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For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…

By JAMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs CorrespondentTHE UNITED Nations has said it will investigate the Government’s failure to establish clear immigration rules and the impact of steep cuts to the public funding of State bodies protecting human rights.At a two-day hearing due to start tomorrow in…

AMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs CorrespondentIRELAND IS among the least prepared states to help new immigrants enter the school system and do well in their studies, an international study has claimed.The Migration Policy Index, which compares integration policies in 31 countries, concludes that “boom time funding…

by RUADHáN MacCORMAIC IMMIGRATION:THE STATE'S advisory body on racism and intercultural affairs is to have all its Government funding withdrawn, while the Office of Integration will see its budget cut by a quarter. State funding of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI)…

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…

by Shaun Connolly TWO-THIRDS of the population want immigration restricted, a wide-ranging survey exposing Ireland's contradictory attitude to becoming a multicultural society has revealed. Despite the call for a clampdown, 54% believe the country's decade-long experience of mass migration has been good for the republic,…

by Senan Hogan MANY immigrants in Ireland with university degrees are being forced to work as cleaners or in factories, it was claimed yesterday. Nigerian-born member of Ennis Town Council Cllr Taiwo Matthew called for a better system for recognising overseas educational qualifications here. The…