Far-Right Protests in Fermoy

In early March, the European Union approved a “temporary protection directive,” which gives Ukrainian citizens and permanent residents the chance to get temporary residence permits in the E.U. These permits allow them to work and use social services for one year with the possibility of extensions. But foreign students and temporary workers are excluded, unless they prove that they cannot return safely to their countries of origin. “For the countries where most of the students come from—from Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Egypt—if you applied for asylum in Germany, your chance of winning the case is low,” Ruth Bellin, who volunteers at Refugee Law Clinic Berlin and has advised some students, told me. A few advocacy groups and politicians have pushed for the German government to include everyone escaping Ukraine in the temporary protection directive, but there is no indication that the policy will change. Legally, the students have to leave the country in late May. In the meantime, they can get a student permit by applying to schools in Germany, but they have to be accepted before the deadline, and then show that they have the funds to pay for a year of living costs—around ten thousand euros.

Are they applying the same rules in Ireland, i wonder.
 
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