Asylum Seekers Left Homeless are ‘Not in State of Degradation Incompatible with Human Dignity’, Appeal Court Rules – 31/07/2025
Asylum seekers left without accommodation on arrival into the State are “placed in a situation of extreme material poverty”, but the State’s human rights watchdog failed to prove they are in “a state of degradation incompatible with human dignity”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.The judgment, published on Wednesday, overturns a High Court finding that the State’s failure to provide accommodation for homeless asylum seekers was a breach of their fundamental right to dignity.The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) had brought the case in respect of a class of people, namely…
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