Guide to access to higher education for people in the protection process

Gerry Callaghan 2021-04-27

Irish Refugee council is offering training on access to higher education.

When: May 6, 2021 10:00am-midday

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUud-yprjktG92fvRaxeRDLGLLMkHLOGL39

Topics: SUSI, CAO, University and IT scholarships, other grant opportunities, Irish Refugee Council Education Fund etc., Q and A and more

Host and trainer: Charlotte Byrne, Irish Refugee Council Education Officer

Link to the full training links calendar with possible future trainings is here.

Many thanks,

Nick

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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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