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Media's misleading headlines on O'Callaghan's deportation numbers
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (193+ words) It was reported across the press on Monday that a total of 759 people have been deported out of Ireland to date this year through various means, including 62 removed by charter aircraft. So, were the 759 people who have been issued with…...
Govt can't track proportion of undocumented "Minors" in asylum
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (389+ words) A response from Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O'Callaghan to a parliamentary question from Independent TD for Offaly Carol Nolan has revealed that his Department holds no centralised data on the proportion of international protection applicants classified…...
Communities left in dark as State buys homes for asylum housing
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (127+ words) In a PQ response to Independent TD for Offaly, Carol Nolan, the Minister for Justice," Jim O'Callaghan, has stated that a total of 37 "in-community residential properties were purchased by the Department of Children," Equality, Disability, Integration," and Youth (DCEDIY) for…...
U" BHRIAIN: Dangerous naivety around false child asylum claims
1+ week, 1+ day ago (732+ words) The author and behavioural scientist, Gad Saad, has just published a book on what he calls "suicidal empathy. He says that "a society dies when it cares more about exhibiting infinite tolerance and empathy than invoking its survival instinct." The…...
Half of asylum assessments for minors found they were adults
1+ week, 5+ day ago (923+ words) Almost half of those claiming asylum who claimed to be minors and underwent eligibility assessments were found to be adults, according to a new report from Tusla. The State's children and family agency said in" a report provided to the…...
DOJ owns 35 residential homes allocated to asylum seekers
2+ week, 3+ day ago (126+ words) In the course of researching and writing the report based on my discovery that the Department of Justice is the owner of a house in Stamullen designated to house asylum seekers, I mentioned that I had made some inquiries to…...
UK: Agents help with fabrication of 'gay' asylum claims
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (646+ words) A BBC investigation has uncovered a number of individuals attached to legal firms who helped migrants fabricate false asylum claims based on being gay or LGBT." The BBC investigation found that law firms and advisors were encouraging migrants, usually from…...
O'Callaghan: The right to protest is not unlimited
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (453+ words) Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan has strongly defended his response to last week's fuel protests, saying that the right to protest is "not unlimited." The Fianna F'il Minister said this afternoon that the right to assemble peacefully "is subject to public…...
Fake documents and asylum: We have a problem
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (546+ words) Writing about fake documents might be old hat at this stage, but I personally hadn't heard of "look-alike' documents before. That is, until I came across two such cases in short succession in the courts. The document can then be…...
TD: As Garda" favour recording ethnicity of suspects, why delay?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1040+ words) A TD who said she and others were "targeted by the media" for pointing to issues around migrant crime, says that as Garda" are reported to be "in favour" of recording ethnicity of suspects in criminal cases, the Government has…...