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The Roma community in Ireland continues to experience structural discrimination in accessing their basic rights to employment, education, social protection, housing and healthcare.This report from Nasc, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, an Atlantic grantee, identifies the often subtle and complex barriers to integration that Roma experience…

The most vulnerable children in our society have been left behind, and the incoming government must make children’s rights an urgent priority. That’s according to the Children’s Rights Alliance, which launched its Report Card 2016 today. The Report Card is the eighth in the series,…

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…

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…

by OLIVIA KELLY THE DECISION to cut funding for two key human rights organisations in last week's budget could spell their demise, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland Colm O'Gorman has said. The Government's decision not to proceed with plans to merge the Equality Authority…

by CARL O'BRIEN THE GOVERNMENT repatriated more than 500 eastern European migrants to their home countries so far this year under a scheme aimed at assisting destitute immigrants. In the eight months leading up to August a total of 511 migrants were repatriated. The number…