National statuses granted for protection reasons in Ireland

emnadmin


Download File

This study provides an overview of the national statuses that may be granted to persons for protection reasons in Ireland. The report focuses on national statuses with a basis in Irish domestic law and policy and does not examine in detail EU-harmonised statuses. The report, which is part of an EU-wide mapping study, covers statuses that were granted in Ireland … Read More

Author(s):Sarah Groarke and Patricia Brazil
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:09 Jan 2020
Reference Period:01 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0507-2
DOI:https://doi.org/10.26504/rs96.pdf
Go Back

Ethnicity and nationality in the Irish labour market


Download File

 

This study entitled looks at Central Statistics Office data from the Quarterly National Household Survey Equality Modules from 2004, 2010 and 2014 to capture how labour market outcomes and the experience of discrimination have changed through economic boom, recession and early recovery. The research published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Institute … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Raffaele Grotti, Sarah Groarke, Sarah Coughlan
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:18 Dec 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0479-2
Go Back

Profiling barriers to social inclusion in Ireland: the relative roles of individual characteristics and location

The study uses data from participants in the Department of Rural and Community Development’s Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), administered by Pobal, to examine who is most likely to experience at least one of five barriers to social inclusion. The barriers are:- (a) belonging to a jobless household, (b) being a lone parent, (c) having a disability, (d) … Read More

Author(s):Seamus McGuinness, Adele Whelan, Adele Bergin, Judith Delaney
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:25 Jul 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.esri.ie/pubs/RS71.pdf
ISBN:978-0-7070-0445-7
Go Back

Discrimination and inequality in housing in Ireland

The research published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) examines people’s direct experiences across three measures:    experience of discrimination while searching for housing; whether certain groups experience poorer housing conditions; and the prevalence of homelessness across different groups

Author(s):Raffaele Grotti, Helen Russell, Éamonn Fahey, Bertrand Maître
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Publication Date:15 Jun 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.esri.ie/pubs/BKMNEXT361.pdf
Go Back

Children’s Rights and Refugee Law: Conceptualising Children within the Refugee Convention

Abstract Children make up half of the world’s refugees and over 40 per cent of the world’s asylum seekers. However, children are largely invisible in historical and contemporary refugee law. Furthermore, there has been very limited interaction between the burgeoning children’s rights framework, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and the 1951 Convention relating to … Read More

Author(s):Samantha Arnold
Publisher:Routhledge
Publication Date:10 Aug 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://www.routledge.com/Childrens-Rights-and-Refugee-Law-Conceptualising-Children-within-the/Arnold/p/book/9781138052710
ISBN:9781138052710
Go Back

The experience of discrimination among newly arrived Poles in Ireland and the Netherlands

Abstract This paper examines discrimination and early integration among Polish migrants in Ireland and the Netherlands using a new immigrants’ panel survey. Drawing on insights from research on intergroup relations, stereotyping, ethnic competition and Bail’s notion of the salience of racial and cultural boundaries, the paper develops hypotheses about the role of experience in and exposure to the host country, … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Merove Gijsberts
Publisher:Ethnic and Racial Studies
Publication Date:15 Jun 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland, The Netherlands
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2017.1332376
Go Back

A Threat in the Air? Perceptions of Group Discrimination in the First Years after Migration: Comparing Polish Migrants in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Ireland

Abstract Discrimination is a problem for both minority groups and the societies in which they live. Perceived group discrimination reflects the direct experiences of immigrants but is also an indicator of reception context and social cohesion in the host country. This paper examines perceptions of group discrimination among recently migrated Polish immigrants to four Western European countries, and specifically focuses … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity , Merove Gijsberts
Publisher:Sage
Publication Date:04 Apr 2016
Geographic Focus:Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796815616154
Go Back

Making Rights Real for Children: A Children’s Rights Audit of Irish law


Download File

 

The Audit is a stock-take of existing legal protections for children in Ireland as well as an overview of the gaps that remain in the recognition of their rights, including in the area of immigration and asylum. It has a strong focus on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Convention on Human Rights and the … Read More

Author(s):Children’s Rights Alliance and the Law Centre for Children and Young People
Publication Date:28 Jul 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.childrensrights.ie/resources/making-rights-real-childrens-rights
Go Back

Discrimination in the labour market: nationality, ethnicity and the recession

Abstract Previous research shows that immigrants, in common with other groups that suffer disadvantage in the labour market, are more vulnerable during recession. However, little research has focused on the impact of the Great Recession on work-related discrimination. We examine the extent to which discrimination varies across different national-ethnic groups in Ireland, and whether discrimination increased between 2004, during an … Read More

Author(s):Gillian Kingston (ESRI), Frances McGinnity (ESRI) and Philip J O’Connell (UCD)
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:06 Mar 2015
URL:http://wes.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/03/04/0950017014563104.abstract
Go Back

‘We Shouldn’t but We Do …’: Framing the Strategies for Helping Homeless EU migrants in Copenhagen and Dublin

Abstract: Municipal and voluntary organisations providing services for the growing numbers of homeless EU migrants are faced with many inconsistencies and contradictions in these migrants’ legal situation and their access to services. To see how official policies are realised in everyday practice, sixteen interviews have been conducted in Copenhagen and Dublin with various representatives of organisations that support homeless EU … Read More

Author(s):Magdalena Mostowska
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Publication Date:12 May 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/05/11/bjsw.bcu043.short?rss=1
ISBN:null
Go Back

International Child Rights in National Constitutions: Good Sense or Nonsense for Ireland?

Abstract This paper explores how international child rights have empowered Ireland’s institutions and actors to advocate for the incorporation of child rights into the national constitution. Moreover, the constitution and child rights hold more than legal significance, influencing political, economic, social and interpersonal spheres in a country. Consequently, constitutional child rights should improve respect of and the general situation of … Read More

Author(s):Tara M. Collins
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:19 Nov 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07907184.2013.838951#.Uo82fsTxqYI
ISBN:null
Go Back

Treated Differently? Evidence of racism and discrimination from a local perspective


Download File

 

One of the key findings of this study is that as many as 80% of those who experienced racism or discrimination do not report it. The report shows that racism and discrimination are happening in Limerick but victims and witnesses are reluctant to turn to the authorities for assistance. While this particular study documents local manifestations of racism and discrimination, the issues are of … Read More

Author(s):Dr. Patricia Kennedy, UCD
Publisher:Doras Luimní
Publication Date:23 Oct 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
Go Back

In From the Margins – Roma in Ireland: Addressing the Structural Discrimination of the Roma Community in Ireland


Download File

 

In From the Margins – Roma in Ireland: Addressing the Structural Discrimination of the Roma Community in Ireland is a comprehensive and groundbreaking examination of the discrimination the Roma community experiences living in Ireland.  The findings in the report are based on over two years of legal case work with members of the Roma community in Cork, as well as focus … Read More

Author(s):Nasc, The Irish Immigrant Support Centre
Publisher:Nasc
Publication Date:28 May 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
Go Back

Ethnicity and Nationality in the Irish Labour Market: Evidence from the QNHS Equality Module 2010


Download File

 

This study addresses two related questions. First, do immigrants in Ireland face less favourable prospects than the native-born population in the labour market? Here the report examines objective measures of labour market outcomes to assess whether there are disparities between immigrant and native Irish participants in the labour market.  The report focuses in particular on access to employment, on the … Read More

Author(s):Gillian Kingston, Philip J. O’Connell and Elish Kelly (ESRI)
Publisher:The Equality Authority and the Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:16 Jan 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 1 908275 60 8
Go Back

Analysing the Experiences of Discrimination in Ireland: Evidence from the QNHS Equality Module 2010

Download File This report analyses the Central Statistics Office’s Quarterly National Household Survey: Equality Module 2010. This module asks adults in Ireland about their experience of discrimination in a range of different situations. These data were collected after the labour market entered deep recession. The report compares this with data from an earlier Equality Module conducted in 2004 during the … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Dorothy Watson and Gill Kingston (ESRI)
Publisher:The Equality Authority and the Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:14 Dec 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.esri.ie/UserFiles/publications/BKMNEXT223.pdf
ISBN:978-1-908275-59-2
Go Back

Stop the Silence: A Snapshot of Racism in Cork


Download File

 

This report documents the development of NASC’s racist reporting mechanism. It includes an overview of major studies on racism and discrimination conducted in Ireland and Europe over the last decade and a summary of the legislative and policy framework on racism. This study provides a ‘snapshot’ overview of peoples’ perceptions of and experiences with racism and discrimination in Cork City … Read More

Author(s):Nasc, The Irish Immigrant Support Centre
Publisher:Nasc, The Irish Immigrant Support Centre
Publication Date:27 Nov 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
Go Back

Part of the Family? Experiences of Au Pairs in Ireland


Download File

 

This report provides qualitative and quantitative data on the experiences of more than fifty au pairs in Ireland. This small-scale research project was conducted by MRCI over a five-month period from November 2011 to March 2012. The report shows wide interpretations of au pairing. The range includes individuals on cultural exchange programmes in addition to both domestic and childcare workers. … Read More

Author(s):Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Publisher:Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Publication Date:31 Oct 2012
Reference Period:01 Nov 2011 to 31 Mar 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
Go Back

Not Fair Enough: Making the case for reform of the social welfare appeals system


Download File

 

Not Fair Enough sets out the operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office and charts the increase in the workload of the office as well as looking at the challenges facing it in terms of limited resources and delays. The report also summarises some of the main difficulties facing appellants and their advocates when they come into contact with the … Read More

Author(s):Free Legal Advice Centres
Publisher:Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
Publication Date:24 Oct 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:1873532210
Go Back

Taking Racism Seriously: Migrants’ Experiences of Violence, Harassment and Anti-social Behaviour in the Dublin Area


Download File

 

The research, funded by Dublin City Council, explored the experiences of people accessing the ICI’s anti-racism support services, a number of case studies and focus group interviews with Asian healthcare workers, Dublin Bus drivers and the LUAS’s revenue protection officers.

Author(s):Bryan Fanning (UCD) Brian Killoran (ICI) Saorlaith Ní Bhroin (ICI) Geoff McEvoy (ICI)
Publisher:Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date:03 Oct 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978‐0‐9570144‐1‐1
Go Back

Cumulative Disadvantage? Educational Careers of Migrant Students in Irish Secondary Schools

Recent rapid immigration of a diverse group of migrant children into an almost exclusively White Irish school population makes Ireland an interesting case study for migrant education. This article explores key points in the careers of migrant secondary school students in Ireland from an equality perspective. The article draws on data gathered as a part of a large-scale study specifically … Read More

Author(s):Merike Darmody, Delma Byrne Frances McGinnity
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:03 May 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2012.674021
Go Back