greece,… Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Next page Next › Last page Last » Tweets by NascIreland