Above: A graphic from the Trinity campaign pointing out other cheap eats in town. Settling into your dinner? Aramark Ireland has the contracts for three direct provision centres here. And are now finding themselves being boycotted on two college campuses in Ireland as a result. They company received €5.2 million from the state for services to three direct provision centres. They are located in Kinsale, Lissywollen, and Knockalisheen in Limerick. The … Read More
Cities Made of Canvas And Compassion.
Above: Photos of the camp kitchen by Georgia Lalor. At one point in 2015 10,000 people a day were reaching the shores of Lesvos, a Greek island close to the Turkish mainland. rabble sent Tomás Lynch to Idomeni, a camp that sprouted up on the border with Macedonia, home to more than 14,000 migrants in March 2016 to speak to some of the volunteers. Katerina Sharma, an Irish woman from … Read More
Help A Dude Out.
Things have been a tad quiet around here of late, we’re burning the candle with a blow torch on all ends at the moment hurtling through lay out for this fabled #rabble13. This came into us over the weekend and it seems appropriate given the day that’s in it. 17 years in fact to today that they set the miserable allowance for those trapped in Direct Provision. In that vein, … Read More
Playing The Big Man in America.
Aodhan Ó Ríordáin jets off to the States this week to try and crack America with his unique brand of hypocritical liberalism, trumpeting himself as an anti-racist icon in contrast to Trump’s policies of detention and deportation of undocumented migrants.
A Hundred Thousand Unwelcomes.
Introduced as a six-month temporary solution 16 years ago, Ireland’s policy of effectively warehousing asylum seekers still exists today with figures showing that Ireland refuses asylum to 90% of applicants. Céad míle fáilte? This country is no stranger to emigration, at its highest point only three fifths of those born here stayed. The others left without skills and mostly from the poorest parts of the country. For every 100 migrants that left, … Read More
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind.
Martin Leen caught up with asylum seeker Lucky Khambule to discuss the realities and frustrations of living under the Direct Provision system in 2016. Here he outlines the steps some of those seeking asylum have taken to ensure their voices are heard. How long have you been in direct provision, what was the process when you arrived in Ireland? It’s been three and a half years now. I came to Ireland … Read More
Countries Punish Us.
More heart-rending video diaries from the Grand-Synthe refugee camp Dunkirk. This wee piece was put together by Black Fly films and has several testimonies and statements from those in the camp. Looks like it was made as part of the Irish benders and burners crew journey over. In response to an off camera question one said: “We need everything, because we are human. We are not animal. We are living … Read More
Irish In Dunkirk.
Pictured: Some of the Irish lot who are volunteering in the refugee camp in Dunkirk with the wood burning rocket stoves they brought to the camp. A group of Irish volunteers are over in the Dunkirk camp at the moment. It’s the “forgotten” refugee camp in Northern France with a largely Kurdish population. The volunteers made their way over late last week bringing with them … Read More
€15.60
Above: illustrator JTB provided us with this piece of art for this article on asylum ages ago. The state has just announced it’s jacking up the direct provision allowance paid to kids by a whole six quid. It’s the first increase in 16 years and not surprisingly multiple organisations are coming out heavy on the critique. Right they are too. A number of press releases have landed in … Read More
The Shannon Connection.
Wallace tore a few chunks out of the government’s International Protection Bill 2015 on Friday. He certainly didn’t shy away from connecting the numbers of US military personal being ferried through the airport over the years and the current refugee crisis. Bravo.