JRS Seminar on the Asylum Proceedure

Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland hosted an internal seminar in Milltown Park on 17 June. Senior policymakers from the Department of Justice gave presentations.

Mr. Joe Keaney of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, Ms. Rhea Bohan of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Services, and Ms. Maria Cassidy gave presentations on the current asylum procedure and changes in the process for protection applicants arising from the Immigration, Residency and Protection Bill 2008. JRS staff and volunteers were in attendance as well as participants from the Mission Office, Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Slí Eile and the Province Curia. The seminar was conducted under Chatham House rules which enabled a very energetic and robust debate to follow the presentations.