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Call for measures to include immigrants in politics
ELAINE EDWARDS CAMPAIGN: THE NEXT government must put in place measures to increase the participation of migrants and new communities in political life, immigrant representatives urged. The Count Us In campaign was opened by the Immigrant Council of Ireland at Leinster House yesterday. It is supported…
Author: Irish Times
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Migrant bill should deal with violence, say lobbyists
PAMELA DUNCAN AMENDMENTS DESIGNED to protect migrant women experiencing domestic violence should be included in the Immigration and Protection Bill, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday. Representatives of Women’s Aid, migrant network AkiDwA and the Immigrant Council of Ireland said migrant women were in a vulnerable…
Author: The Irish Times
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Migrant Workers 'Get Less Favourable Treatment at Work'
FOREIGNERS are only half as likely as Irish nationals to have favourable working conditions here, new figures reveal. Those working in the hotel and restaurant sector are faring badly, with the worst rate of access to favourable working conditions in every category. Almost twice as…
Author: The Irish Independent
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Time period for immigrants to find work extended
Original Source by STEVEN CARROLL THE PERIOD of time allowed to migrant workers to find new employment after they have been made redundant has been extended by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern. Certain migrant workers who have lived in the State for under five years…
Author: Irish Times
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Draconian Asylum and Immigration System Needs Reform, Says Minister Shatter
By Colette Browne Justice Minister Alan Shatter has rightly decried the “inconvenient truth” that the State’s doors “were kept firmly closed to German Jewish families trying to flee from persecution and death” during the Holocaust. However, maybe he should ask himself if the State would…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Lives in Limbo: ‘It Affects You As a Parent and a Man’
The direct provision system for asylum seekers has a high human and social cost, and adapting to normal life afterwards is a slow process. VIDEO: Heidar has recently gained refugee status and has left the direct provision system. He speaks about the difficulties he has…
Author: The Irish Times
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75% support non-EU workers' right to bring family into State
A STRONG majority of people in Ireland believe that non-EU workers here on a work permit should be able to bring their families to live here with them, and that their family members should be allowed to work here, according to polls conducted by Red…
Author: Sunday Tribune
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Letter from Belfast: In a Time of Strengthening Peace, Communities and Advocates Raise Their Voices for Social Justice
Time was, not too long ago, that sectarian violence ruled Belfast, but in recent years the bombs have largely fallen silent. The more rare outbursts of violence – such as the March killings of two British soldiers ambushed during a pizza delivery – have been…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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How dare the UN take us to task on human rights
Original Source by D. Quinn When the Catholic Church was still the major power in the land, what incensed many of its critics was its claim to have a monopoly on morality. Today, the shoe is firmly on the other foot and it is the…
Author: The Irish Independent
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North's racist incidents could 'rocket'
by Dan Keenan Officials at two Stormont departments are working on specific policy proposals to meet the needs of immigrant communities in Northern Ireland following recent racist attacks. The Assembly was also warned that the rate of racist incidents was due to “rocket”. Initiatives from…
Author: Irish Times