What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
A council committee voted to start a process to close off the public right of way on Hardwicke Street, which would set the stage for putting up fences and gates.
Local authorities should ensure that all vulnerable people have someone to rely on when trying to navigate the process, says a solicitor.
“I applied for a visa but was rejected, and here I am, waiting. They’re all in Ireland,” said Abdullah Musleh to a news crew, weeping, and crouched on a sea of rubble.
Leaving Ireland for more than a couple weeks a year can lead to a loss of already meagre income.
“Cars drive very very fast down this road because it’s coming from the airport, and they speed around the bend there,” said a local councillor, recently. “It’s very frightening.”
The Department of Justice has a plan to transfer the task from the Gardaí to a civilian Immigration Service Delivery team – but hasn’t done it yet.
They’re either unaware they can, or so busy grappling with challenges of immigrant life that they don’t have the bandwidth to get involved in local democracy.
Gabriela Burnett explica que las mujeres más vulnerables son aquellas que pierden su permiso legal migratorio a causa de violencia doméstica y por ello acaban indocumentadas.
The most vulnerable women, Gabriela Burnett says, are those who have fallen undocumented, losing their legal immigration statuses because of domestic abuse.
“It’s hard for us to prove ourselves because they’re making sure that we’re not in the meetings,” says Cynthia Lebuli.
Have you been asked for a transit visa, when you don’t need one?
“I feel like they’re not familiar with visa policy,” says Huimin Ye, who missed her trip to Vienna to visit a friend as a result.
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