Quite the week for fearmongering about asylum seekers and refugees, on both sides of the border and in GB. Can we all go back to remembering that these %s and figures are people needing our protection??

'They don’t say to me, ‘if this doesn’t work, I’m going to head south’. That has literally never happened'

Belfast immigration lawyer says 'high majority' of her clients travelled from Republic to NI to claim asylum over past 5 yrs Phoenix Law Belfast

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Asylum seekers applying at IPO arrived via ports and airports in State, not Northern Ireland, they say irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

‘Family after family have said they will not give up. Morally, the very least they deserve is to have this put right. Whenever human rights abuses are committed, the world should know.’

Reflecting today on the Legacy Act and its consequences:

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When her husband was murdered by the UVF Bernadette McKearney’s parents were there every day to help with her four children, nine months later she discovered their bodies in the kitchen of their Moy home, shot dead by the same loyalist gang

This is a piece close to my heart.

Asylum seekers: Enhanced enforcement on Border straying into ‘dangerous territory’, lawyers warn

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BBC raises alleged surveillance of journalist by police via @RTENews rte.ie/news/ulster/20…

Incredibly proud to see this happen and that we paved the way across these islands for #SafeAccessZones to be established ending the deliberate campaign of harassment and intimidation levied against women and health workers #AbortionIsHealthcare

‘Justice is dead’: Families gather to protest against UK’s decision to stop Troubles-era inquests irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

“The Legacy Act, do you know what it is for? To keep us all quiet and hope we go away... There’s too many of us, too many people who have suffered over the years.”

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This is the full list of inquests cut short by the Legacy Act.
It does not include William McGreanery, whose fresh inquest was approved hours before yesterday's cut off. Brings the total to 36 inquests involving 74 deaths. irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

Marian Bowen was over 8months pregnant when a UVF bomb killed her and her two brothers, her unborn baby girl was found under the rubble of the house she had hoped to make a home

36 inquests involving 74 deaths during Troubles halted after Legacy Act takes effect

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“My daddy was on his knees and my mummy was over him…It was the look on her face looking at me'

Tracey McDaid was eight yrs old when her father was shot dead by loyalists in the family home

An inquest into his murder has been shut down from today

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Must be an election coming.. Sunak 'not interested' in asylum seeker deal with Ireland via @RTENews rte.ie/news/politics/…

The UK’s Legacy Act ‘will give succour to authoritarian regimes around the world’, says report by international human rights experts

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Britain acted with ‘systematic’ impunity regarding state killings and torture during Troubles, say international experts

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‘It’s an eye-opener’: The Irish medics training Ukrainian lawyers, vets and photographers to help the war effort irishtimes.com/life-style/peo… via Irish Times Life