MRCI e-bulletin

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Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) is a national organisation whose mission is to promote the empowerment and inclusion of those migrant workers and their families who are at risk of poverty, social exclusion and discrimination. MRCI’s strategic priorities for 2008-2011 are:

1. To strengthen the rights and protections for migrant workers who are at risk of or experiencing workplace exploitation, are trafficked for forced labour or are undocumented;
2. To mainstream a focus on migrant workers at risk of social exclusion, poverty and discrimination within service and information provision and within community and local development;
3. To proactively provide migrant workers with the opportunities to develop leadership capacity.

1. Immigration-related Updates – Policy, Procedures and Practices

• Delays in processing of Long Term Residency applications
• New application forms for Naturalisation, & concerns about negative impact of accessing Social Welfare
• Work permit procedures in the case of Transfers of Undertakings by a business
• Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill update

2. Workplace Rights

• Legal Advocacy Work - Equality Tribunal awards ?20,000 to restaurant worker from Thailand
• Employment Law Compliance Bill update

3. Rights and protections for Undocumented Workers

• Issues for workers becoming undocumented & policy response
• PICUM General Assembly & conference on Irregular migration

4. Rights and protections in Forced Labour and Trafficking

• Current trends in forced labour cases encountered by MRCI
• EU project on Forced Labour
• EU framework decision against trafficking adopted by European Commission

5. Empowerment, Participation and Leadership Development

• MRCI Leadership Development Course 2008
• Community work in a changing Ireland: NUI Certificate in community work for migrant workers
• Strategic Planning Process for MRCI’s Migrants Forum
• Sharing good community work practice – new resource guide
• Update on Domestic Workers Action Group

6. Activities

• MRCI Conference on ensuring fair working conditions for migrant workers in a changing labour market
• MRCI holds first in series of training sessions on responding to the needs of migrant workers
• Migrants Forum on Redundancy

7. Events

• 21st April - Launch of MRCI resource guide on community work with migrant workers & Practice Seminar for community workers.
• Next Migrants Forum on 19th April

8. Useful Info & Contact Details

• INIS website – new topics recently added
• DETE Website – new information for work permit holders
• INOU – Working for Work: Exploring welfare, work, education and training options for unemployed people
• Africa Centre - employment workshops & one-to-one advice
• ICOS leaflet on Employment of International Graduates in Ireland

9. Publications

• MRCI survey and report on Exploitation in Ireland’s Restaurant Industry
• Crosscare Migrant Project – ‘Living in Ireland’ guide for new residents
• Find Your Way: New guide to Key Services in Dublin City Centre
• Crosscare Migrant Project report: critique of the Irish immigration system and how it can contribute to people becoming undocumented
• Report of PICUM’s International Conference on Undocumented Children in Europe
• ICMPD study on Regularisation of undocumented people in EU