PRESS DIGEST FOR JANUARY 2001 ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM STORIES IN THE IRISH REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA
Total press stories for 2000: 922. Click here
for these stories
Total so far this year: 290. See below for month-by-month access.
APRIL 2001 IMMIGRATION ISSUES RECEIVING INCREASING ATTENTION
Press stories for April: 42
30 April 2001
Number
of foreign nurses steadily increasing. Irish Times
Treatment
of immigrants working here is highlighted. Irish Times
27 April 2001
Change of use for immigrant housing. Irish Times
26 April 2001
Five
held on Chinese student abduction. Irish Times
Extortion
among Chinese students in Ireland not a new occurence. Irish Times
Chinese
student queue for visas. Irish Times
British
Triads turn to lucrative slave trade. Irish Times
Gárdaí
probe Triad links. Irish Independent
Triad
complaints spurred Gárdaí into raiding city flat. Irish Independent
Chinese
visa numbers rise. Irish Independent
'Snakehead'
gangs whose trade is human suffering. Irish Independent
24 April 2001
More immigrants necessary to save National Plan. Irish Independent
20 April 2001
Few
promotions for non-EU doctors, conference hears. Irish Times
Racist
row ends in court. Irish Independent
19 April 2001
Judge
finds deportations 'distressing' (!!). Irish Independent
Judge distressed by people challenging deportation orders. Irish Examiner
18 April 2001
Difficulties for pregnant refugees. Irish Times
17 April 2001
Immigration
expert says Ireland must promote tolerance, integration. Irish Times
More needs to be done to meet needs of ethnic minorities. Irish Examiner
16 April 2001
Fewer
Romanians apply for asylum. Irish Times
Jobs
block on asylum seekers absurd. Irish Independent
14 April 2001
Refuge
from the sex slave traders. Irish Times
Filipinos
joint in the Stations. Irish Independent
13 April 2001
Deportee
returns in time for birth of his daughter. Irish Times
Number
of under-age asylum seekers soars. Irish Independent
12 April 2001
Delay
frustrates rights commission president. Irish Times
Non-EU
students can work part-time. Irish Independent
9 April 2001
New
immigration service planned. Irish Times
Support
group set up to aid Roma. Irish Times
7 April 2001
Builder
offers immigrants payments to ease plight. Irish Times
70%
of firms hits by labour shortages. Irish Independent
6 April 2001
Taking a hard look at Nigeria. Irish Times
5 April 2001
Legal services for refugees resumes business after staffing problems. Irish Times
4 April 2001
EU
proposal would let asylum seekers work. Irish Times
Asylum
seeker bill hits IR£120m. as house prices force up costs. Irish Independent
3 April 2001
Numbers
seeking asylum fall by over 20%. Irish Times
Fast-track process for asylum seekers. Irish Examiner
Celts and Basques related, new study finds. Irish Examiner
2 April 2001
A queue
in Moscow for the chance of a job in Ireland. Irish Times
Deportation
agreement finalised with Nigeria. Irish Times
Immigrant
workers being exploited, warn unions. Irish Independent
1 April 2001
Ireland to deport thousands of illegal Nigerian immigrants. Sunday Times Irish Edition
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