In 2015 Nasc produced a map of incidents of racism and hate crimes in Ireland.[3] They have provided legal support to the Roma community in Ireland.[4]
Nasc have been involved in integration programmes for migrants, such as those from Syria in County Cork.[5] In collaboration with other groups, they have held a legal information evening to deal with the uncertainties around Brexit,[6] while highlighting the continuing issues around the lack of information around Brexit for migrants.[7]
They called on the Irish government to take in more refugees in response to the European migrant crisis.[8] In 2016, they launched the Safe Passage campaign to reunite refugees with family members in Ireland.[9]
They have criticised the Irish government for housing migrants and asylum seekers in hotels and B&Bs as emergency accommodation long term due to the lack of space in existing direct provision centres and the problems with establishing new ones.[10] Nasc have called the arson attacks on hotels earmarked for emergency accommodation hate crimes.[11] They have also criticised the Irish government's use of prisons for migrant detentions.[12]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nasc alongside Doras, the Sanctuary Runners, Irish Refugee Council, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, and the Immigrant Council of Ireland, called for all vulnerable and at-risk migrants be removed from direct provision centres.[13] Nasc has also spoken out about the poor facilities and living conditions within direct provision centres.[14] In particular, drawing attention to the inability of those living in the centres to adhere to social distancing and self isolation during the pandemic,[15][16] and that these residents should be prioritised for testing.[17] They have also highlighted that those working in low paid jobs face similar issues.[18] Nasc worked with Together Ireland to produce videos in over 30 languages providing information about the pandemic.[19][20]
