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  • Irish Refugee Council calls for urgent action to address accommodation crisis for people seeking protection in Ireland

    Irish Refugee Council calls for urgent action to address accommodation crisis for people seeking protection in Ireland

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  • Press Release: IRC budget submission calls for extension of Child Benefit to children in direct provision and increase of weekly payment to people seeking protection

    Press Release: IRC budget submission calls for extension of Child Benefit to children in direct provision and increase of weekly payment to people seeking protection

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  • Press Release: Irish Refugee Council calls for clarity and action on the registration of asylum applications

    Press Release: Irish Refugee Council calls for clarity and action on the registration of asylum applications

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

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

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  • Irish Refugee Council calls for urgent action to address accommodation crisis for people seeking protection in Ireland
  • Press Release: IRC budget submission calls for extension of Child Benefit to children in direct provision and increase of weekly payment to people seeking protection
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Policy and Advocacy

Our Policy and Advocacy work seeks to promote and protect the rights of refugees and people seeking protection in Ireland.  We do this through exploring and researching the issues that affect our clients, working in partnership with those with lived experience, and making recommendations to government and policymakers to advocate for a fair, efficient, and effective international protection procedure in Ireland. This includes the legal process of making an application and related issues like integration support, specific and holistic approaches to vulnerable applicants, the right to access education and the labour market, and the right to receive material reception conditions as laid out in the Reception Conditions Directive. 

Research

Our research explores emerging issues, trends, and legislative changes at the domestic and EU level, and seeks to provide evidence-based, practical recommendations to Government, to ensure a safe, legal and human rights-based model is safeguarded for all those
seeking protection in Ireland. We identify priority areas directly from those who access our services and endeavour to work in partnership with refugee lead organisations to represent their needs best.

Collaboration

Our policy and advocacy work includes collaboration with other civil society organisations and groups, often working on one specific
goal, such as strengthening integration supports, advocating for the improved treatment of unaccompanied minors and other 
particularly vulnerable applicants, or calling for larger-scale structural reform such as ending Direct Provision.

We seek to provide well-evidenced alternatives and solutions and are guided at all times by our service clients and international best practice models. In addition, our policy, advocacy, and communications team work directly with national media, offering clarity and insight at critical moments and commenting publicly on issues that are detrimental to our clients or undermine the legal right to seek international protection.

We also coordinate the Asylum Support Network, which links community-based volunteer organisations, national NGOs and charities, and other groups working with refugees and people seeking international protection to achieve positive policy change, share information and improve access to services.

Policy and Advocacy Priorities

  • IPAS Accommodation Crisis
  • Universal Child Benefit
  • Ending Direct Provision 

For more information email our Policy Officer Ciara Ross. 

Email Ciara

Irish Refugee Council calls for urgent action to address accommodation crisis for people seeking protection in Ireland

Irish Refugee Council calls for urgent action to address accommodation crisis for people seeking protection in Ireland

Read more

Published: 4th October, 2022

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Wendy Muperi

Press Release: IRC budget submission calls for extension of Child Benefit to children in direct provision and increase of weekly payment to people seeking protection

Press Release: IRC budget submission calls for extension of Child Benefit to children in direct provision and increase of weekly payment to people seeking protection

Read more

Published: 14th September, 2022

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Wendy Muperi

Press Release: Irish Refugee Council calls for clarity and action on the registration of asylum applications

Press Release: Irish Refugee Council calls for clarity and action on the registration of asylum applications

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Published: 8th April, 2022

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Nicholas Henderson

NGOs Call for Action on HIQA Monitoring of Direct Provision Centres

NGOs Call for Action on HIQA Monitoring of Direct Provision Centres

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Published: 14th June, 2021

Updated: 25th November, 2022

Author: Nicholas Henderson

Report: Advisory Group and White Paper recommendations compared (May 2021)

Report: Advisory Group and White Paper recommendations compared (May 2021)

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Published: 21st May, 2021

Updated: 25th November, 2022

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

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