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Migrant voices must not be shut out David Stanton, Minister of State for Equality and Integration, recently hosted delegates form local authorities across Ireland in Athlone for a special gathering titled ‘Supporting Integrated Communities: Linking National and Local Action on Migrant Integration’.
The World At Home: Improving lives for asylum seekers is no ‘pull factor’When I worked as a Minister of State in the Department of Justice from 2014 to 2016, myself and my team used to joke that the officials should paint the words ‘pull factor’ in six-feet-high letters in every meeting room.
An Outside View: Is Finland in line for a Fascist prime minister?When Timo Soini left the chairmanship of the Finns Party, Jussi Halla-aho became the new leader. Halla-aho is one of the most ill-reputed characters in Finnish political life, as he has done more than anyone else to mainstream racism in our country.
Minister defends asylum process Figures show thousands of asylum-seekers refused since 2015 - with hundreds deported
Minister pushed on hate crime lawsThe clamour for effective hate crime laws in the country was recently highlighted in the Dáil in the wake of separate reports from the IHREC and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) highlighting State failure on the issue.
Integration must take priority ahead of local authority elections, says new reportThe Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform has called on people from migrant backgrounds to register to vote and even run for office in next year’s local authority elections.
Britain must stop digging its Brexit holeAs the UK government leaves Westminster for its summer break, Prime Minister Theresa May could do worse than reflect on the advice of the internationally renowned former UK Defence Minister Denis Healey, whose often quoted words of wisdom included: “‘When in a hole, stop digging’ is the first principle of politics.”