refugee

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13 NOV

6 Syrian refugees to take part in media workshop in Trinity

The participants will learn to create digital content as part of the ‘Ismani’ programme.

Six displaced people from Syria will begin a digital media workshop at the CONNECT Centre in Trinity College Dublin (TCD)  today. The participants will learn to create digital content as part of the ‘Ismani’ programme.  The six are from the …

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19 SEP

What refugees? I don’t see any

A critical look at Ireland’s response to the refugee crisis

COMMENT  Ireland to date has only managed to meet 7.8% of its promised refugee resettlement quota. The Irish Refugee Protection Programmes (IRPP) was established in September 2015 in response to the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe.

The Department of Justice and …

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01 NOV

Western hypocrisy is at the root of the refugee crisis

When Cold War politics plunged many Middle Eastern and African countries into conflict and poverty, the West has a duty to take in the people who flee.

COMMENTA couple of weeks ago, I went to a talk on the refugee crisis hosted by Trinity’s Society for International Affairs (SOFIA) where one of the speakers was a young man who happened to be a Syrian refugee.  Although I …