MRCI e-bulletin

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Вышел первый MRCI бюллетень за 2009.

Пока его нет on-line, присылайте свой e-mail мне в ЛС, я перешлю.

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

[tadpole]

Вышел второй MRCI бюллетень за 2009.

Пока его нет on-line, присылайте свой e-mail мне в ЛС, я перешлю.

MRCI e-bulletin - No. 2 / July 2009

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.

This news bulletin is emailed approximately every three months. It contains updates on policy developments, information on immigration-related procedures & practices, MRCI’s campaigns and activities, and other useful information related to the situation of migrant workers in Ireland. If you have any information that you think should be included in future bulletins, please let us know by emailing heena@mrci.ie and we will endeavour to include it. More information about MRCI’s work, including previous e-bulletins, is available on www.mrci.ie

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

• Work Permit holders made redundant – what to do now
• Redundancy Legislation applies to migrant workers
• FÁS Policy for Migrant Workers Made Redundant
• Updated information on how to apply for Long Term Residency and citizenship
• Policy on Employment Permits for non-EEA nationals in De Facto Relationships
• Position in relation to Romania and Bulgarian nationals
• Important Notice to non-EEA Green Card Permit holders regarding expiry of current Green Card Permit

2. Workplace Rights

• Legal Advocacy Work – almost ?350,000 awarded or settled in the first half of 2009
• Agricultural Workers Association (AgWA)
• Domestic Workers Action Group (DWAG)
• Restaurant Workers Action Group (RWAG)

3. Rights and protections for Undocumented Workers

• Issues for workers becoming undocumented
• Delays in Long-term residency application leading to some migrant workers becoming undocumented
• EU Updates – Regularisation of undocumented migrants in Belgium

4. Rights and protections in Forced Labour and Trafficking

• Current trends in forced labour cases encountered by MRCI
• Launch of National Action Plan Against Human Trafficking

5. Empowerment, Participation and Leadership Development

• New MRCI Board Members
• NUI Certificate in Community Work for migrant workers – extension of course application process
• Resource worker to support Coordination of Community Work Course
• The Migrants Forum
• Development of a work plan for the Migrants Forum
• Sharing good community work practice: Resource Guide on community work with migrant workers
• Practice Seminars for community work with migrant workers

6. Activities

• Campaign to stop the changes to the Work Permits System
• 19 April 2009 Migrants Forum focusing on issues of unemployment for migrant workers and their families
• 24th June 2009 Migrants Forum met with political representatives before the local elections
• Information and training programme continuing to be rolled out

7. Events

• The next Migrants Forum will be on the 16th August 2009
• Seminar on Strategies for tackling Forced Labour, 1st October 2009

8. Useful Info & Contact Details

• DETE - New Information regarding changes to the Work Permit System
• DETE - New information regarding Green Card eligibility and redundancies
• Combat Poverty Agency to be integrated with the Office for Social Inclusion
• Domestic Workers’ Rights Standards
• IOM Website on return and reintegration to countries of origin
• Employment for People from Immigrant Communities (EPIC)
• McCarthy report recommends cuts to migration-related services
• Trinity Immigration Initiative – mapping of migrant organisations

9. Publications

• Delphi Indicators of trafficking in human beings
• Economic impact on the London and UK economy of a regularisation of irregular migrants to the UK
• OECD Report: International Migration Outlook, 2009

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