Refugees

Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman has admitted that some international protection applicants could end up sleeping on the streets as the Citywest processing centre is at capacity. Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Mr O’Gorman said he “could not rule out” that some people would end up sleeping on the…

A last-minute scramble was under way on Thursday night to find space for incoming refugees after a major reception facility in Dublin reached capacity. The Department of Children and Equality announced on Thursday that arrivals to Citywest would be paused and that refugees were facing a night in the airport.…

Citywest is now full to capacity meaning people fleeing the war in Ukraine who arrive at Dublin Airport may have to stay there overnight. Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed that a significant increase in the number of people seeking accommodation in recent weeks has resulted in the Citywest Transit…

NEW ARRIVALS FROM Ukraine and other countries may have to sleep overnight in Dublin Airport as the Citywest facility has now reached capacity.  Arrivals to the Citywest Transit Hub have now been paused due to the “significant increase in the number of people seeking accommodation in recent weeks”, according to…

Published on October 20th, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Updated on October 20th, 2022 at 03:50pm EDT Recently, Statistics Canada released their report “Immigration selection factors and the earnings of principal applicants”. The report was an update of the 2015 investigation that helped guide development of Express Entry’s Comprehensive Ranking System…

By JULIET LINDERMAN, CLAIRE GALOFARO and MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year. The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. military raid…

Athens, Greece – After 92 asylum seekers were found stripped naked on the Greek side of the Evros River on Friday, Athens and Ankara are again trading accusations of ill-treatment of refugees, taking their fight public on Twitter. The river forms part of the border between the two countries, and…

Published on October 18th, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Updated on October 18th, 2022 at 09:18am EDT CIC News has obtained an internal IRCC memo that outlines targets for the number of new citizens Canada will welcome for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.  The memo, drafted by the Operations, Planning and Performance…

Rumoured proposals to charge people in Direct Provision for rent have been condemned by People Before Profit as “divisive”.  Around 55,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Ireland since the conflict began and in the first eight months of 2022, 8,892 asylum seekers arrived as well. Amid the worst housing crisis in…

CIC News > Latest News > General > Canada commits to attracting and retaining more international students The government has issued its response to the CIMM committee report on specific problems facing international students. Published on October 14th, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Updated on October 14th, 2022 at 09:53am EDT…