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Migrants

FactCheck

Debunked: Unscientific study shared to claim Dublin is among ‘most dangerous cities in Europe’

26 May

310

migrant healthcare

Notion that refugees get 'special treatment' in healthcare is wrong, specialist says

Mairead Maguire

11 May

14.7k

FactCheck

Debunked: Gardaí say warning over Asian men approaching children in Sligo was 'fake news'

8 May

8.6k

FactCheck

Debunked: Video of attack on jogger ‘in Ireland’ was actually recorded more than 9,000km away

4 Mar

16.7k

Deportations

US flights carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo 'underway'

4 Feb

12.8k

council of europe

European rights watchdog criticises Italy over treatment of migrants in detention centres

13 Dec 2024

5.9k

Asylum Seekers

400 new staff to be hired to try to speed up processing of asylum claims

1 Oct 2024

11.8k

Local Elections

One in 10 candidates from migrant backgrounds didn't canvas in elections for fear of violence

19 Sep 2024

5.7k

US Election

Haiti govt condemns 'discriminatory', bogus Trump claim about pet-eating in US city

11 Sep 2024

15.7k

Survey

Majority of Irish people welcome migrants who move here to ‘make a better life for themselves’

29 Aug 2024

9.6k

Phibsborough

Phibsborough encampment cleared by gardaí following intimidation by anti-migrant groups

16 Jul 2024

19.1k

FactCheck

20 years of legal migrant voting in Ireland but conspiracies about it are being shared online

7 Jun 2024

19.6k

Local Elections

Some migrant candidates afraid to canvass or use posters amid fears their children will be targeted

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has raised concerns about candidates being threatened, as well as voter intimidation, ahead of Friday’s elections.

Órla Ryan

5 Jun 2024

16.5k

Acquitted

Charges dropped against suspects in Mediterranean migrant boat disaster

21 May 2024

4.7k

record numbers

More than 100 candidates from migrant backgrounds are running in June's local elections

20 May 2024

10.6k

Work

Spouses and partners of employment permit holders will now be allowed to work in Ireland

Updated 15 May 2024

28.9k

Belfast High Court

Court rules that UK law on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda should be disapplied in Northern Ireland

Updated 13 May 2024

26.3k

Migration

Sunak says UK Govt seeking 'urgent clarification' that no Garda checkpoints will be along NI border

1 May 2024

24.3k

storm kathleen

Asylum seekers offered temporary shelter turned away after communication errors

Some rough sleepers won’t be able to avail of three nights of shelter from the storm.

7 Apr 2024

26.7k

Citywest

Security guard suspended after video of asylum seeker being punched in Dublin accommodation centre

The man who was hit in the head told The Journal he has been in Tallaght Hospital today.

Eimer McAuley

21 Mar 2024

76.4k

FactCheck

Debunked: Anti-migrant video asks: ‘Anyone know where in Dublin this is?’ The answer: Germany

14 Mar 2024

18.8k

Refugees

Varadkar: Ireland can't guarantee accommodation to asylum seekers entering via 'safe countries'

13 Mar 2024

23.9k

border agency

EU at risk of becoming 'complicit' in migrant deaths due to Frontex shortcomings, watchdog warns

28 Feb 2024

7.4k

Ringsend

Three people arrested in connection with arson attack at former pub in Dublin

Updated 8 Feb 2024

28.2k

FactCheck

Debunked: No, Ukrainian drivers aren't exempt from Irish laws or the need to be insured here

29 Jan 2024

10.2k

FactCheck

Debunked: Planning files do not show that Ringsend building was to be used for asylum seekers

13 Jan 2024

16.3k

Wexford

Human trafficking investigation launched after 14 people discovered in container at Rosslare Harbour

Updated 10 Jan 2024

43.6k

Christmas

President Michael D Higgins thanks migrants who ‘enrich our culture’ in Christmas message

20 Dec 2023

12.7k

Immigration

Tánaiste says 'no easy answers' to immigration question, but 'no one can take law into their own hands'

20 Dec 2023

7.3k

Kids In Care

Garda operation ‘under review’ as 62 migrant children missing after disappearing from State care

15 Dec 2023

22.9k

Migration

UK salary threshold for overseas workers to raise to €45,100 under plans to cut migration

5 Dec 2023

14.6k

closed borders

Finland to close all but one border crossing to Russia after rise in asylum seekers

Updated 22 Nov 2023

16.6k

FactCheck

Major analysis shows how Irish disinformation ecosystem has been 'co-opted by far-right actors'

20 Nov 2023

18.0k

Ukraine

'Very traumatised' refugees not getting mental health support, experts warn

7 Nov 2023

9.0k

Europe

Pope Francis urges governments to do more to help migrants crossing the Mediterranean

23 Sep 2023

12.0k

128

FactCheck

Debunked: Doctored image of RTÉ headline spread with anti-immigrant messages

14 Sep 2023

606

FactCheck

FactFind: What are the laws around asylum seekers being able to vote in Irish elections?

2 Sep 2023

21.7k

FactCheck

Debunked: A public killing and attempted abductions latest in baseless claims against migrants

16 Aug 2023

16.2k

lampedusa

41 migrants feared dead after Mediterranean shipwreck

10 Aug 2023

5.6k

lampedusa

41 migrants missing and feared dead after Mediterranean shipwreck last week

Updated 9 Aug 2023

9.2k

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