Refugees Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

United States: Haitian refugees brutalized at the border

By Dante Flores, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Social media was rocked recently by horrific images of Customs and Border Patrol agents on horseback attacking Haitian refugees in Del Rio, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security, in the

Sep 29, 2021

World News

Afghanistan: Asylum for Refugees NOW

By Per Olssen, Updated article first published in “Offensiv”, paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna – our sister organisation in Sweden On Monday night 30 August, the remaining American soldiers and other foreign troops left Afghanistan. The withdrawal, which marked the end of the

Sep 10, 2021

Featured Articles·Racism·Theory & History

The roots and realities of racism in Irish society

By Manus Lenihan and Myriam Poizat Mass protests of young and working-class people have spread across the US in a call for #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd. Led by black youth, the multi-racial movement has spread across all states and has already forced authorities to charge the

Jun 13, 2020

News & Analysis

End Direct Provision: Right to work for refugees must be granted

By Fiona Ryan The Right to Work campaign is centred around the need for asylum seekers to be able to access the workforce, free of discrimination and against the insurmountable barriers the Irish State has laid down in opposition. The campaign, led

Jul 9, 2018

News & Analysis

Institutionalised state racism: Direct Provision must go

By Councillor Fiona Ryan On Tuesday 15 November, after a gruelling 35 day hunger strike, a Kurdish resident of Direct Provision resisting a deportation order to Iran emerged victorious, with the state rescinding the order after his health began to decline upon

Dec 2, 2016

Refugees

United States: Haitian refugees brutalized at the border

Afghanistan: Asylum for Refugees NOW

The roots and realities of racism in Irish society

End Direct Provision: Right to work for refugees must be granted

Institutionalised state racism: Direct Provision must go

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

Refugees

United States: Haitian refugees brutalized at the border

Afghanistan: Asylum for Refugees NOW

The roots and realities of racism in Irish society

End Direct Provision: ­Right to work for refugees must be granted

Institutionalised state racism: Direct Provision must go

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

End Direct Provision: Right to work for refugees must be granted