Results List
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Time period for immigrants to find work extended
Source: Irish Times
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…
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European Council on Refugees and Exiles
$4,368,145
Resource type: Grantee
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Irish Refugee Council
$7,045,702
Resource type: Grantee
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Moving Lives
Source: The Immigrant Council of Ireland
Moving Lives is an interactive portrait and online case study of the Immigrant Council of Ireland – an independent law centre located in Dublin working nationally and internationally. Moving Lives uses character-driven stories to lead you to behind-the-scenes reflection on the Council’s distinctive way of working across…
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Draconian Asylum and Immigration System Needs Reform, Says Minister Shatter
Source: Irish Examiner
By Colette BrowneJustice 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 be any…
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Lives in Limbo: ‘It Affects You As a Parent and a Man’
Source: The Irish Times
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 faced…
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75% support non-EU workers' right to bring family into State
Source: Sunday Tribune
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…
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Letter from Belfast: In a Time of Strengthening Peace, Communities and Advocates Raise Their Voices for Social Justice
Source: Gara LaMarche
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…
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How dare the UN take us to task on human rights
Source: The Irish Independent
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…
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North's racist incidents could 'rocket'
Source: Irish Times
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…
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