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Sat 03 Mar 2011UN group seeks ethnic status for Travellers
TRAVELLERS SHOULD be recognised as an ethnic group and granted political representation, racial profiling by the Garda should be proscribed and the direct provision system for asylum seekers should be reviewed, according to the UN committee charged with combating racial discrimination.
The Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its report on Ireland’s progress yesterday, following hearings in Geneva and discussions with Government representatives and NGOs concerned with tackling racial discrimination.
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