Poll shows 77% support legitimising undocumented immigrants’ status Three out of every four people in Ireland want the Government to give undocumented migrants in the State the opportunity to legalise their status, according to a new opinion poll.
Penalties on the cards for refusal to sign schengen agreement with EU member states Ireland and the UK may face financial sanctions over their failure to adopt EU-wide justice measures like the Schengen border control system, it has emerged.
AN ANGLICAN Church event will take place in Mullingar this Sunday afternoon (14 October) aimed at bringing together native and new communities in the area.
THE MAKERS of a new documentary about the Mosney asylum seeker accommodation centre in Co Meath insist they have accurately reflected life at the former holiday camp, following apparent misgivings expressed by Mosney’s owner.
Concern over garda methods of selecting suspect ID parades AN GARDA Síochána has developed no guidelines for how ethnic minorities should be selected for suspect identity parades, a Garda spokesperson has confirmed.
THE GARDAI must step up their commitment to diversity by reflecting the changing population of Ireland within their ranks, a report from the service’s watchdog has urged.
Concerns have been raised about Eircom’s recent move to cease its international operator assisted service.
A GROUP of immigrant mothers of Irish children are appealing to be allowed to work and contribute to Ireland, as they await the verdict of a decisive test case which has come before the Supreme Court.
“It is like a beautiful prison”, observed one resident at the Clondalkin Towers hostel for asylum seekers, during a visit by Metro Eireann last week.
UNION DEFENDS REGULATIONS AS BLACK DRIVERS SEEK SUPPORTBLACK taxi drivers in Dublin claim they are being shunned by some potential passengers – and that their white colleagues are taking advantage of the situation.
THE LABOUR Party has defended its decision not to install an integration or immigration spokesperson as part of its new-look front bench, announced last week.
THE PRACTICE of immigrants paying for their jobs is commonplace, according to a new report on migrant workers in Dublin.
LITHUANIA’S Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas will launch a month-long celebration of Lithuanian culture at Dublin’s City Hall on 9 October next.
New state funding earmarked to encourage minorities in politicsPOLITICAL PARTIES are set to receive State funding to recruit ethnic minorities into their ranks – as the Dáil resumes next Wednesday with not one of its 166 TDs from an ethnic minority background.
AN AMERICAN diversity expert has warned of social tensions if the ‘schools for the blacks’ phenomenon in north Dublin continues.
ONE OF the leading organisers of the Tiananmen Square human rights demonstrations in 1989 – which were crushed by the Chinese authorities, sparking global outrage – has spoken out against continuing abuses in the country on a visit to Belfast.
INTEGRATION Minister Conor Lenihan has defended plans to link English language competence with citizenship and long-term residency entitlements, saying it will only benefit immigrants settling here.
DUBLIN’S Tivoli Theatre was packed to capacity last week for the finals of the 2007 Chinese Community Young Singer and Song Writer’s Competition.