Today the Government will publish its long-awaited white paper on ending direct provision. All the indications suggest there will be increased focus on fostering integration and inclusion in local communities.
A woman described as a lesbian asylum seeker from Zimbabwe who arrived into Ireland and had her application rejected in 2019 has lost her “appeal to remain” in Ireland, reports gcn.ie
The International Protection Office (IPO) said they did not believe the woman’s claim that she was being forced into marriage twice as a child at age 9 and 13 and that her family had threatened her due to her lesbian sexuality. The woman had then brought judicial review proceedings to overturn the IPO decision, but it was turned over last month by Justice Tara Burns.
Activist Bulelani Mfaco spokesperson for MASI – Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland took to social media “The Department of Justice assumes to have the authority to validate an asylum seeker’s sexual orientation. Nowhere in Irish law or practice would the State treat its LGBTQ+ citizens like LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.”
A Syrian lawyer seeking asylum in Ireland refused food for a week after his bid for permission to work here was blocked.
Hayan Ibrahim (35) finally ended his hunger strike at Mosney direct provision centre yesterday after immigration officials made a U-turn on a decision not to renew his temporary residence certificate (TRC). His application to work in Ireland could not be processed without one.
Mr Ibrahim is a member of the Alawite sect of Shia Islam, which has been largely supportive of the Assad regime in Syria. He claims to have fled oppression in his native country in 2014 after refusing to fight in the civil war. He says he and his fiancée were subjected to torture and that she died.
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