Articles and Papers
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Articles
and Papers on Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Immigrants in Ireland
European Asylum Policy
Refugees - Introduction
The Mode of Flight
Refugee Women
On-Line Articles, reports and publications
Journals
Charts
Irish
Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) - note on refugees and asylum seekers
Working Notes
This excellent publication from the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland
carries frequent commentaries and proposals on refugee and related matters in Ireland.
Policy Paper on
Proposed Asylum Dispersal
By Piaras Mac Éinrí, ICMS and Bryan Fanning, Social Science Research Centre, UCD.
Ireland and Refugees by
Columban Missionary Society
In this article the author seeks to shatter myths pertaining to refugees and asylum
seekers in Ireland.
Combating Racism:
Promoting Multiculuralism by Gregor Kerr
This article focuses on the promotion of multiculturalism in schools and addresses a
number of myths relating to asylum seekers that have been relayed by the popular media. He
proposes that a concerted effort should be made in order to design educational models on
multiculturalism, providing educational support for asylum seekers and refugees and
suggests that a code of practice should be adhered that would ensure a supportive
environment for newcomers.
The Refugee
challenge for Ireland: cultural globalisation or identity crisis? by Farrel Corcoran
This article elucidates Ireland's experience of globalisation as a post-colonial
society by examining the relevant academic discourse. It also seeks to place the recent
growth of asylum applications in its global context and discusses the impact of this
growth with particular reference to the media and xenophobic sentiment.
Anti-Semitism
World Report 1997 - Ireland
An overview of Jewish experience in Ireland, which also touches on a number of broader
legal and attitudional questions affecting asylum-seekers, refugees and Irish travellers.
Published by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research.
Irish,
Great Emigrants, Not Keen on Outsiders
Kevin Rafter, Christian Science Monitor, August 1, 1997.
Racism,
refugees trouble Ireland
Detroit News article by Sandy Barron, November 20 1998.
International
Youth Foundation Overview of Ireland
Useful overview includes demograpy, ethnicity, minorities and immigration.
Welcoming the
Downtrodden
Article by Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Refugees 111,
spring 1998)
The Refugee
challenge for Ireland: cultural globalisation or identity crisis?
by Farrel Corcoran. 1998: World Association for Christian Communication.
Report
on the harmonisation of forms of protection complementing refugee status in the European
Union
European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
Legal and social
conditions for asylum seekers and refugees in western European countries
Edited by Fabrice Liebaut and Jane Hughes
Provides a concise overview of the legal and social conditions of asylum seekers and
refugees in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway.
Position on the Implementation
of the Dublin Convention
ECRE
This paper comprises a list of recommendations by ECRE in regard to the implementation
of the Dublin Convention. It draws heavily on past experiences intergovernmental
co-operation, primarily taking the Schengen Convention as an example.
Position on the Functioning of
the Treaty on European Union in Relation to Asylum Policy
ECRE
In this paper, ECRE makes it known their discontent with the functioning of the third
pillar and are calling for a revision of policy and institutional reform They recommend a
new institutional structure that is transparent and democratic.
"Safe third country"
policies in European countries
Edited by Nina Lassen and Jane Hughes.
This publication is the result of a monitoring project undertaken by the Danish Refugee
Council and describes in detail terms of admissibility in Albania, Austria, the Baltic
States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
and the United Kingdom.
Asylum under threat
UNHCR
This articles argues that the landscape of asylum has been transformed by a serious of
events that began with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Subsequently the concept of asylum is
now under threat in the very continent that gave birth to the Geneva Convention, the legal
bible of refugee rights.
Refugees
and Migrants
Peter Stalker
This article provides a discussion of the global flows of refugees and immigrants,
paying particular attention the driving force behind displacement and to final
destinations.
Refugees,
asylum-seekers and human geography- some theoretical perspectives
Allen White
In this paper White argues that academics have coped with refugee studies (a relatively
new area of inquiry) by separating refugee discourse into two subsections, 'asylum' and
'resettlement.' Literature pertaining to asylum tends to be on a global scale whereas
resettlement literature tends to be localised or on a subnational level.
Women and asylum- A conference
report on gender related persecution
Edited by Mette Ellegaard
This publication in a report from a background seminar "Women and Asylum"
which took place in Landstingssalen, Christiansborg, Copenhagen on March 3 1997. It
provides a number of recommendations as well as addressing such issues as gender related
persecution, violence against women and the Canadian experience.
Refugee Women
UNHCR
A list of articles that highlight the particular needs of refugee women and depicts
their unique experiences. In addition it emphasises the importance of aids prevention as
well as including the personal accounts of Guatemalan, Rwandan and South Asian refugees.
Amnesty
International Human Rights Pack on FGM
This education pack describes the various types of mutilation sustained by women, their
geographical distribution, the psychological and physical effects and the underlying
reasons for its practice.
Position on Asylum Seeking and
Refugee Women
ECRE
In is the result of a compilation of views from 60 member organisations throughout 22
European countries and relates to the determination of refugee women's asylum claims, how
they should be treated given their specific needs and successful settlement strategies.
Rights:
Trafficking in Migrants, 'Trade in Human Misery'
Gustavo Capdevila
This article investigates the trade in illegal migrants by examining the sources and
restrictive immigration policies that force migrants to choose this route as their only
alternative. Furthermore, it argues that trafficking leads to exploitation of individuals
and the violation of their human rights due to the conditions that they are forced to
travel in.
UNHCR Articles.,
Trafficking in human lives
This articles includes personal accounts of the opprobrious conditions that refugees
endure when they utilise the services of an agent in order to enter their country of
refuge. It reiterates the cost involved for the refuge and the nations who's borders they
seek to circumvent and opines that human trafficking is a immediate threat to human life.
IMMIGRATION AND
ASYLUM: ON-LINE ARTICLES AND REPORTS
Anti-discrimination training activies in Belgium
Anti-discrimination training activities in Finland
Anti-discrimination training activities in the Netherlands
Anti-discrimination training activities in Spain
Anti-discrimination training activities in the UK
Combatting discrimination against (im)migrant workers and ethnic minorities
in the world of work
Combatting discrimination against migrant workers
Discrimination against ethnic minorities in access to employment in the US
A
"Perverse and Ill-Fated People": English Perceptions of the Irish, 1845-52, by
Ed Lengel
Transnationalism -
theoretical perspectives
Anti-discrimination policies in Germany
Immigration
(in the USA) - the demographic and economic facts
Irish,
great emigrants, not keen on outsiders (Christian Science Monitor)
Irish
Emigration, by Mary Johnston
Irish immigration, U. California course
Labour migration and integration in low and middle income countries
Labour market discrimination against migrant workers in Spain
l'Immigration et le droit
d'asile (Sénat - in French)
Mary Robinson on the
50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Protecting immigrants and ethnic minorities: Finland and Sweden
Refugee challenge
for Ireland: cultural globalisation or identity crisis? by Farrell Corcoran
Journals
Forced Migration
Monitor
International
Journal of Refugee Law
Journal of Refugee Studies
Refugee Survey Quarterly
Working Notes - Journal of
Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Ireland
UNHCR
Working Papers
UNHCR entry on
Ireland
Summary of legal and statistical data.
News on Ireland from UNHCR
Refugee NewsNet provides an invaluable digest on asylum and refugee-related issues in
Ireland and other places.
Asylum Applications
in Ireland, 1992-1999
There has been a steady increase in applications, reflecting a global increase.
Ireland (26 counties) Immigration and Asylum compared, 1993-1998
There has been a rise in asylum seekers but their overall number remains modest.
EU Ratio of Asylum Seekers to Population
Ireland is in the middle of the EU ranges if asylum seekers are compared to national
population. It should be noted that this chart needs to be treated with care. An apparent
very low rate of asylum seeking in mediterranean countries and Portugal can be largely
explained by inadequate statistics and the very significant numbers of undocumented
migrants in some of these countries.
EU Share of Asylum seekers per country compared to Population, expressed in
percentages
This chart again shows that Ireland is in the middle of the range. It also shows that
some countries (NL, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, UK) have a proportionately higher
number of asylum applicants than their population might suggest, while others (notably
France, Finland) have lower figures
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