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Irish Red Cross to help reunite refugee families in Ireland
15 Feb 2007 UNHCR and the Irish Red Cross have agreed to cooperate on family reunification for refugees in Ireland as the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service looks set to prioritise related applications for visas and citizenship. -
Student journalists face the challenge of reporting on asylum
27 Dec 2005 An Irish journalism student recently won a UNHCR competition for reporting on asylum issues. The prize was a trip to Romania to witness developments in refugee protection on the borders of the European Union. -
Facing up to asylum in Ireland
6 Jul 2005 "Asyland", an exhibition by photographer Howard Davies, offers a pictorial testimony of the lives of asylum seekers in Ireland. The photos seek to portray what life is like for people forced to leave their homes. -
Ireland to resettle more refugees, says Minister
9 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed an announcement by Irish Minister of Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Michael McDowell, that the country will increase its annual refugee resettlement quota from approximately 40 to 200 people per year. -
Irish government consults refugees on integration for the first time
7 Oct 2004 The Reception & Integration Agency held a forum this week to solicit views from 50 refugees on how the government can help achieve a common goal of integration into Irish society. UNHCR has welcomed the initiative and urged the refugees to participate actively to make integration work. -
UNHCR urges Ireland to resettle more refugees 25 years after first Vietnamese arrive
24 Jun 2004 The UN refugee agency has requested that Ireland increase its resettlement quota as the country celebrates World Refugee Day and the 25th anniversary of the first resettlement of Vietnamese refugees. -
Ireland grants refugees and asylum seekers right to vote
30 Apr 2004 This follows an announcement by the Irish Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this week that identity cards held by asylum seekers and refugees will be accepted as documents proving their eligibility to vote in local elections. -
Lubbers launches UN appeal in Dublin; Government pledges 6.7m euros
20 Nov 2003 UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has launched the Irish leg of the 2004 Humanitarian Appeal for $3 billion to help some 45 million people in the world's most serious crises, prompting the Irish government to pledge 6.7 million euros, or some $8 million. -
"Invisible", but refugee women play key integration role
9 Apr 2003 A twice-displaced Rwandan, now in Ireland, on the important role that women have to play in the process of integration in a new land.