Letter from the Irish Refugee Council [IRC] to The Atlantic Philanthropies in January 2018

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Context

The Irish Refugee Council [IRC] works with and for refugees in Ireland. The IRC believes, in accordance with the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees, that every person has the right to claim asylum and to have their application considered in a fair and transparent manner. IRC works with other organisations, activists and individuals to create a just, fair and inclusive society for people seeking asylum. The IRC has its origins in a conference which took place in Dublin in 1988 entitled Refugees in Crisis. In 1992 the IRC was formally registered as a limited company and subsequently obtained charitable status.

In 2014, The Atlantic Philanthropies awarded € 2,210,000.00 to the Irish Refugee Council. The grant titled Irish Refugee and Migrants Rights Centre - Sustaining Access to Justice and Services for Migrants and Their Families was given to improve rights of the most vulnerable asylum seekers, refugees and economic migrants by sustaining critical skills, expertise and capacity during the vital initial years of the implementation of comprehensive immigration reform.

Description:

Five page-long document from Nick Henderson of the Irish Refugee Council to Mary Sutton of The Atlantic Philanthropies contains a letter and a card to express IRC’s gratefulness for receiving financial support.

Type:

text and business records

Creator:

Irish Refugee Council, 1992

Subject:

Curated collection--Grant documentation, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), Irish Refugee Council, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--Migrants, Grant 24255, Migrants--Ireland, Non-governmental organizations, and Curated collection--Nadette Foley

Grant:

Grant 24255

Grantee:

Irish Refugee Council

Year of Grant:

2014

Location of Grantee:

Dublin

Rights:

The material is copyright of either Cornell University, The Atlantic Philanthropies, or where listed, the original authors or commissioning bodies. This collection is being made available under CC BY-NC-ND license, which allows users to access the material as long as the original copyright holder is credited; the material cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.

Attribution:

Cornell University Library, Digital Repository of Ireland, and The Atlantic Philanthropies

Doi:

https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.2v248g21k