Wiki Pages – Page 4 – New Horizon Athlone

Right To Work

You are eligible to apply for the right to work if: You are an international protection applicant; and You have been waiting at least 8…

Where does the funding to run the site come from?

The site is funded from the Department of Justice budget. This is ultimately funded by general taxation. The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) runs direct…

Qualifications Recognition

The Qualifications and Quality Institute of Ireland (QQI) offer awards in the following areas. Click on the graphic to expand it. Recognition Agreements exist between…

Ireland – Boxty

Gerry, from New Horizon, dropped in on the site on his way home from work. He gave me the recipe for boxty and quoted a…

Sudan – Stuffed Lamb

Sudanese food is a mixture of Arabic and African cuisine explains Sayed. Chili peppers (very good, very hot!) are popular as is a simple red…

Nigeria – Abacha

Abacha is a speciality dish of the Igbo tribe and this delicacy is always served at weddings. The oldest woman in the bride’s family must…

Slovakia – Segendenski and Klendinki

I miss vanilla sugar, with its very good smell. Magdalena rubs her fingers together and the absent scent fills the room. She describes the stuffed…

Albania – Baclava

In Albania, New Year festivities are much more important than Christmas ones. Ajosh vasilis (in Greek) or Plaku ivitit Ri (in Albanian), an old man…

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