We are still awaiting a draft version of the proposed children’s rights amendment to the Constitution. Aoife blogged about the proposal here. The government serves children very badly, as the Children’s Rights Alliance reminded us last week. In the fortnight since the announcement was made that the draft constitutional amendment was on the brink of publication (…)
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Immigration and 'Marriages of Convenience'
On Monday, the Irish Times reported on a new operation which has been undertaken by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to detect and prevent what they believe to be marriages of convenience for the purpose of securing EU residency rights. A Pakistani man, Muhammad Shafi, was recently convicted of offences related to the possession(…)
Conference at UCC: Migration and Networks of Care
Migration and Networks of Care: Migrant domestic/care workers in European contexts 14th December 2009, University College Cork Confirmed speakers: Hilkka Becker, Senior Solicitor, Immigrant Council of Ireland Aoife Smith, Domestic Workers Action Group Coordinator, Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland Fiona Williams, Migration and Networks of Care Project, Professor, Centre for International Research on Care, Labour(…)
Migrant Children in Ireland: New Research
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(…)
Belfast Roma Attacks: The Assembly’s Response
Fallout from the racist intimidation of Roma families living in Belgravia Avenue and Wellesley Avenue in South Belfast this June continued this week as the Northern Ireland Assembly debated a motion moved by MLA Anna Lo (South Belfast, Alliance Party) recognising the contribution of migrant workers to society in Northern Ireland and requesting that the(…)
Migration and the Death of the Celtic Tiger
Our colleague Jaya Ramji-Nogales (left) has posted on IntLawGrrls on the recently released report by Martin Ruhs and Emma Quinn for the Migration Information Source on contemporary challenges to Ireland’s immigration policies. The report’s conclusions are unlikely to come as much of a surprise to most people in Ireland: The number of unemployed continues to(…)