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Fiona Finn from Nasc, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, said the Sido family’s situation further underlined the importance of the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017, which was recently examined by the…

DeWan of Nasc has said the department needs “to be looking to alternative solutions to source accommodation that is suited to the needs of people in the protection process and compliant with their statutory obligations under the [EU…

Jennifer DeWan of Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, said the reliance by the Government on hotels and B&Bs for “emergency accommodation” is not sustainable. She also expressed concern that those behind the arson attacks may…

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…

Community Sponsorship is a model for refugee resettlement which was developed in Canada in the late 1970’s, which invites local communities to come together to support the effective resettlement of refugees. It has been enormously…

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…