Migration
# migration - Saturday 1 June, 2013
Aaron McKenna: Whatever will we do about all those job-taking immigrants?
Isn’t it odd that, at the same time as we’re begging for amnesty for illegal immigrants in another country, we posses near Arizona Tea Party Republican levels of antipathy towards certain segments of our immigrant body at home, writes Aaron McKenna.
# migration - Thursday 27 September, 2012
One new emigrant every five minutes, according to latest CSO figures
The latest population estimates from the Central Statistics Office show emigration is higher now than any time in the 1980s.
# migration - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Column: Homesickness – the emigrant’s burden
The whiff of a favourite foodstuff, the emotional low of feeling ill – these are just two of the catalysts to awaken homesickness when you’re an expat, says Irishman-in-Japan Mark Boyle.
# migration - Saturday 21 July, 2012
PHOTOS: Intimate images from asylum seekers’ lives in Ireland
Photographer Rory O’Neill sneaked into ‘direct provision’ accommodation in central Dublin to capture these pictures.
# migration - Thursday 5 July, 2012
‘One good adult’ scheme launched for child asylum seekers
The scheme will provide young asylum seekers with a mentor to help them integrate into Irish society.
# migration - Thursday 21 June, 2012
Column: Think about sex trafficking. Do Irish people come to mind?
They should. Irish people have been trafficked abroad for sex – but it’s not as simple as you might think, writes David Lohan.
# migration - Friday 15 June, 2012
US to stop deporting young illegal immigrants
Deferred action can be grated if applicants meet certain criteria and do not post a threat to US national security.
# migration - Sunday 27 May, 2012
Column: ‘We are the 17 per cent’ – the story of a migrant in Ireland
Dil Wickremasinghe recalls how she arrived in Ireland 12 years ago, then worked her way up to find success. (And true love.)
# migration - Tuesday 10 April, 2012
Report: 700,000 living in poverty in Ireland
A new report from Social Justice Ireland says that of those living in poverty in Ireland, 200,000 are children. The organisation says that the social welfare system is not fit for purpose and should be replaced.
# migration - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Coming home: almost 20,000 Irish people returned before Census
The majority of those came home from the UK, Australia and the US.
# migration - Friday 16 March, 2012
Undocumented in Ireland will celebrate St Patrick’s Day ‘in the shadows’
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is using this weekend’s celebrations to highlight the plight of what it says is an estimated 30,000 undocumented people in Ireland.
# migration - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
Column: I’ve been waiting three years on my citizenship application
Lutfullah Shafaq, 23, has a degree, has never claimed benefits, and wants to work as an Irish taxpayer. So why is the Government restricting his movements?
# migration - Saturday 17 December, 2011
Hundreds of undocumented migrants stage candlelit march to Dáil
The campaigners called on the Government to give them the opportunity to win legal status in Ireland.
# migration - Sunday 2 October, 2011
Column: ‘It was a difficult decision, but Ireland is turning toxic’
Last Thursday, 21-year-old Conor Keane emigrated to a new life in Chicago. Here he writes about what made him leave.
# migration - Thursday 30 June, 2011
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# migration - Wednesday 11 May, 2011
Obama plans reform of US immigration system
President Barack Obama has announced plans to create a path to legitimate citizenship for those currently living illegally within the United States.
# migration - Wednesday 23 February, 2011
Emigrated from Ireland at 17, dead at 35 in a church alcove
A New York Times article throws a sobering spotlight on one young Irish woman’s tragic end.
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