THE GOVERNMENT is to set up a programme to regularise the status of undocumented migrant workers in Ireland who previously held work permits.

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Plan to regularise status of migrant workers

THE GOVERNMENT is to set up a programme to regularise the status of undocumented migrant workers in Ireland who previously held work permits.

Senior officials told unions and employers at social partnership talks last week that the scheme will be aimed at foreign national workers who have become undocumented through "no fault of their own".

The move appears to be a significant U-turn by the Government, which previously signalled that any such move could provide an incentive for illegal immigration.

At present, work visas and permits are tied to employers and workers can face deportation if they are made redundant, dismissed, or if their permits are not renewed after they expire.

A spokesman for the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern confirmed that the plan was at an advanced stage and would be introduced as soon as possible.

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[The group has documented dozens of cases of workers who were either promised work permits by their employers when they arrived in the country, or whose employers never renewed their permits. Such workers are often left in a legal limbo and are unable to access social welfare, even though they may have been making social insurance contributions in the past.]

интересно чго они ([gov/entemp]) сделают ? на социал посадят или раздадут пермитов и обяжут работодателей етих бедолаг нанимать ?

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Сообщение от dzher

интересно чго они ([gov/entemp]) сделают ? на социал посадят или раздадут пермитов и обяжут работодателей етих бедолаг нанимать ?

NGO, которые лоббировали это решение, предлагали выдать временное разрешение на проживание в стране, чтобы люди могли попробовать найти работу за это время. Что сделает правительство угадать невозможно.