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# Asylum seeker

Last year
2023
Over 60 migrant children missing after disappearing from State care
The boys and girls – who sought protection after fleeing war-torn countries – vanished in Ireland since 2017.
Noteworthy analysis finds a large number of missing migrant children were not the subject of public garda appeals to help locate them
This year alone, 20 refugee children disappeared and remain missing from Tusla care - the highest yearly number to date
Children’s rights organisations express concerns over underage migrants and raise trafficking fears
14 Dec 2023
43.6k
Man who died in Dundalk crash involving e-scooter was a resident at local Direct Provision site
21 Aug 2023
18.7k
Govt condemns 'intimidation' after clashes at tents of homeless refugees in Dublin
Updated 12 May 2023
40.0k
'Onus on us all to challenge narrative that single males pose threat to communities', TDs told
Updated 16 Feb 2023
40.4k
45
Explainer: What is the difference between ‘economic migrants’, ‘refugees’ and 'asylum-seekers'?
4 Feb 2023
18.7k
All time
Complaint filed with United Nations over torture of asylum seeker in Greece
2 Feb 2022
7.2k
2
I wrote on a piece of paper: 'Another lonely Christmas!’ and stuck it on the wall of my room
Vukašin Nedeljković
4 Dec 2021
33.9k
7
Failed asylum seeker claims he was abandoned by gardaí at airport six months ago
22 Sep 2020
60.2k
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson begs Donald Trump for political asylum following court retrial
9 Jul 2019
33.8k
The Explainer: How did a woman who died in Direct Provision come to be buried without ceremony?
16 Jun 2019
13.2k
21
UN says Ireland needs to take 'immediate action' to cut asylum waiting times
25 Apr 2018
14.2k
24
'Since moving to Ireland I have been born again, I want to thank the country for that'
Nasir Elsafi
19 Mar 2018
92.7k
95
Seven asylum seekers and refugees will receive scholarships to study at UCC
19 Jan 2018
23.1k
61
Minister asks for report from Direct Provision centre after asylum seekers 'denied Christmas celebrations'
31 Dec 2017
26.0k
134
Teenager (17) arrested in Germany for 'allegedly plotting Berlin terror attack'
30 May 2017
14.4k
33
Supreme Court says that ban on asylum seekers working is unconstitutional
30 May 2017
16.4k
153
Six arrested over 'brutal' assault on teenage asylum seeker in London
2 Apr 2017
15.5k
31
Dublin court unfreezes €100 million worth of Russian tycoon's assets after five year battle
7 Dec 2016
22.6k
25
Teenage asylum seeker arrested in Germany on suspicion of medical student's rape and murder
4 Dec 2016
16.2k
28
Hunger-striking Iranian man to be granted access to asylum process
15 Nov 2016
12.8k
107
Tánaiste agrees to allow an extra 260 refugees resettle in Ireland
6 Jul 2016
22.4k
264
Asylum seeker (22) jailed for five years for raping woman
29 Feb 2016
41.8k
137
Woman raped by asylum seeker says he shouldn't be allowed to remain in the country
15 Feb 2016
37.0k
Harassment and humiliation in Lebanon: 'If I get into a cab, the driver will try to touch me'
4 Feb 2016
20.8k
27
Teen held after asylum centre worker stabbed to death
26 Jan 2016
16.9k
117
Police say most Cologne mob suspects were asylum seekers
8 Jan 2016
24.6k
144
Court was right to not recognise marriage of 14-year-old girl
9 Dec 2015
25.8k
40
Man suspected of killing 4-year-old Bosnian refugee admits murdering another child
30 Oct 2015
16.3k
16
Baggage handlers find man stowed away among the luggage on a plane
14 Aug 2015
17.3k
38
Direct provision student who received 575 points told to accept college offer
14 Aug 2015
50.5k
220
Poll: Should long-term asylum seekers be allowed to work?
30 Jun 2015
18.5k
98
In her own words: One woman's escape from ethnic cleansing
Anonymous
12 Nov 2014
101
35
'In 20 years time Direct Provision centres will be our Magdalene Laundries'
12 Nov 2014
12.9k
115
Third-level grants could be open to asylum seekers next year
31 Aug 2014
11.6k
203
Cork candidates to attend meet and greet with asylum seekers
21 May 2014
4.5k
16
940 people sought asylum in Ireland last year
21 Mar 2014
7.2k
148
Calling someone a ‘foreign pig’ is not racist (according to Swiss law)
22 Feb 2014
7.9k
30
How a doctor had his asylum request rejected because someone 'didn't like him'
18 Feb 2014
21.1k
129
Column: We have bypassed the opportunity to introduce a humane asylum process
Fiona Hurley
27 Nov 2013
155
115
PIC: This is what Edward Snowden looks like after 19 days in a Moscow airport
12 Jul 2013
24.2k
82
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