Student Support Scheme

Gerry Callaghan 2021-09-03

Student Support Scheme for people in the International Protection System (asylum seekers) 2021

The Government has announced the Students Support Scheme for International Protection Applicants. See https://www.gov.ie/en/service/e786a-student-support-scheme-for-asylum-seekers/

It provides the free fees and a grant for international protection applicants to attend full-time courses.

The courses can be post Leaving Certificate (PLC) , undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

Grants are provided that people have been in the country for three years and are not at the deportation stage of the International Protection process.

You should apply as soon as possible and before 30 November 2021.

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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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