What New Horizon does

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New Horizon has a few objectives:

To Welcome those who seek shelter with us
To Help them rebuild their lives
To Celebrate the riches the newcomers bring

We have just produced a leaflet showing in a bit more detail what New Horizon does.

One important point to make is:

Our volunteer work is for the people on both DP sites.

We do NOT work for:

Department of Justice
Reception and Integration Agency (RIA)
Site management companies

Paper copies will be distributed in Athlone and Temple DP sites over the next few days.

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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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