Human trafficking: ‘I lived in fear . . . I was a broken person’

A mother of two from Cameroon taken into prostitution in Ireland

‘I come from an explicit, brash, rude culture. Ireland is a lot more implicit’

New to the Parish: Melanie Labor arrived from Germany in 2006

Visa renewal backlog as Covid ‘overwhelms’ migrant system

Despite rolling short-term renewals, online system creating stress among applicants

Ireland criticised for ‘major failings’ in its treatment of human trafficking victims

US Department of State report finds ‘lack of convictions for trafficking offences’

New government’s integration strategies should be cross-departmental - immigrant council

Department of Justice announces €500,000 fund for community integration projects

Poor levels of diversity in Irish public life, Immigrant Council warns

Racism and unfair representation major issues in Irish society, meeting told

Migrant election candidates say they were racially abused during campaign

Immigrant Council of Ireland report highlights underrepresentation of people from migrants backgrounds in local government

‘I will never 100 per cent belong in Ireland’

New to the Parish: Teresa Buczkowska arrived in Ireland from Cracow in 2005

Citizenship costs hurt young voter participation, says student chief

UCD student union president, originally from Poland, unable to vote in election

Who are the four new TDs entering the Dáil today?

Fresh faces follow four byelections last week

Who is new Green Party TD Joe O’Brien?

Profile: The Dublin Fingal representative is a hard worker with a strong record on migrant rights

Women in direct provision being ‘pushed into prostitution’

Migrant network warns that people surviving on small cash allowance become desperate

Taoiseach: Criticising illegal immigration should not be controversial

But Varadkar says people need to ‘to call out the scaremongering’ on housing asylum seekers

One in five people assaulted in State is a foreign national

Data released to The Irish Times amid increasing calls for hate crime legislation

Call for ethnicity of assault victims to be recorded, as street violence rises

Data could inform prevention of hate crime, says Immigrant Council of Ireland

‘Disco outside the Dáil’ protest against Pence visit

Amnesty-led demonstration puts best foot forward – inspired by US LGBT activists

New councillors from Bangladesh, India and Sweden on life in Irish politics

Limerick’s first Muslim councillor says most people are welcoming and ‘like new voices’

Racism on public transport: ‘The community is standing up’

Transport services and the Immigrant Council of Ireland launch campaign against abuse

Father’s crimes should not have denied child Irish citizenship

High Court judge overturns unsuccessful citizenship application by child, now aged eight

Ruling marks an end to ‘forced separation’ of couples

Judgment should not delay reforms on refugee family reunification, advocates warn

Emergency accommodation unsuitable for asylum seekers, committee told

Government urged to stop using hotels and B&Bs at cost of €99 per person per night

Gardaí investigate alleged racist attack on taxi driver

Man hands himself in to station after footage emerges of abuse in car in Dublin

The 29 non-locals running in the local elections

We need to establish why more immigrants don’t participate in politics, says one candidate

Black Irish citizens twice as likely to experience discrimination

New research focused on experiences in the labour market

Call for Irish businesses to tap into migrant skills in the workplace

State will lose out if jobs can’t be filled, says Virgin Media boss Tony Hanway

Make purchase of sex a criminal act to end prostitution, EU report says

Sex Workers Alliance says report does not address reality of sex workers’ lives

Discrimination at work: ‘You see Africans with PhDs driving taxis’

Africans ‘the most disadvantaged’ group in the Irish labour market, according to ESRI

Does corporate responsibility really matter to graduates?

Personal ethics can be a guiding factor for graduates considering job offers

Urgent call for overhaul of State’s hate crime legislation

Nationwide campaign calls for end to racism on public transport

Polish community celebrates ‘bloody foreigners’ donating blood

Campaign slogan ‘is about bringing a positive spin to a term that is negative’

‘Bloody Foreigners’ campaign calls on Irish-Poles to donate blood

Irish Blood Transfusion Service warns of drop in donations during summer months

Refugee groups give mixed response to work scheme for asylum seekers

Many awaiting decisions on refugee status now entitled to apply for jobs in most sectors

Migrant women ‘disproportionately affected’ by Eighth Amendment

Refugee support groups call for Repeal of the Eighth to protect rights of migrant women

Atlantic quietly closes its doors in Ireland after 30 years of philanthropy

Chuck Feeney’s ‘historic act of extraordinary generosity’ financed transformational change

Limited right to work for asylum seekers ‘horrific joke’

Protest outside Dáil calls for unrestricted right to work for asylum seekers

Friends’ marriage to avoid inheritance tax ‘lawful’, says McDowell

Two men in their 80s plan to marry next month in bid to avoid large tax bill

Women and girls trafficked to Ireland for sham marriages – report

Nearly two-thirds of reported incidences of people trafficking were subjected to sexual exploitation.

State set to miss refugee target as 440 people prepare to travel from Greece

A total of 1,244 asylum-seekers have arrived in Ireland to date

Kurd family found in refrigerated container ‘lucky to be alive’

Family discovered on Stena ferry in Rosslare needed immediate medical attention

Eight Kurds found in Rosslare container will seek asylum

Immigrant council urges action as Ireland has taken in only 30 per cent of refugee target

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