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IRELAND WILL ACCEPT 90 Syrian refugees this year, the government has told the United Nation’s refugee agency.
Most will be resettled from host countries in the Middle East and North African region. According to the Department of Justice, they could possibly come from over-populated camps in Lebanon and Jordan.
“This number will include provision for up to four medical cases whose medical needs can only be met through resettlement,” a statement to TheJournal.ie revealed. ”The UNHCR has begun the process of identifying medical cases for consideration by the Irish authorities.”
During 2013, 35 Syrian refugees came to Ireland from Syrian UNHCR refugee camps.
That number included one medical case, in which a family of four of Iraqi/Palestinian origin arrived in July. They have been resettled in Cork.
Eight Afghan refugee families and two single Afghan men arrived in Ireland on 7 November 2013 from Damascus, Syria. The entire group of 31 people is currently living in a reception centre while participating in a language and orientation programme.
The 31 Afghan refugees was admitted under an EU funded Preparatory Action for Emergency Resettlement.
Separately, there were 38 applications for asylum from those claiming to be from Syria in 2013. So far this year, there have been five such applications from Syrians.
In 2012, fewer than 10 Syrians had applied for refugee status in Ireland.
Earlier this week, the UK agreed to take up to 500 refugees after a battle with the UNHCR for not signing on to its ‘quota’ programme.
The deal between the government and the UN will see Britain take in some of the most vulnerable and traumatised victims, including women, children and sexual assault survivors.
A number of agencies and charities have been critical of the international community’s lack of response to the growing humanitarian crisis in Syria and its surrounding countries.
Currently, there are 2,386,087 Syrian refugees, with millions more displaced internally. The UNHCR has called on more countries to establish refugee resettlement programmes.
Germany has offered more than 10,000 places to Syrian refugees, the most of any country.
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Whether his clear infatuation led him to harass her or not, why does she need trial by twitter?
@Johnhunky Dory: She didn’t, he volunteered his apology.
What an https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=no6-vsHgHJg !!!!!!!!!!
I was just getting to like Rick and Morty……
@ForeverFeel1ng: oh.. My reading was that he gave a no name apology for previous behaviour and she asked for more
@1in10arelefties: men don’t report or discuss their harassment. But as men are more often in a position of power it stands to reason that they are more likely to abuse that power.
We definitely need to address the double standards though. Women don’t even realise they are being sexist so often.
I don’t understand why she had to do that over twitter? Why not take a better position and do it in person than potentially invoke the twitter mob to harass and accuse Dan of everything under the sun?
@Shannon Mcg: I would say it’s revenge ..he harassed her and now it’s his turn .. Difference is though she was harassed by one person whereas he has the Twitter mob after him now ..Some would say he deserves though ..
@Shannon Mcg: I am just assuming here, but as this was already put to Harmon in private & he admits to disregarding the sentiment perhaps she thought, in the current climate, she might get a bit of traction going public, trial by twitter route. What is positive is that Harmon addressed his wrong doing head on & as such received forgiveness. With everything that has been going on unspoken for so long coming out now this is the first story with any sort of positive outcome.
Apology accepted aside, he’s now twitter guilty and this won’t be the end of his troubles
@Johnhunky Dory: he created rick & morty. He probably doesnt care that much. He has a cult following.
@Johnhunky Dory: he’s not twitter guilty he’s just guilty and owning it and apologizing for it. She had to put up with it for over two years but hey who cares about that!
Jesus surely these apologies should go on in private?
@Free comment ratings: nope everything needs to be public knowledge these days…
@Free comment ratings: like a confession box perhaps where you can say sorry for anything you do and go back out to do it again. Yeah. Doesn’t work.
@Free comment ratings: no it’s important other men realise that this type of behaviour is not acceptable. How would they know that if it’s all hush hush?
Very curious if this was the reason he got fired just before Community Season 4?? There was never a clear answer why that happened and he got rehired for Season 5 after the quality of the writing suffered.
Hating is easy, forgiveness is hard. Fair play.
I watched a bit of Rick and Morty and found it to be absolute garbage. I don’t understand why people like it so much.
@Irish Patriot: TV shows are made to suit everyone
@Darragh Ó Tuathail: God I’d hate to meet the kind of person that r&m is made for :-)
@Irish Patriot: I’m pretty sure we don’t want to meet you either
@Irish Patriot: I thought the same but i gave it a few episodes and grew to love it. It’s actually very clever and original.
@The Dude: Maybe I didn’t give it a fair shot, just thought it wasn’t really funny. Each to their own I guess. I don’t think we should start putting r&m fans into camps or anything like that.
@Irish Patriot: each to their own maybe that’s why it’s a cult. The majority of tv, I can’t find funny or good never was much of a Simpson’s or family guy etc fan but when I was introduced to Rick n Morty loved the piss take it does of everything we have or goes on around us in life. It’s humor is fast and constant in pace and style from start to finish in every episode. If you didn’t like’back to the future’ you mightn’t get this type of humor.
Kafka would’a loved this.
This is good to see. He owned up to what he did and she accepted his apology. Hopefully now, other talented people who acted inappropriately ( but not illegally) can do the same, their forgiveness be accepted and they can continue doing what they are good at.
Ah Cormac you must be a Harmontown listener me too man I’m 145 episodes in Dan is a f*cking genius
What a sociopathic creep, disgusting obscene behaviour!
God dam he better finish rick and morty season 4…. or else.
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