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  • Press release: Irish Refugee Council welcome White Paper, focus now on implementation

    Press release: Irish Refugee Council welcome White Paper, focus now on implementation

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  • 12 February: Letter to government on access to protection process and hotel quarantining recommendations

    12 February: Letter to government on access to protection process and hotel quarantining recommendations

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  • Irish Refugee Council raise concerns about increasing delays in the Irish protection process

    Irish Refugee Council raise concerns about increasing delays in the Irish protection process

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    New report: Implementing Alternatives to Direct Provision (January 2021)

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Asylum Process Reform

At the Irish Refugee Council, we strive for an Ireland where people who claim asylum are treated with humanity and dignity. An Ireland where Direct Provision ends and is replaced by a system that gives privacy, supports integration and builds agency. We work to ensure Ireland continues to expand pathways to safety for people fleeing persecution around the world. We believe Ireland has a unique leadership role to play amidst Europe’s crisis of leadership on refugee issues, with human rights at its heart. 

Our advocacy and policy work is and continues to be based on sound research and present constructive solutions. Fundamentally, the voice and experience of people in the asylum system is at the fore of our work and we will actively pursue inclusion. We facilitate, support, guide and learn from the diverse and vibrant civil society responses to people seeking asylum in Ireland, working closely with our traditional partners and supporting new movements and ideas.

We work towards legislative & policy change for a fair asylum system advocating for:
  • A reduction in delays in the asylum procedure 
  • Best practice at all International Protection Office customer service meetings
  • Ireland to opt in to the Optional Protocol on the Convention Against Torture
  • The right to work to be as expansive and unrestricted as possible 
  • Access to early legal advice for people seeking asylum
  • Continued support and assistance to children, young people and LBGT people seeking asylum

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Press release: Irish Refugee Council welcome White Paper, focus now on implementation

Press release: Irish Refugee Council welcome White Paper, focus now on implementation

Read more

Published: 25th February, 2021

Updated: 11th March, 2021

Author: Nicholas Henderson

12 February: Letter to government on access to protection process and hotel quarantining recommendations

12 February: Letter to government on access to protection process and hotel quarantining recommendations

Read more

Published: 12th February, 2021

Updated: 15th February, 2021

Author: Nicholas Henderson

Irish Refugee Council raise concerns about increasing delays in the Irish protection process

Irish Refugee Council raise concerns about increasing delays in the Irish protection process

Read more

Published: 28th January, 2021

Updated: 11th March, 2021

Author: Nicholas Henderson

New report: Implementing Alternatives to Direct Provision (January 2021)

New report: Implementing Alternatives to Direct Provision (January 2021)

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Published: 27th January, 2021

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Nicholas Henderson

Call for urgent implementation of vulnerability assessment, two years after it became mandatory

Call for urgent implementation of vulnerability assessment, two years after it became mandatory

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Published: 5th November, 2020

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Nicholas Henderson

Budget 2021 submission

Budget 2021 submission

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Published: 27th July, 2020

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Nicholas Henderson

Pre-Budget Submission 2019

Pre-Budget Submission 2019

We call for a number of changes to Budget 2019 Read more

Published: 14th July, 2018

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Vikki Walshe

The Right to Work

The Right to Work

Policy paper outlining the recommendations on the right to work Read more

Published: 30th June, 2017

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Vikki Walshe

The Time Factor

The Time Factor

Working group report and lived experiences of the length of the asylum process Read more

Published: 30th June, 2015

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Vikki Walshe

Providing Protection

Providing Protection

Access to early legal advice for people seeking asylum Read more

Published: 14th April, 2014

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Vikki Walshe

Difficult to Believe

Difficult to Believe

The assessment of asylum claims in Ireland Read more

Published: 1st April, 2012

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Vikki Walshe

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