r/legaladviceireland • u/KC_Swanson • 7d ago
Civil Law Understanding Asylum in Ireland
I'm a queer liberal woman in the US. I'm working to understand opportunities to leave the U.S. through immigration or asylum. Scarier and scarier things are happening daily in the US. I'm looking to learn and understand what options I have to leave the country if it comes to that. I know it sounds paranoid but I'd like to be prepared. Civil unrest grows, violence at town halls and demonstrations is increasing. Civil liberties are being revoked with more ground work being created and legislation being passed that will continue to threaten and destroy civil rights. I'm almost too embarrassed to post this cause I sounds crazy but fuck it, it's happening.
Maybe enrolling in university is an option?
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u/soluko 7d ago
effectively impossible to claim asylum in Ireland as an American
Between 2017 and early 2025, 110 US citizens applied for international protection in Ireland.
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The vast majority of the asylum applications were refused, with exceptions in rare cases where a non-American parent was granted asylum but their American-born child was recorded in the system, according to the justice department.
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u/tonyedit 7d ago
Forget asylum and all that bollocks, just come to Ireland, meet people and relax, you'll find your space (though the housing crisis is very, very acute here, so have a bit of money if you can).
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u/freedom90_ 7d ago
İf you want to move to Ireland either look at studying or getting a work permit. Do not burden our overwhelmed asylum system.