Reception and Intregration Agency

• The Agency is not directly responsible for the delivery of services such as health, education and welfare to asylum seekers and refugees. Direct responsibility for the provision of these services rests with the health boards and education authorities.
• The Agency has no role in the initial asylum application process or in the appeal process.
• The Agency has no involvement in decisions made by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner or the Refugee Appeals Tribunal on applications for asylum.
• The Agency has no role in the deportation of failed asylum seekers.
• The Agency has no role in the provision of legal services for asylum seekers or refugees;
• In the interest of privacy and security, the Agency does not reveal the details of individual asylum seekers resident in its accommodation centres.
• The Agency is not responsible for accommodating unaccompanied minors. This is a matter for Health Boards in line with the provisions of the Child Care Act, 1991 and the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended).

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