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Welcome to the website of the Refugee Information Service (RIS). Over the years we have embarked on a process of transformation and repositioning our work in line with our overall mission as a specialist nationwide information and advocacy provider for asylum seekers, refugees, people with leave to remain and people with subsidiary protection.
Particularly, we have put a lot of energy into providing accurate and up-to-date information on the rights and entitlements of people in the migrant community that we come in contact with in our information and advocacy clinics in Dublin and Galway. We have also contributed developments at local, national and international scenes in the areas of immigration, protection and integration.
In pursuit of these objectives, we have also redesigned and developed our website to meet up to the growing demand for fast and effective information on issues that concern our client groups. We hope that you will find our new website easy to navigate and user friendly and we will welcome any suggestions for improvement from time to time.
Have a wonderful browsing experience!
Josephine Ahern
Director
Recent experience of inward migration has redefined Ireland's population profile in a much more
diversified way. There are now 188 nationalities living in Ireland, more religious beliefs are
visible and the population has become multilingual. It is on this premise that the Government has
called all stakeholders in education to a timely development of a National Intercultural Education
Strategy.
Three national Non-Government Organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland have called on individuals and organisations alike to reflect on the many difficult experiences of asylum seekers and refugees worldwide with a view to putting this year's World Refugee Day theme ‘ Real People, Real needs' in context in Ireland.
Refugees and people who have been granted permission to remain in Ireland are more vulnerable to employment discrimination particularly because they do not have Irish names.
The RIS with Dr Liam Coakley have just launched a Position Paper on access to education. Click here for further details.
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The Refugee Information Service has developed in the past years an expertise and reputation as a specialised training provider on issues related to immigration.
For information our training service click here
Resettlement plans for Iraqi refugees in EU States - The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) has called on the EU to act on its commitment made at the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council in November 2008. Read more...
New Travel Document Application Form - Refugees wishing to apply for a Convention Travel Document and other non-EEA nationals who wish to apply for a Temporary Irish Travel Document must now complete an application form 'Application for a Travel Document' available here - http://www.inis.gov.ie/
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