Christmas Henna

Gerry Callaghan 2021-01-07

It can’t be Christmas without Henna!

Photos from the Christmas Party!

Theresa making pretty ribbon bows before the kids arrive! Big thanks to AIT staff, AIT chaplaincy service, International students society, music students, New Horizon volunteers,…

Gerry Callaghan 2017-12-19

Going – Going … Gone!

Our Gofundme page “Bring some Christmas Magic to Direct Provision” has now closed. On behalf of New Horizon Refugee Support, and the residents of the…

Gerry Callaghan 2020-12-16

Come to our Christmas Party!

Friday 1st December 15:00 to 17:00 Buses leave Temple and Lissywollen at 14:00 Sign up in reception before 17:00 on 27th November

Gerry Callaghan 2018-11-11

New Horizon in 2019

Dear friends, I had intended writing before Christmas to say a very sincere thanks for all the work done over the year. However the bereavement on…

Gerry Callaghan 2019-12-29

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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