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Heba Haj Habo has created a series of painting depicting her family's journey from Syria to Ireland

Watch: Young refugee says painting helped her to 'heal'

Heba Hej Habo (18) fled war in Syria with her family when she was seven years old. Back then, she says her only hope was to survive.

My hopes for 2024 • 28 Dec 23

Tented accommodation was constructed in Gormanston (File image)

Concerns raised over tented accommodation for refugees

Migrant and refugee support organisations have raised concerns about asylum seekers spending months in tented accommodation.

Ireland • 19 Sep 22

One of the first Syrian refugees to have been resettled to Ireland, Fadi Almasri has opened a pharmacy in rural Carlow

Syrian refugee opens pharmacy in Co Carlow village

One of the first Syrian refugees to have been resettled to Ireland has opened a pharmacy in rural Carlow.

Ireland • 25 Jun 21

Hiko Tonosa, who is originally from Ethiopia, arrived in Ireland in 2017

Champion runner's joy at receiving Irish passport

Ireland's reigning 5,000m champion has spoken of his joy at receiving his Irish passport and his dream of representing his adopted country in international competition.

World Refugee Day • 20 Jun 20

The coastguard launched a search and rescue operation

Two people die after boat capsizes off coast of Turkey

Two people, including a child, have died after their boat sank off Turkey's western coast.

World • 12 Nov 18

Activists protest against the expulsion of Afghan refugees at Dusseldorf airport in Germany

European nations urged to stop repatriating Afghans

Amnesty International has urged European nations to stop sending Afghans who do not qualify for asylum back to their "deeply unsafe" home country.

World • 05 Oct 17

'Children moving through the Mediterranean are abused, trafficked, beaten and discriminated against' - UNICEF

Most young migrants crossing Med suffer abuse - UNICEF

More than three-quarters of children and young adults trying to migrate to Europe across the Mediterranean are victims of abuse on the dangerous journey, according to a UN report published today.

World • 12 Sep 17

Emmanuel Macron will host Germany, Italy and Spain as well as the leaders of Chad, Niger and Libya

Macron hosts summit for dealing with migrant crisis

Europe's "big four" continental powers have attended a summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, aimed at getting Europe's migrant crisis under control.

News • 28 Aug 17

Belgian authorities had refused the visa, leading to a court battle

EU court rules states can deny humanitarian visas

European Union member states do not have to issue entry visas to people at risk of torture or inhuman treatment, the EU's top court has ruled, cutting off a possible channel for refugees into the bloc.

News • 07 Mar 17

A Syrian woman cooks food for her family members at a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa

Refugee application process postponed

The Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner has postponed the processing of applications, except for Syrian applicants, until new legislation comes into effect at the end of the month.

News • 13 Dec 16

A care worker brings a child to a reception point outside the 'jungle'

In Pictures: Calais 'Jungle' evacuation

The mass exodus of refugees and migrants from the Calais "jungle" camp is under way with thousands of people being transported to other regions in France.

Gallery • 29 Oct 16

Pope Francis (R) greets participants in a day of prayer for peace in Assisi, Italy

Pope: Refugee refusals done like turn of TV remote

Pope Francis has accused those who frequently reject refugees fleeing war of silencing their cries for help as coldly as they would flick a television remote.

News • 20 Sep 16

Half of the world's 21m refugees are children

UN refugee summit opens with $100m China pledge

World leaders have gathered at the United Nations in New York to discuss issues affecting refugees and migrants.

News • 19 Sep 16

A man deported to Turkey under the deal gives a 'thumbs-down' gesture

Migrants arrive in Turkey in EU deportation scheme

Migrants sent back from the Greek island of Lesbos have begun arriving in Turkey under a controversial EU scheme aimed at closing the main route by which a million people poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece in the last year.

News • 04 Apr 16

Lars Lokke Rasmussen believes the European Union should lead an effort to modify the convention

Denmark to seek revision of UN Refugee Convention

Denmark's centre right-wing prime minister has said he would seek a revision of the United Nations Refugee Convention, as Europe faces its worst migration crisis since World War II.

News • 27 Dec 15

Osama Abdul Mohsen is a former first division football trainer in Syria

Tripped Syrian refugee welcomed in Spain

The Syrian refugee football coach who made world headlines when a Hungarian camerawoman tripped him as he fled said today he felt "fantastic" to be starting a new life in Spain.

News • 17 Sep 15