This Thursday, March 9, saw a discussion entitled “Direct Provision- Why It Must End” being held in a spacious seminar room in Áras an Phiarsaigh. The event was a collaborative one between Trinity People Before Profit and TCDSU. The sole …
asylum seekers
DCU to award scholarships to refugees and asylum seekers from September 2017
The scholarships will be provided at undergraduate and postgraduate level
Dublin City University (DCU) is set to introduce fifteen academic scholarships for refugees and asylum seekers from September 2017 onwards. The scholarships will be provided at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
With the establishment of this programme, DCU will become …
If we are concerned about our society’s future, now is the time to act
Caught between the plight on either side of the Atlantic, the direction Ireland decides to take when it comes to immigration policy needs to be kept in focus
“We cannot polish DP – we have to end it.”
-Lassane Ouedraogo, Africa House.
By now, those of us outside the Irish immigration system are slowly beginning to become aware of its shortcomings. TN has talked to the Irish Refugee …
Ireland Welcomes?
Orlaith Darling argues that Ireland should be more welcoming to asylum seekers
Of late, there have been several campaigns focusing our attention on the plight of the refugee. TN recently published an article on the horrors of Calais, and the deplorable conditions daily faced by families and individuals there. From such articles, …
Asylum Seeker Star-Student granted place at Trinity
Department of Education and Skills have reversed legislation in order to allow asylum seekers to receive third-level grants
Trinity student and asylum seeker Nadezda (Nadia) Prochukham will be returning to second year after securing donations from anonymous sources.
The 20-year-old hit national headlines in 2014 when she achieved 615 points in the Leaving Cert but was refused government …