refugees

Elsie Nwaora, Nomaxabiso Maye and Florence Eriamantoe are three women who’ve survived Direct Provision; "a place of punishment," as Elsie calls it. "You can see it", she says, "but you don’t know what to do." While a few years ago you…

"No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark; You only run for the border, when you see the whole city running as well." - Warsan Shire This week, Steve and Richie of What Am Politics? are joined by writer and political analyst,…

Concerning the Other is a collaborative art project that took place over ten weeks with 10 artists: James Hanley, Brian Fay, Claire Halpin, Joanna Kidney, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Gail Ritchie, Miriam McConnon, Kate Murphy, Ben Readman and…

Migrant families in Ireland are ten times more likely to find themselves subject to child protection interventions than native Irish families. This was the central message of a timely conference hosted by the New Communities Partnership…

I checked in approximately 60 Iraqi refugees into a hostel in Perth, Western Australia while I was backpacking there four years ago. I was finishing a night shift at the hostel’s check-in desk when a frazzled looking lady from the Red Cross…

The scene has become horribly familiar: an expanse of blue ocean, overarching blue sky, and a slight, inadequate vessel overflowing – literally – with human beings. The craft is sinking, people are screaming and waving their hands as dark…

In November, the Irish State ordered for the deportation of a man in his fifties, born in a Middle Eastern country, who has resided in Ireland for fifteen years. Described by the Irish Times as “the foremost member of the Islamic State in…

The Irish Times is a major newspaper in Ireland. The weekend edition is published each Saturday and includes a magazine with human-interest features on celebrities, personalities, food, fashion, travel and gardening. There's a comprehensive…

With a backdrop of exquisite costumes, ornate buildings and stunning landscapes, Arabian Nights, Pasolini’s 1974 film, portrays the ancient Ottoman world through several linked stories involving precariously innocent relationships and ready…

A photograph of a little boy washed up on a beach in Turkey has made every headline last week, and has gone viral on social media. The child in the picture is 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, who drowned along with his brother Galip, 5, and their…