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In Justice, political ambition quickly collides with political reality
Immigration
Stories about immigration, migrants of all types into Ireland
Payment for accommodating Ukraine refugees set to be cut
Minister seeks review of provisions for excluding people convicted of non-political crimes from being granted refugee status
Elon Musk’s Irish friends and their influence on the powerful billionaire
Musk frequently shares or highlights posts complaining about immigration into Ireland by Michael O’Keeffe, one of a number of Irish people to have grabbed the world’s richest man’s attention
First group of migrants deported from US arrive in Costa Rica
Group deported under new Trump crackdown on immigration after illegally crossing southern border
Debates over Rishi Sunak’s Englishness or Leo Varadkar’s Irishness are deranged
It’s rightly treated with the same disdain - not because it's too provocative, but because it's too weird
Sinn Féin voters in the Republic and unionist voters in Northern Ireland agree on something
Both have the least positive views on immigration of any two groups of party voters on the island
New figures suggest almost a third of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland are now living elsewhere
Some 112,189 people have claimed temporary protection in Ireland, an increase of 8.5 per cent in 12 months
Germany to set up centralised deportation facilities in bid to tackle migration
Opposition politicians denounce ‘Dublin Centres’ as pre-election gestures by a government that has lost control of asylum process
State will be ‘buying seats’ on deportation flights run by EU Frontex border agency, O’Callaghan says
Minister for Justice says there ‘has to be a consequence’ for people refused asylum
Sharp divides in attitudes to immigration within Northern Ireland, and either side of Border
Northern unionists are far more likely to be anti-immigration compared with their nationalist counterparts, while southern nationalists sit somewhere in between
Stark divide on immigration between Sinn Féin voters North and South
SF voters in South resemble Northern unionists in attitudes to immigration
Woman loses Supreme Court appeal over Ireland-born child’s right to passport
In a unanimous decision on Friday, a five-judge Supreme Court dismissed the appeal
Garda body-cam footage used in prosecution of anti-immigration activist arrested during Coolock riots
Philip Dwyer given two-month suspended sentence for failing to obey a garda direction to move on
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan signals tougher line on immigration and increased deportations
Efforts needed to reduce the number of people applying for international protection, O’Callaghan says
Spain to give legal status to 25,000 migrants affected by Valencia floods
Measure aims to ‘protect foreigners in situations of maximum vulnerability’
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily basis
Number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland rises eight-fold
Israel must respect that ‘Ireland is for Irish people and Palestine is for Palestinians’, says Palestinian ambassador to Ireland
Trump’s tariffs could directly affect about one-third of all Irish goods exports, KPMG warns
US proposal to reduce corporation tax would reduce our own corporation tax take as well as our attractiveness for FDI, KPMG says
Human rights group was right to sue State over lack of accommodation for asylum seekers, says O’Gorman
State now appealing High Court ruling that it breached rights of homeless international protection applicants
Protest held in Co Kildare over planned conversion of apartments to international protection accommodation
One couple at protest who live in one of the apartments say they were served with eviction notice in November
Eerie silence in Bundestag as far-right AfD sees chink of light
Opposition accepts AfD support for hot-button migration proposal
European political centre may regret borrowing from far-right’s migration playbook
By trying to cut off support for the far right, the European centre is normalising their extreme policies
‘Deeply unsettling for everyone’: Fears among undocumented Irish under Trump administration
President is threatening to ramp up arrests and deportations of those who are in the US illegally
‘People are in despair’: Ukrainians due to be relocated in Limerick worry about being uprooted again
A group of 54 Ukrainian refugees living in Limerick received letters this week telling where they will be moved to in March
Ukrainians in Ireland: ‘All of a sudden it’s like you’ve lost interest in us’
At least 1,000 Ukrainian refugees face relocation in a push to reduce State accommodation contracts
Ireland saw record number of asylum applicants in 2024
New fast-tracking measures introduced in mid-year for applicants from Nigeria and Jordan significantly reduced numbers applying from those countries
Immigration raids begin in Chicago as Trump doubles tariffs on Colombia over deportation flights
Colombia will not accept deportation flights until migrants are treated with ‘dignity’, president says
Donald Trump’s stunning first week back in the White House shows he’s on a mission to leave a legacy
For the president’s popularity in the US to last, he will have to make sure all his talk of a golden age translates into more money in ordinary people’s pockets
Poland standing on the front line of Russia’s hybrid war with the EU
Facing Russian attempts to ‘weaponise’ migration, Poland takes a hard line on asylum
Tommy Robinson and Conor McGregor find common cause
English nationalism has rarely been more interested in Ireland
Trump executive orders: What we know about the orders targeting immigration, climate, TikTok and more
From withdrawing the US from the World Health Organisation to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, Trump was quick to sign several orders on his first day back in office
About 10% of people moving to Ireland in year to April 2024 were seeking international protection, research finds
Total number of 149,200 represents 5 per cent increase on previous year but includes those who would subsequently have moved on
If we want less strain on capacity, we should limit immigration to some extent
If we want less strain on the capacity of the country we should limit immigration
Fifty people die during crossing to Canary Islands, says Spanish charity
Total of 10,547 migrants died trying to reach Spain by boat last year, according to monitoring group Caminando Fronteras
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