Life as a refugee support volunteer with it's occasional victories and frequent defeats.

Occasional Victories is a place for links, news, rants and raves about Refugee related issues.

If you would like to contribute just drop me an email at carigeen(a)yahoo.com

 
It's always good to keep an eye on what's happening next door....

Generally the ROI authorities don't do anything new until it's been in action for a few months there.

So now we have
15,000 families granted asylum

Asylum amnesty for 50,000 heralds tough new measures
Home secretary announces one-off exercise to clear backlog ahead of 'tough as old boots' new measures

When can we expect a similar move?
posted by Carigeen at Tuesday, October 28, 2003

 
Us and them ....

An interesting one from Paddy Linehan in the Financial Times
Ireland's plenty

Nina, an elderly woman from the Ukraine died and was buried in Glasnevin.
'In a week the soil subsided, the cross leaned and nearly fell but he straightened it up. He'll have to do that again and again. Its precariousness is a metaphor for the existence of her compatriots whether at home in Kiev or in a high damp flat in inner Dublin.



posted by Carigeen at Monday, October 27, 2003