PRESS DIGEST FOR DECEMBER 2000 ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM STORIES IN THE IRISH REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA
NEW EVIDENCE OF HIGH LEVELS OF RACISM IN DUBLIN
DRACONIAN NEW MEASURES AGAINST ASYLUM SEEKERS
Press stories for December: 58
Total press stories for 2000: 922. Click here
for these stories
31 December 2000
Refugees cannot even reach the inn-door. Sunday Independent
30 December 2000
Orange,
Green and Black. Irish Times
53% feel State refugee
policy is 'too lax'. Irish Independent
Sex slave traders to
face tough crackdown. Irish Independent
Our alien nation.
Irish Independent
The racist Irish - not
so simple.
Irish Independent
29 December 2000
Refugee
Legal Service budget to be increased from IR£1m to IR£8.5m. Irish Times
Boom in births allows
refugees to remain. Irish Independent
Stiff carrier penalties
in clampdown. Irish Independent
Local economies entice
exiles to move back home. Irish Independent
Upmarket Dublin areas to get share of refugees. Irish Examiner
28 December 2000
Enquiry into money-for-jobs claims. Irish Examiner
27 December 2000
Ramadan,
time of joy and laughter, tears and pain. Irish Times
New immigration laws on way. Irish Examiner
Filipino nurses settle successfully. Irish Examiner
Aliens Act revamped in bid to woo foreigners. Irish Examiner
23 December 2000
Wages
case highlights risks for foreign staff. Irish Times
Job
goes sour for high-wages chef invited to Ireland. Irish Times
Santa who? Christmas at a school celebrating difference. Irish Examiner
1,600
asylum seekers receive legal aid. Irish Times
22 December 2000
Government queried on 'dramatic drop' in asylum referrals. Irish Times
21 December 2000
Refugee law ignores basic rights and safeguards, says Amnesty. Irish Times
20 December 2000
Home, but not for the holidays. Irish Independent
19 December 2000
O'Donnell announces IR£3m. in aid for UNHCR. Irish Times
18 December 2000
Robinson
criticises appointments process to new Human Rights body. Irish Times
Clash
over Commission predictable. Irish Times
Sympathetic
view of Ebi Ojoh case is urged by Mary Robinson. Irish Times
16 December 2000
Discrimination totally unacceptable - Robinson. Irish Times
15 December 2000
Sailors
fly home after 15-month enforced stay here. Irish Times
Donegal
asylum-seekers' problems highlighted. Irish Times
14 December 2000
Local
fears over Mosney asylum-seeker plan. Irish Times
Restaurateur denies racist work practices. Irish Examiner
13 December 2000
Employers must tackle inequality in the workplace. Irish Examiner
12 December 2000
Nigerian
to seek judicial review. Irish Times
Registrar General refusing to register birth of child on Irish ship to Nigerian
mother. Irish Examiner
11 December 2000
18 removed from ship
as Gárdaí seize 'suspicious documents'. Irish Independent
Let's
heed the words of the Refugee Act: the Minister responds. Irish Times
Clarification
sought on UK police policy towards Irish. Irish Times
10 December 2000
Ignorance is no defence in Ireland of the unwelcomes. Sunday Independent
9 December 2000
Rise in anti-Chinese racism in North. Irish Times
8 December 2000
Mosney
opens its doors to asylum seekers. Irish Times
Mosney
refugees arrive without fanfare. Irish Independent
First group of asylum seekers arrive in Mosney. Irish Examiner
7 December 2000
Call
for debate on immigration laws. Irish Times
Seven
illegals (sic) found in truck trailer as Calais blitz begins. Irish
Independent
5 December 2000
Refugee
groups alliance protests to Taoiseach over Refugee Act. Irish Times
Castleknock
supporters accused of racist taunts. Irish Times
New
realisation of need to confront racism in Ireland. Irish Times
100 truckers to face big
'illegal aliens' (sic) fine. Irish Independent
4 December 2000
Chairperson
of African Refugee Network assaulted by racists. Irish Times
Conference
hears of attacks on Famine refugees in Britain. Irish Times
3 December 2000
Unlawfully held Pakistanis may sue. Sunday Independent
2 December 2000
African
and Irish churches sing from the same hymn-sheet. Irish Times
Pakistani
businessman tells of his detention ordeal. Irish Times
Time for a one-stop shop to cater for influx of immigrants. Irish Examiner
We will all be killed if we are sent back - Nigerian asylum seeker. Irish
Examiner
Migration and births to
push nation beyond 4.5m. barrier. Irish Independent
1 December 2000
Letter on Irish immigration procedures. Irish Times
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