Women in Ireland increasingly subjected to online hate and misogyny, groups warn
National Women’s Council, launching strategic plan, highlight spread of far-right discourse and anti-migrant sentiment
Migrant Crisis
Sally Hayden on We Came By Sea: Stories of a Greater Britain - ‘It feels comforting and right to have a writer of Clare’s skill turn attention to this topic’
While Britons have been shown to be open to resettling refugees, years of demonisation has led to a mostly negative view of those crossing the Channel
Ukrainians in Ireland succeeding in asylum applications at twice rate of other nationalities
A total of 969 Ukrainian nationals have applied for international protection here since Russia’s invasion
EU cannot ignore what’s happening in Poland and The Netherlands
Fundamental change is not merely possible or probable; it is becoming an existential necessity
Communications, transport and health of older people at increased risk from global warming, says EPA
Storms Éowyn and Darragh highlighted vulnerabilities, with widespread disruptions to power and water
German immigration clampdown ruled illegal by federal court
Ruling undermines pledge by Friedrich Merz and his government to tackle immigration
On Greece’s Lesbos, new migrant camp sparks wildfire fears
EU-funded camp being built in forest on Lesbos, but lawsuits filed to halt construction
Geert Wilders threatens to pull party out of Dutch government over immigration reforms
Freedom Party minister wants to enact plan to cut €3.5 billion from the immigration and asylum budget
Germany increases border checks: Alexander Dobrindt oversees radical policy shift
Federal interior minister is sheriff in mainstream political Germany’s last-chance saloon
Far right ‘breaks political culture’ of tolerance in Portugal
Government fends off campaign-trail accusation of ‘Trumpification’
Military axis of Russia, China and North Korea will test what the West stands for
Issue of migration – especially economic migration disguised as asylum-seeking – is a growing issue for the political viability of the EU
Public Accounts Committee to examine ‘profiteering’ on asylum seeker accommodation, new chairman says
Sinn Féin’s John Brady said people have ‘become millionaires providing sometimes poor quality accommodation’
Jim O’Callaghan’s public theatrics mask the truth about asylum seeker deportations
Most men arriving to seek protection aren’t provided accommodation, and end up in sanitations conditions that, according to one volunteer, were worse than those in refugee camps in South Sudan
Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says
African country previously had deal with UK to take in deported migrants
Three arrested for public order offences at Dublin anti-immigration protest
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he rejects ‘negativity’ of protesters
Tucker Carlson’s Conor McGregor interview: Pushing all buttons, blowing all dog whistles, telling multiple untruths
Review: The MMA fighter was given a soapbox on YouTube to air political views
Record number of migrants cross English Channel in first four months of year
Arrival of 656 people on 11 boats on Saturday is highest number for a single day this year
Austria moves to block family reunification for migrants
Change of policy could set a precedent for other EU states
‘This place is not good’: Homeless migrants with nowhere to go cleared from camps along the Seine
Paris letter: Makeshift encampment had been set up along the river’s banks recently
Britain to host international summit to combat people-smuggling gangs
Ministers and enforcement staff from 40 countries to meet over two days
Efforts to rearm Europe stumble as Trump ‘kicks over the chessboard’ of the Ukraine war
EU must take replace rhetoric with deeds and increase military power to ensure Putin takes heed, European commissioner for defence warns
EU warns Poland for suspending Dublin migrant regulation
Donald Tusk said his country ‘will not accept migrants from other European countries under so-called Dublin system
Cost of accommodating asylum seekers could be cut by 60% under new rules, suggests Government
Indicative future cost could fall from €123,000 per applicant to under €50,000, contingent on cutting processing times from 29 months to nine
Six dead and 40 missing in boat disaster off Italian island of Lampedusa
Coastguard rescues 10 people and search resumes after half-sunken dinghy spotted near islet
French police evict over 400 migrants squatting in Paris theatre for months
Riot police approach theatre amid protests by demonstrators shouting ‘shame’ as they shield themselves from tear gas
More than 15,000 international protection appeals could be lodged this year, Minister told
Department of Justice to face challenges getting personnel to operate the appeal system
State stops opening new asylum seeker centres in certain areas due to ‘local feedback’ and ‘violent protest’
Number of arson attacks recorded far higher than previously reported
Deportation reforms criticised as ‘new low’ for European Union
New proposals for EU-wide deportation orders aim to ‘firm up’ asylum rules
Incoming German coalition promises crack down on immigration
CDU leader indicates he is open to common European nuclear umbrella
International protection system records death of 14 asylum seekers last year
Statistics show 11 men and two women died in the international protection system in 2024, while another individual’s gender was not recorded
Overheard chat on the train showed me the secret behind far-right AfD’s growth in Germany
The German party’s secret weapon is its self-radicalising multipliers
Germany on course for grand coalition between conservatives and social democrats after CDU victory
Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next German chancellor in election where far-right AfD doubled support
Germany faces tricky talks on new coalition as far-right AfD becomes electoral force
A tired-looking Olaf Scholz says that just as the 2021 victory was his, the 2025 defeat was also his
German elections: ‘A bad feeling is growing’ as country looks for bridge to better future
On Sunday, 59.2 million German voters go to the polls at a time of unprecedented domestic and international tensions
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