There may be an element of people trafficking in the case where a 32-year-old Vietnamese woman is charged with cultivating cannabis at luxury lakeside home, Tinarana House.

Last November, I stood on the riverbank of the Rio Grande. I was on the American side, in Texas.

26,000 migrants here ‘have no papers’ and they work for much less than the minimum wage, with no access to social welfare or health care. They are filling labour market gaps and so the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland wants their status regularised. Joyce Fegan reports.

Students working outside permitted hours and undocumented migrants are more likely to be involved in illegal employment than any other sector, according to a report looking at non-EU nationals and the labour market.

The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in the US is urging the country’s 50,000 undocumented Irish not to panic about President Trump’s clampdown on immigration — as it will only impact undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records.

A plea is being made for ministers travelling abroad this St Patrick’s Day not to forget the undocumented migrants in Ireland. For while politicians traditionally use the annual trips to plead the case of illegal Irish immigrants, particularly in the United States, it is estimated 26,000 immigrants in Ireland are also without papers and in fear of being deported.

The au pair awarded €9,000 against the couple she worked for in a landmark ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is set to take a case against her subsequent host family.

Au pair agencies have called for the separate regulation of the au pair system in the wake of the employment court ruling that host families must comply with the law on minimum wage, holidays, and all other employment protections.

Thousands of families are facing a childcare crisis after being warned they must formally register with Revenue as employers and pay full wages if they take an au pair into their home.

A Government taskforce set up to investigate allegations of mistreatment of non-EU fishermen working in the industry here will today be told those fishermen must not be made scapegoats for poor conditions in the industry.

Community and voluntary sector organisations supporting some of the most disadvantaged in society are facing a difficulty in maintaining services without an immediate improvement in funding mechanisms.

A Pakistani chef who was forced to work seven days a week for pocket money, with just Christmas day off, has had a €91,000 award against his employer restored by the Supreme Court.

Thousands of au pairs working in households nationwide are being severely exploited, working long hours in sometimes hostile conditions for less than the minimum wage, according to research which shows the extent of the problem.

There are up to 26,000 undocumented migrants in Ireland, and the vast majority of them are working here.

‘Turn Off the Red Light’ campaign aims to criminalise the purchase of consensual sex but is flawed in its assumptions, writes Mick Wallace.

Cases involving Asian men convicted of cannabis cultivation are being reviewed by gardaí over fears they were actually victims of human trafficking and have been imprisoned for crimes they were forced to commit.

Campaigners have claimed 24 Asian nationals jailed for cannabis cultivation in recent years are potential victims of human trafficking.

Au pairs in Ireland are subjected to high levels of exploitation and abuse which, in extreme cases, is akin to slavery and imprisonment, a study shows.

IN a country laden down with debt, Muhammad Younis feels the weight as much as anyone. Worse again, he doesn’t owe a penny.

THE number of enforcement applications made to the employment rights watchdog has exploded in the past year as it chases firms for larger financial awards owed to employees.

A candlelit march is being held in Dublin later to highlight the situation of 30,000 undocumented migrants "living in limbo" here.

AN award-winning restaurant has yet to pay a migrant worker the €86,000 it owes him after being found guilty of gross exploitation.

WORKERS are being held in slave conditions in Irish homes and businesses because of a lack of legislation to either protect them or prosecute their enslavers.

THE visit of Barack Obama gives hope to the undocumented living here and in the US, the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland has said.

ALMOST two-thirds of people believe migrants here on work permits should be allowed to change their employer without condition, according to a new opinion poll.

ROGUE employers had to fork out more than €1 million to workers in the two-year period to March 2008.

A report by the Immigrant Council of Ireland consisting of interviews with migrant women from 21 countries makes alarming reading.

MIGRANT rights campaigners are to meet Justice Minister Brian Lenihan next month and will call for a special ‘Bridging Visa’ to be introduced to help workers who are undocumented.

IT is an outrage that some foreign workers are still being targeted to come to work in Ireland under exploitative conditions.

SANCHA MAGAT has helped hundreds of exploited migrant workers since she came to Ireland from the Philippines 18 months ago.

Controversial new immigration laws were expected to be passed in the Dáil tonight despite widespread criticism from opposition parties and human rights groups.