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30,000 Undocumented Migrants Live in Fear of Deportation
By Aideen Sheehan Friday March 16 2012 ABOUT 30,000 men, women and children living in Ireland are undocumented — meaning they live in constant fear of deportation, the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland has warned. As the Government lobbies in Washington this St Patrick’s week for the…
Author: Independent.ie
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Migrants used as 'scapegoats', conference told
by ALISON HEALY THE GOVERNMENT has been accused of using migrant workers as “convenient scapegoats” to distract from the State’s employment problems. Migrant Rights Centre director Siobhan O’Donoghue said there were hints that the work permit system was to be reviewed and she said this…
Author: Irish Times
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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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Applicants for Irish citizenship waiting four years for decision
By Jamie Smyth, Social Affairs Correspondent PEOPLE ARE waiting four years for the Government to decide on their applications to become Irish citizens, with some rejected for frivolous reasons such as receiving parking fines, a new report says. The study, Living in Limbo – Migrants’…
Author: The Irish Times
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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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Dublin’s Joint Policing Committee Opens Its Door to Migrants
Zephyrin Ngaliema Mukoko, the first migrant to be given a reserved place on the joint policing committee. (Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland) A representative of the migrant community in Ireland, Zéphyrin Ngaliema Mukoko, today joined Dublin’s Joint Policing Committee, a move that is part of a…
Author: TheJournal.ie
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Sutherland urges Irish to adapt to needs of migrants
Summary: Irish people will have to adapt their sense of nationality to include migrants if we are to integrate immigrants successfully into society, the UN’s special representative on migration, Peter Sutherland, said yesterday. Mr Sutherland was speaking at the publication of a policy document on…
Author: Irish Times
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The Crisis in Zimbabwe: Atlantic’s Work with Refugees in the Limpopo Province
Gara LaMarche I recently travelled to Limpopo, a South African province on the border of Zimbabwe that is experiencing an influx of Zimbabweans who are escaping from that very troubled country, where human rights are disregarded, disease is running rampant, and the economy long…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Immigrants Play Vital Economic Role, Even in Slump
By Donal O’Donovan Inward migration of workers remains crucial for Ireland’s economy regardless of the current downturn, according to new research. The research by economist Jim Power for the Integration Centre, a charity supported by Atlantic Philanthropies and the One Foundation, is the first major…
Author: Independent.ie
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A man with so much to spend but so little time
One evening last spring, as a fierce north-easter tore through the New York region, Gara LaMarche settled in to watch The Sopranos and bake batches of muffins. The next morning, baked goodies safely stowed in Ziploc bags, he set off for the offices of The…
Author: Financial Times