Asylum Interviews starting again

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After a long break caused by the introduction of the 2015 Protection Act and the summer break it looks like asylum interviews are starting up again.

If you have recently received a call to interview you might like to review these sections of the New Horizon website.

It’s got information on:

Asylum Seeking Process
Definition of a Refugee
Refugee Status and Subsidiary Protection
Asylum Application Process
Dublin III Convention
Restrictions on Asylum Seekers
The Asylum Interview
Preparing for the Asylum Interview
At the Asylum Interview
Interview Result

If you have problems understanding these documents ask any New Horizon volunteer to explain it.

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FAQ’s

We are a front line refugee support group mainly working on the Lissywollen Direct Provision site in Athlone. Our focus is on providing information and help to the 300 (on average) residents living there.

We also work on the Temple Direct Provision site in Horseleap, Moate.

Everyone in the DP sites in Athlone and Temple is what is described as a ‘Convention’ refugee. People who have arrived in Ireland under a United Nations resettlement program are known as ‘Programme’ refugees.

Convention refugees are people who have made their own way to Ireland and have applied for recognition of refugee status when they arrive.

Various official and unofficial routes and methods are used to travel to Ireland. These change continually, depending on weather conditions and enforcement levels at crossings.

On arrival people are normally housed for a few weeks in Baleskin, near Dublin airport. They are then dispersed to various direct provision centres around the country.

People can get protection if they meet the conditions set out in The United Nations Convention on Protection of Refugees.

See Definition of a Refugee

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