3,000 people request Irish govt to give residency to Indian mask donor family

Khalid Umar Malik
18 Jun 2022, 19:05 GMT+10

An Indian family living in Direct Provision in Cork is celebrating after being granted residency after donating over 2,000 cloth face masks to the public during the pandemic.
The Singh family, who live in the Kinsale Road accommodation center in Cork, say they wanted to "give back" to the country they migrated to four and a half years ago.
They also provided free masks in their accommodation center.

CO CORK, Ireland - An Indian family living in Direct Provision in Cork is celebrating after being granted residency after donating over 2,000 cloth face masks to the public during the pandemic.

The Singh family, who live in the Kinsale Road accommodation center in Cork, say they wanted to "give back" to the country they migrated to four and a half years ago.

They also provided free masks in their accommodation center.

Raminder Singh, his wife Harinder Kaur, and their three children, Sandeep (23), Gursewak (21), and Gurcharan (19), have settled in Ireland well and are "overjoyed" with the news of being granted residency.

Over 3,000 people signed a petition requesting that the family be allowed to remain in Ireland.

In January 2020, the family was denied the right to live in Ireland and filed an appeal against deportation. They wanted to stay for religious and political reasons.

Singh expressed gratitude to the Irish government and people for granting them asylum.

"We are overjoyed. We want to thank everyone who has helped us, "he said.

Roos Demol, CEO of Recruit Refugee Ireland (RRI), described the family's residency as "the best news in a long time."

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