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'Just asking questions' is no defence of stoking anti-immigration feeling

False information linking refugees and asylum-seekers to crimes have been found to be baseless

‘Two-tiered’ work permit system prioritises overseas tech workers over low-paid migrants – NGO

Oireachtas committee to hear calls for review of rules that mean some workers can change jobs after two years while others have to wait five years

International Protection

Tony O’Brien: Organised racism poses a clear and present danger

The government must address the valid concerns of ordinary citizens around issues such as housing policy and access to healthcare and prevent far-right agitators from exploiting these grievances to promote their own racist agenda

Big Tech platforms failing to stop far right spreading hate and disinformation – campaigners

Far Right Observatory says social media is now the ‘key mechanism’ used by extremist groups to stoke anti-immigration sentiment

Fergal O’Brien: Diversity and inclusion are good for society and for the economy

An open and tolerant society is a key driver for social and economic prosperity, despite claims to the contrary by a loud minority

Aidan Regan: Just how far is Ireland from having a far-right party?

As a nation without an electorally viable anti-immigration radical right-wing party in 2023, we are outliers across the globe. How did we get here, and what do we need to do to remain a liberal democracy?

Voting with their feet: the Brazilians in Ireland on why they’ve made it their home

With about 70,000 Brazilians estimated to be living in Ireland, the Business Post Magazine talked to some of them about why they came and how they find living here

Matt Cooper: Refugees and immigrants need more than our good intentions

We need to talk about how we’re welcoming refugees and immigrants – and whether we need to put temporary limits on that welcome

Lucinda Creighton: Refugee policy may make politicians feel good, but it fails those in need

Last week’s attempt to uproot 138 Ukrainian refugees from Killarney and move them to Mayo without any warning shows that serious policymaking has been replaced with virtue signalling

Citizenship requests rise by 40% on foot of new scorecard

The system, introduced in January, clarifies requirements and proofs to be met by applicants

Money trail: Why Huawen’s clients want answers about their cash

The Huawen Foundation has successfully raised €50 million from Chinese investors wishing to avail of what is colloquially known as Ireland’s ‘cash for visas’ scheme

Chinese investor claims cash-for-visa firm no longer operating in Ireland

Zhiming Xi, who invested €1m through the Immigrant Investor Programme, is suing the Huawen Foundation after it failed to respond to his concerns

Dan O’Brien: Sticking with the books has put Ireland at the top of the class

Ireland has retained its place as the most educated country in Europe. This, along with a ‘brain gain’ of highly able immigrants, is good news for everyone

HSE to launch additional multi-lingual vaccine information geared towards non-nationals

A report on RTÉ’s Prime Time aired earlier this week highlighted that some 50 per cent of unvaccinated Covid-19 patients in ICU are foreign nationals

Syria in their hearts: Syrians reflect on the meaning of home

A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland tells the stories of some of the countless Syrians displaced by the country’s savage civil war

President’s migrant move sparks right-wing backlash

The American president’s decision to reopen the US-Mexico border to unaccompanied minors has been greeted with fury by Republicans

Lucinda Creighton: Europe facing an uncertain future without Merkel’s steadying hand

The German chancellor is stepping down next September, having shown herself to be a calm and unifying leader during the divisive monetary chaos and a true Christian Democrat in her handling of the migrant crisis