On Tuesday April 24, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published a judgment of the Grand Chamber, Kamberaj v IPES. In the judgment, the court stated that the equality provisions in Article 11 of the Long Term Residents Directive, as well as Article 34 of the EU Charter which relates to right(…)
The Dutch government announced last week that from 2013, it will no longer finance integration and language classes for newly arrived immigrants in the state. Despite an amendment proposed by opposition parties, it appears that there will be no exception for refugees in the Netherlands. The new measure is introduced as part of bill amending(…)
Earlier this month, the Minister for Justice issued a statement which offered an insight into the effect that the recession has had on the immigration and asylum system in Ireland. While reflecting on measures that were implemented in 2011, the statement also outlined law and policy changes in the area of immigration and asylum for(…)
Three researchers based in the Department of Geography at University College Cork have produced Tell Me About Yourself : Children and Young People’s Experiences of Moving To and Living in Ireland. The report, launched at the end of September, documents the experiences of 190 young people, aged 3-18 from African/Irish, central/eastern European, Latin American and(…)
The Immigrant Council, together with Focus Ireland, has just published ‘Making a Home in Ireland’.The report investigates the housing experiences of Nigerian, Chinese, Lithuanian and Indian immigrants in Blanchardstown, Dublin and follows last year’s Getting On: From Migration to Integration. I was taken by this section from the introduction to the report, written by Focus(…)
