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July Legal Clinic Report July was another busy month for the Nasc legal team. We said goodbye to our legal intern Viktorija Dogonadze. Viktorija spent 9 months with Nasc and we cannot thank her enough for her hard work, enthusiasm and dedication during her internship at Nasc. Viktorija was a great addition... Read more

Nasc is looking for help from our friends and supporters to source a men’s bike that will be used by a Separated Child living in the Direct Provision system in Cork. ‘Separated Children’ are minors who arrive in Ireland alone seeking safety and protection from war and conflict in their... Read more

Nasc’s Campaigns and Communications Officer Jennifer DeWan recently attended meetings in Brussels organised by the Migration Policy Group to discuss the development of naturalisation and political participation campaigns.  The meetings were attended by a wide variety of migrant NGOs from across Europe. Jennifer... Read more

Administration and Finance Officer Susan Mackey presenting at the AGM Last week, Nasc held its Annual General Meeting with its Board members, staff, members of Nasc as well as other friends and supporters. The AGM was a chance to asses and outline the work that Nasc undertook in 2013 as well as to vote... Read more

Sarah Cotter and Rosemary O’Sullivan The Nasc staff are delighted to welcome two new members to the team. During the month of June we saw Rosemary O’ Sullivan and Sarah Cotter join our legal team as part of the legal information service. As the new legal intern, Rosemary will be working at... Read more

Attendees at the Conference The highly anticipated conference hosted by Nasc and the UCD Sutherland School of Law took place last week on the 20th of June. The Conference set out to critically examine Ireland’s current protection system and asses the impending Single Procedure as well as the legacy... Read more

To mark World Refugee Day, Nasc in conjunction with UCD’s Sutherland School of Law are hosting a groundbreaking conference looking at the protection system in Ireland. The conference will take place on 20 June in UCD’s William Fry Theatre from 10 AM – 3 PM. The conference is an opportunity to... Read more

Nasc is pleased to announce the launch of a new report that explores the food experiences of residents in the Direct Provision system in Ireland. ‘What’s Food Got to Do With It? Food Experiences in Direct Provision’ will be officially launched on Wednesday the 14th of May from 7 –... Read more

The Cork City Integration Strategy aims to foster and promote migrant integration in Cork across all spheres of life in the city and is being led by a steering committee which brings together a range of key stakeholders in the city. The strategy, following a long consultation process, is moving toward... Read more

Nasc welcomes yesterday’s publication of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014 by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The Bill proposes to legislate for a number of current policies already in place concerning employment permit schemes, introduces changes to the employment... Read more

Nasc is pleased to announce the opening of a photo exhibition that challenges stereotypes of the Roma Community in Ireland. Roma – One People, Many Lives will be launched in Cork on Monday 14th April 2014 at 6PM in Cork City Library, Grand Parade. The exhibition will be opened by Minister Kathleen... Read more

Nasc are in the process of setting up a migrant speakers list, where people who are interested in speaking to the media or giving public presentations on issues relating to migrants’ rights can sign up to be contacted. We get a significant amount of media and other queries looking for speakers and... Read more

Selfie with RedFM’s Stevie G, Lord Mayor Catherine Clancy and students from North Mon and Douglas Community School. Photo by Rory Coomey To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Nasc hosted ‘Cork Unites Against Racism’ on 21st March 2014 in The Kino. ‘Cork... Read more

To mark the International Day of the Roma, Nasc will be screening our short documentary film entitled ‘Roma: From Heudin to Here’. Date: Tuesday 8th April 2014 Time: 6 – 7pm Where: Nasc Event Room, Ferry Lane Suggested donation: €5 / €3 (unwaged) The film explores the story of... Read more

Nasc interns, volunteers and staff at Cork Unites Against Racism, March 2014. Photo by Rory Coomey We want to take this opportunity to send a huge thank you too all of our interns and volunteers for all of the amazing work they do to provide support and advocacy to migrants. Nasc would not be the organisation... Read more

Over the past years Nasc has developed a great relationship with a number of local educational institutions in Cork and is delighted to be able to engage and share information on our work with students from a variety of disciplines. Over the past month in particular, Nasc has given presentations to University... Read more

Firstly, congratulations to all our clients who were granted citizenship in recent months and contacted Nasc to let us know. We wish our newest citizens all the best and success in life. There has been good news again for 3 families who submitted residency applications through Nasc. These applications... Read more

On Monday the 24th of February, RTE’s Nationwide broadcasted a special programme about the 2013 Better Together Awards and featured Nasc’s competition video entry. The Better Together Awards, held in Dublin Castle in December, honoured the best of Irish voluntary organisations that form... Read more

‘End Institutionalised Living’ Day of Action, Cork 2013 “Minister Shatter should immediately introduce ‘Single Procedure’ legislation to address the long delays in asylum and protection applications. The single procedure makes an application for refugee status or subsidiary protection... Read more

Government asked to reform the system known as Direct provision A recent parliamentary question, asked by Aengus Ó Snodaigh at Nasc’s request, revealed that a startling number of applicants for international protection in Ireland, approximately a third of whom are children, continue to live in... Read more