Managed migration in Ireland
Recent stories
Justice minister upbraided for anti-refugee message
Sinn Fein equality spokesman Aengus O'Snodaigh has attacked the Irish justice minister, Michael McDowell, for conducting a war against refugees, during the general election period, and using them as scapegoats for a lack of public services.
22 June 2004 (161 words)
Did the government play the race card in citizenship referendum?
Voters have endorsed a government plan to remove the automatic right of citizenship to children born in Ireland by 80 per cent in a turnout of 60 per cent in a referendum held on 11 June, the same day as local and European elections.
15 June 2004 (717 words)
South African minister appalled at racism and intolerance
Addressing the SIPTU conference in Galway, Kadar Ismal, South Africa's Education Minister drew attention to the rising levels of racism in Ireland.
1 September 2003 (134 words)
Update: workplace racism
According to the Equality Authority (EA), there has been a massive increase in the number of cases being taken under employment legislation due to discrimination against migrant workers.
27 January 2003 (439 words)
Refugee advisory board abolished
In November, the minister of justice abolished an advisory board for the Reception and Integration Agency, which coordinates services for asylum seekers and refugees.
11 November 2002 (66 words)
Aspects of managed migration
Work permit regime tightened
30 October 2002 (170 words)
Tragedy of eight stowaways deaths
The bodies of eight undocumented migrants were discovered in freight containers in Wexford, leading the Irish Refugee Council to urge the government to guarantee the safe passage of asylum seekers
9 January 2002 (288 words)
Scandal as Moldovan workers with job offers detained
Despite having valid visas, and work permits arranged by a Kildare meat company, nineteen Moldovans were arrested on arrival at Dublin airport and detained at Mountjoy prison on the grounds that they had no accommodation and insufficient funds to support themselves.
1 October 2001 (366 words)
Pakistani businessmen detained despite valid visas
Despite having valid visas, seven Pakistani businessmen were detained at Dublin airport on 24 November 2000 and forced to spend a long weekend at the Training Unit beside Mountjoy prison in Dublin.
1 October 2001 (329 words)
Immigration legislation to meet new migration needs
Consultations have commenced on a new immigration and residence bill to cover procedures for people coming to the state to work, study or for family reunification.
1 October 2001 (451 words)
Trades union demands new body to protect migrant workers
While the Irish Congress of Trades Union has drawn attention to the denial of the minimum wage to non-EU workers, the SIPTU trades union says that, increasingly, immigrants who have legal work permits are treated like bonded labourers in Ireland.
1 October 2001 (151 words)
Recruitment agency offers low cost Asian workers
The SIPTU trades union has reacted angrily to a report that a Malaysian recruitment company, headed by an Irish businessman, was offering Irish hotels and restaurants the opportunity to employ Asian staff who would work outside the terms of labour laws and not take holidays.
1 October 2001 (93 words)
Pre-emptive exclusion of asylum seekers at Cherbourg
Following the introduction, via the Refugee Act 1996 of a screening system designed to reduce the number of asylum seekers, new controls were introduced in November 2000 by Irish ferries operating at the French port of Cherbourg, leading Catholic bishops to attack the new system of 'pre-emptive exclusion' of asylum seekers.
1 October 2001 (156 words)
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