Ireland

'This is my home. This is where I grew up'

Fecha: 21/06/2012 - 15:24

HOLDING HER newly acquired certificate of citizenship and speaking in a lilting Letterkenny accent, Tatiana Bezborodova speaks of growing up in Ireland, of her studies in Trinity College Dublin, but mostly of how “enormously unfair” it is that she has to pay more than three times as much in university fees as long-term Irish citizens, who only have to pay student contribution fees.

Russian-born but Donegal-raised from the age of 7½, Tatiana finally received Irish citizenship last Thursday at the age of 19.

Ireland: Hundreds of undocumented migrants stage candlelit march

Fecha: 18/12/2011 - 08:40

Hundreds of undocumented migrants and their supporters staged a candlelit march to the Dáil this afternoon to highlight the plight of 30,000 people who are living undocumented in Ireland.

Led by banners reading “Santa is Undocumented too”, the organisers of the march called on the Government to give Ireland’s undocumented workers the opportunity to legalise their status.

One organiser, Edel McGinley of the Migrant Rights Centre, said many marchers had “taken a great risk” to attend the demonstration.

Ireland: Inquiry under way into alleged abuse of embassy staff

Fecha: 21/11/2011 - 08:51

THE GARDA is investigating four cases in which employees of Dublin-based embassy staff have alleged they were the victims of exploitation by their employers.

The cases involve staff of three different embassies. However, prosecutions are unlikely given that embassy staff can invoke diplomatic immunity.

Taking Racism Seriously: Migrants’ Experiences of Violence, Harassment and Anti-social Behaviour in the Dublin Area

Fecha: 04/10/2011 - 15:17

The report of the racism research commissioned by the ICI and undertaken by Professor Bryan Fanning (University College Dublin) has been launched on October 4th 2011, in the Civic Offices at Wood Quay.

The research, funded by Dublin City Council, explored the experiences of people accessing the ICI’s anti-racism support services, a number of case studies and focus group interviews with Asian healthcare workers, Dublin Bus drivers and the LUAS’s revenue protection officers

To read and download the research, please click on the following link:

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African and migrant women transforming Ireland

Fecha: 01/07/2011 - 11:12

Salome outlines the work of AkiDwA and her own analysis of African women to highlight the contribution that African and migrant women are making in Ireland despite the challenges that they face.

Ireland: Focus on status of undocumented migrants

Fecha: 26/05/2011 - 08:46

The introduction of a scheme to regularise undocumented people in Ireland would give credibility to efforts to persuade the US to regularise tens of thousands of undocumented Irish citizens there, according to the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland.

The organisation made the call to coincide with US president Barack Obama’s visit to Ireland.

Mr Obama earlier this month called for immigration reform in the US.

Migration and the economic crisis in the EU

Fecha: 27/10/2010 - 10:08

Study on Migration and the Economic Crisis: Implications for Policy in the European Union  provides a synthesis and analysis of the latest available evidence in order to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on migrants and migration policy in the European Union. The findings presented in the report are based primarily on a survey conducted by IOM offices in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia, Norway and Turkey, the findings of seven commissioned country case studies (Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK) as well as desk research.

Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand?

Fecha: 08/10/2010 - 07:54

Immigrants, particularly men and youth, have been disproportionately hit by the global economic crisis that began in fall 2008 and now confront a reality of dwindling budgets for public services and immigrant integration programs, this report for BBC World Service reveals. The report, which has a particular focus on five North Atlantic countries -- Germany, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom and United States – finds that the unemployment gap between immigrant and native workers has widened in many places.

Ireland: Migrant workers 'powerless'

Fecha: 02/10/2010 - 09:46

Migrant workers in Ireland are being put in a “powerless situation” where they are wholly dependent on the employer for their permit and continued legal immigration status, an Oireachtas Committee has heard.

An ongoing campaign by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland aims to give migrant workers the right to freely change employer, thereby stopping the exploitation of workers by unscrupulous employers.

December 18 es una ONG en status consultivo especial con el Consejo Económico y Social de Naciones Unidas.

El apoyo financiero para gastos operacionales es proporcionado por Oxfam Novib (Países Bajos). Ocasionalmente, otras entidades proveen financiación para actividades especiales.

December 18 es un Centro Internacional de Recursos sobre los Derechos Humanos de los Migrantes. Si está interesado en ser voluntario haga click aquí.