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South Sudan still dreaming of being truly free
This Sunday, South Sudan will mark six years since it became an independent country. Instead of marking Independence Day...
Read ArticleHow Donald Trump’s Executive Order counters international law
By Julian Waagensen, Trócaire Policy & Advocacy Adviser President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and immigra...
Read ArticleHow you can help people in Syria
The slaughter in Aleppo has highlighted the appalling suffering endured by the Syrian people over the last five years. V...
Read ArticleBurundi: an unreported refugee crisis
Over the last year and a half, an estimated 300,000 Burundians have fled their homeland to seek refuge in neighbouring c...
Read ArticlePray for peace in Syria: a message from Caritas Syria
Please find below urgent message from our partner in Syria, Caritas Syria. “When we hear the news talking about th...
Read ArticleThis week’s UN Summit must lead to greater political engagement on the refugee crisis
By nightfall this evening 34,000 people will have fled their homes because of violence and persecution. That is the numb...
Read ArticleOnly 311 Syrian refugees have been taken in by Ireland, despite Government promise last year to welcome 4000. #4000promi...
Read ArticleDamascus report: “I’ve no choice but to stay”
Trócaire’s Niall O’Keeffe, Head of Region – Asia and Middle East, writes about a recent visit to Damascus in...
Read ArticleEvery day 42,000 must flee their homes
Approximately 42,000 people will mark World Refugee Day today by closing the door to their home and making a treacherous...
Read Article2016 Trócaire and Poetry Ireland Awards
The finalists of our annual poetry competition, run jointly will Poetry Ireland, gathered at the National Library in Dub...
Read ArticleResponding to need and campaigning for change – how you made a difference in 2015
2015 will be remembered by many as a year bookended by terror in Paris, but the appalling violence inflicted on the Fren...
Read ArticleInternational Migrants Day: Stories from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Refugees crossing into Europe by land and sea are set to hit the one million mark over the coming days. As temperatures ...
Read ArticleFadi’s story: A Syrian refugee living in Lebanon
By Noelle Fitzpatrick, Trócaire’s Syria Humanitarian Officer Fadi is a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, be...
Read ArticleEU response to refugee crisis remains inadequate
The refugee crisis was back on the agenda of Dáil Éireann this morning, with TDs debating the Irish and EU response to...
Read ArticleNew targets for a broken world
The world may have a new set of idealistic goals, but the global system is utterly broken, writes Éamonn Meehan. R...
Read ArticleProviding aid for refugees in Serbia
By Joanne O’Flanagan, Trócaire Humanitarian Coordinator A group of people sit huddled beside tents, their meagre poss...
Read ArticleTrócaire welcomes Irish Government’s decision to receive 4,000 refugees into Ireland
by Éamonn Meehan, Executive Director of Trócaire Today’s announcement is welcome. The decision to welcome 4,000 refu...
Read ArticleRecall the Dáil to respond to the European refugee crisis
Trócaire call for the Dáil to be recalled early to “establish an immediate and effective response” from Ir...
Read ArticleWhen the city of Sinjar, Iraq, was captured by ISIS in August 2014, many Yazidi families fled for safety. Among t...
Read ArticleEU needs to treat the unprecedented European migration crisis as a humanitarian emergency
Trócaire has called on the EU to treat the unprecedented European migration crisis as a humanitarian emergency and comm...
Read ArticleThey are not just migrants, they are real people
By Éamonn Meehan Another week, another appalling loss of life in the Mediterranean. Around 200 people a...
Read ArticleEU must get on board to tackle refugee crisis
This article was originally published in The Irish Examiner on April 24th, 2015. EU leaders met last night to discuss th...
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