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INIS has formally advised of a change of policy relating to registration fee waivers for persons exiting RIA accommodation following a grant of residency permission: Following consultation with the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), it has been decided... Read more

Racism and Hate Crime in Ireland: Is the Legislative and Policy Framework Adequate? Nasc, in conjunction with the Centre for Criminal justice and Human Rights, University College Cork, are hosting a one day conference on 4th October, 2013. The conference aims to promote an open dialogue, examining... Read more

PLEASE NOTE: Nasc’s drop in service will  be closed on Friday 6th September 2013 and Monday 9th September 2013. Drop in will re-open as normal on Tuesday 10th September 2013. We apologise for any inconvenience.   more>>

Nasc, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, is recruiting a Communications and Campaigns Assistant. This is through the JobBridge National Intern Scheme. Please visit the JobBridge vacancy post to ensure you fulfil the eligibility criteria for entering into this Scheme and for information regarding the... Read more

The Irish Constitution enshrines the importance of the family, recognising the family as the ‘natural primary and fundamental unit’ of society. However Irish citizens and legal residents have no legal right to bring family members, such as spouses or children, from other parts of the world to live... Read more

There has been an amalgamation over the past year of bodies that award educational qualifications. This is an issue of relevance for those in Ireland, or thinking of working here, who have questions regarding the recognition of their existing educational qualifications obtained outside of Ireland. The... Read more

Save the Date for Nasc’s upcoming conference: Racism and Hate Crime in Ireland: Is the Legislative and Policy Framework Adequate? Date: Friday 4th October 2013 Time: 1:15 PM – 5 PM Where: UCC Brookfield Health Sciences Building, Room G10 The conference aims to promote an open dialogue, examining... Read more

Nasc is calling on our supporters to join us in running against racism for this year’s Evening Echo Women’s Mini-Marathon on 15th September 2013. We are looking for women (and men if they are willing to get dressed up as they traditionally do!) of all levels and abilities to take part in the... Read more

Our legal service has had a great start in our new premises on Ferry Lane! Very busy as usual but we’re delighted to be able to report some successful outcomes for our clients. If you would like to support the work we do at Nasc and to play your part in stories like these, visit our get involved/... Read more

Two Parliamentary Questions (PQs) on the 18th July (see here and here) recently raised the issue of the implementation of the National Traveller/ Roma Integration Strategy, given the European Commission’s recent assessment that highlighted quite significant shortfalls. In particular, the PQs addressed... Read more

INIS have issued another update in regards the revision of procedures for granting Subsidiary Protection. This update also includes notice that those with a pending application for Subsidiary Protection are not at risk of deportation. Delays in the processing of applications are expected to continue... Read more

The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service has published guidelines for its new Atypical Working Scheme. This will cover those whose work is short-term, atypical and does not currently fall under Employment Permit Acts. Please note that applications for the scheme are not currently available. Information... Read more

Nasc welcomes the publication of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communication’s report on social media and cyberbullying today. You can read the report here. During the Committee hearings, Nasc made a submission based on our experience dealing with online racism and the difficulties... Read more

As a member of European Network Against Racism (ENAR Ireland), Nasc are delighted to support and attend the launch of ENAR Ireland’s new racism reporting mechanism, ‘iReport’. This is an online “reporting system for the people, communities and organisations of Ireland to document incidents... Read more

Nasc’s legal service re-opened today to a very busy crowd! We are delighted to be settling into our wonderful new premises. We would like to give the utmost thanks to the Dominican Friars at St. Mary’s Priory and all those who worked at Cois Tine for giving us this beautiful building. A great... Read more

Nasc AGM will  be held in our new premises in Ferry Lane on Saturday  20 July at 11.45 am. We are also recruiting new members for our Board of Directors from our membership. Nominations are open to all Nasc members who have been with us for at least 6 months.  You can nominate yourself but, this nomination... Read more

Nasc, The Irish Immigrant Support Centre is recruiting:                                       A Legal Intern (4 days per week / 30 hours)  This is an unpaid internship. Nasc is an independent human rights organisation. We link immigrants to their rights and seek to enable migrants... Read more

Please note that our old phone number is down as a result of the move – if you need to call Nasc – please dial 021 – 4503462.  Thank you and we apologise  for any inconvenience caused.   more>>

All Nasc services will reopen on Monday 8th July at 9.30 a.m in our beautiful new premises in Ferry Lane. Due to funding constraints we will have to apply a small administrative fee for all new cases that are referred into our specialist legal service. Our “walk in” or “drop in”... Read more

Our last month in our old premises in Mary’s Street was a very busy one for the legal service. We had a lot of good outcomes for our clients. Great way to say goodbye! Family Reunification – The Nasc legal service submitted an application for family reunification for the elderly parents and... Read more