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MRCI and ICTU Welcome Long-Awaited Scheme for Undocumented Migrant Workers
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) welcome the introduction today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, of a long-awaited scheme to regularise…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
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Migrant Workers Hold Demonstration at Batt O'Keeffe's Office
Dublin, Ireland – Over 200 migrant workers from across the country, along with trade union, community sector and employer allies, held a demonstration outside the offices of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe, T.D., calling on him to give workers employed through…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
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'Bridging visa' plan for certain immigrants
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee.by RUADHÁN MacCORMAIC, Migration CorrespondentMinister for Justice Dermot Ahern yesterday confirmed that foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area who have become undocumented through no fault of their own would soon be eligible to apply for a…
Author: Irish Times
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Launch of MCRI 'Tools for Social Change' resource guide
Original Source In association with the Centre for Applied Social Studies, NUI Maynooth and the Community Workers Cooperative, MRCI has developed a resource guide for community work with migrant workers and their families. The aim of ‘Tools for Social Change’ is to illustrate a community…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
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Petition Shows Public Support for the Regularisation of Undocumented in Ireland
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and supporters today presented the Minister for Justice’s Special Advisor with over 4000 signatures in support of the regularisation of undocumented migrants in Ireland. “These signatures show support from the Irish Public to find a solution for an estimated…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
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Immigrants and foreign students face 50% fee hike
Immigrants and students seeking to study in Ireland have been hit with a 50% increase in the cost of registration with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). A notice has appeared on the GNIB website, announcing that the new registration fee is now EUR150, up…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Call to give child benefit to asylum seekers
Payment of child benefit should be restored for children of asylum seekers to ensure families can have a basic standard of living, the head of the State’s advisory body on racism said yesterday. Philip Watt, of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, said…
Author: The Irish Times
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State guilty of ethnic profiling, says report
Non-whites discriminated against by Jennifer Hough ETHNIC profiling, which is a form of racial discrimination, is being facilitated by the Irish state, a report by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) has found. Singled Out, finds that Irish immigration law breaches European and International human…
Author: The Irish Examiner
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Hate Campaigns Can’t Block Overdue Steps Toward Fair Treatment of Immigrants
Barack Obama’s campaign gave hope to millions of immigrants and their leading advocates. Atlantic has been proud to support and stand with these groups in the long campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. But that hope has been strained of late, and it is time to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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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
