On July 30th the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) published Value for Money & Policy Review: Asylum Seeker Accommodation Programme (May 2010). Éidín Ní Shé has … More
Category: Asylum & Refugee Law
SCS on Children’s Rights: Children in the Direct Provision System
Much has been written on the wholly inappropriate care arrangements for separated children in Ireland (see here, here, here, here and here). This research has found … More
Suffer Little (Separated) Children
The Office of the Children’s Ombudsman (OCO) released a report yesterday on Separated Children Living in Ireland. The report defines separated … More
The Culture of Control and Reception Conditions for Asylum Seekers in Ireland
A central concern of the welfare state within post-modern welfare debates is the use of discipline, whereby the democratic-welfare-capitalist society … More
Asylum Seekers, Migrant Workers & Budget 2010
Following up from Mairead’s post on campaigning groups and Budget 2010, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mrs. Mary Hanafin T.D. has remained tight-lipped … More
Asylum Seeking Women & Direct Provision
Some worrying news from Galway’s and Mayo’s rape crisis centres. Asylum seeking women are being propositioned for sex outside reception centres. Aoibheann McCann of Galway’s Rape … More
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