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
MARCH 2001
Total Stories for March: 97
31 March 2001
Past forgotten as Philippine nurses treated shamefully. Irish Times
30 March 2001
Irish
must prepared for ethnic change, US expert says. Irish Times
Exploitation and squalor. Irish Examiner
Setback for Filipino nurses as rooms burgled. Irish Examiner
Indian about to be deported dies on leaving jail. Irish Examiner
29 March 2001
Health
Boards apologise to Filipina nurses for accommodation. Irish Times
Asylum-seekers
denied aid for judical review. Irish Times
Probe
into housing for nurses. Irish Independent
Ireland
of the welcomes? Irish Independent editorial
Blatant exploitation of nurses verges on racism. Irish Examiner
28 March 2001
Asylum
seekers' payment queried. Irish Times
Census is
postponed. Irish Times
Welfare
changes force 22% drop in asylum bids. Irish Independent
Six
Nigerian human traffic suspects held at airport. Irish Independent
On target for 200,000 immigrants to take jobs. Irish Examiner
Ukrainian charged with human trafficking. Irish Examiner
Census deferred due to outbreak. Irish Examiner
Numbers seeking asylum here have fallen by more than one fifth. Irish Examiner
27 March 2001
Europe's
far right. Irish Times editorial
Prosecutions
ordered in female genital mutilation cases. Irish Independent
26 March 2001
Liberalism,
not racism, poses the real danger (!). Irish Times
Eurostar
stowaways seeking asylum in Ireland. Irish Independent
24 March 2001
Clare village warms to local asylum-seekers. Irish Times
23 March 2001
Cutting edge of multiculturalism. Irish Times
22 March 2001
Visas
for migrant workers sought. Irish Times
This year
should head towards an intercultural society - Crowley. Irish Times
Plan to
house asylum seekers shelved after local protests. Irish Times
Day
against racism. Irish Times editorial
Immigrant treated little better than bonded labour, claims union. Irish Examiner
21 March 2001
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EU
poll reveals racism in Ireland, UK. Irish Times
New
measures to prevent exploitation of immigrants. Irish Times
Vandals hit school with intercultural ethos again. Irish Examiner
Racism
and intolerance on increase here, EU study finds. Irish Independent
Call for national action plan against racism. Irish Examiner
20 March 2001
Prisoners
in their own home - racism in Dublin. Irish Times
Football kick
off campaign against racism. Irish Times
Refugees
being returned to tyrannical regimes. Irish Independent
19 March 2001
Americans check out work options at Irish jobs fair. Irish Independent
18 March 2001
Fortress Ireland keeps on closing doors. Sunday Independent
17 March 2001
Nigerian
man held by immigration on suspicion of drug trafficking. Irish Times
Grief,
shock at murder of quite Chinese pupils. Irish Times
16 March 2001
Refugees
'need support' on jobs rights. Irish Times
Philippines
nurses allow hospital to use all its beds. Irish Times
Fleeing
the tragic state of Nigeria. Irish Times
"Road
to Republic starts in Brixton". Irish Times
Immigrants
a target in new South Africa. Irish Times
Deported refugees at risk on return. Irish Examiner
Hypocritical treatment of asylum seekers must end. Irish Examiner editorial
Huge
increase in traumatised teenage asylum seekers arriving alone. Irish
Independent
"People
hate me here because I am black". Irish Independent
Traffickers
push 200,000 immigrants to EU border. Irish Independent
15 March 2001
Foreign
women being sexually exploited. Irish Times
Finding
new ways to break for the border. Irish Times
When a
body can be worth $220,000. Irish Times
Australian
welcome turns cold. Irish Times
Foreign women kept as sex slaves in Ireland. Irish Examiner
No
statistics on sex workers, TDs told. Irish Independent
14 March 2001
Call
for new incitement to hatred act. Irish Times
Housing
policy aims to favour Kerry residents. Irish Times
Asylum
seekers find basic information in English difficult. Irish Times
Policing
the transit points of France. Irish Times
The
'debts' imposed by traffickers. Irish Times
Filipinos
pay IR£4,500 and end up in low wage jobs. Irish Times
13 March 2001
Migrants
prey to trafficking. Irish Times editorial
Tensions
high at Cork asylum-seeker accommodation centre. Irish Times
Seeking a
European haven. Irish Times
The
passage to Italy - and back again. Irish Times
Women
sold into the new slavery. Irish Times
Pakistani
consultant alleges bias. Irish Independent
Bus driver wins appeal on incitement to hatred. Irish Examiner
Ireland
tackles refugee influx. CNN report
12 March 2001
Quarter
of all Irish students believe ethnic minorities abuse welfare. Irish Times
Human
cargo delivered to a cruel fate. Irish Times
Romanian
gangs who smuggle people into Ireland. Irish Times
When red
light signals slavery. Irish Times
Racism
on campus. Irish Independent
10 March 2001
UN
staff may have exploited refugees. Irish Times
Spanish
workers find themselves 'at home' in Limerick. Irish Times
'Snakeheads'
make a killing. Irish Times
Running
from a world of misery. Irish Times
9 March 2001
Boom lures girls into sex slavery. Irish Independent
8 March 2001
Sex slaves lured to Ireland by ads. Irish Examiner
7 March 2001
Death
of infant no cause for suspicion, say Gárdaí. Irish Times
UN expert
claims Baltic women are forced into prostititution in Ireland. Irish Times
Labour
plans bill to have female circumcision made illegal. Irish Times
Alert
over female circumcision enquiry. Irish Independent
Asylum
seekers' baby dies in scalding tragedy. Irish Independent
6 March 2001
Further
stay put on deportation of Romanian. Irish Independent
10,000,
including 3,000 asylum seekers, to swell queue for housing. Irish
Independent
Around 100 asylum seekers a year allowed to stay with Irish spouses. Irish
Examiner
Judge forbids deportation of man, 39. Irish Examiner
5 March 2001
Flotels
reconsidered for asylum-seekers. Irish Times
Pregnant
newlywed asks authorities to let her deported husband return. Irish Times
Global
cultures mingle to create medley of music. Irish Times
Foreign
labour forced to work unpaid overtime, union claims. Irish Independent
1 March 2001
English shop worker wins race discrimination
case. Irish Examiner
Adoptions
from Russia total 197. Irish Independent
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