Refugee - International Situations

 Refugee Law: The Irish Situation.

Summary


 * 1) Arrival: inital procedure and restrictions
 * On arrival at any port of entry / at a Police Station ( Garda ) or at the Refugee Application Centre in Dublin an individual can seek for asylum. An initial inteview takes place ( Who are you; Where you From; What brought  you to Ireland ) and a ' Asylum Questionnaire' is handed out to the asylum seeker.


 * The questionnaire must be filled in within five working days as it's a very important document, forming the basis of the asylum seeker's claim.


 * Under the Convention Geneva Conventionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions


 * And the Refugee Act 1996http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1996/act/17/enacted/en/print

2 . Dublin Convention 
 * ( and the amended Refugee Act of 1996)http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b60e0.html

The Convetion stipulates that any asylum seeker must apply for asylum in the first EU Member State She/He enters.
 * Any asylum seeker who comes from another EU country will be sent back to the first EU country under the terms of The Dublin Convention of the Eutreaty 1997 Eutreatyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Treaty
 * IF asylum seeker has already sought asylum in the first EU country he/she automatically loses the opportunity to seek asylum in any other EU country.