The Migrant Rights Centre says up to 3,000 people are missing out on travel, an education, and a career because of the issue.

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.

As news continue to follow Jastine Valdez as she returns to the Philippines in a different state from the one she left the country in, I could not help but let my mind follow her journey to her final resting place.

The number of foreigners deported from Ireland last year soared by 50% to 428.

It seems au pairs are only lately figuring out their rights to proper pay and conditions. If you employ one, you have an obligation to understand the regulations, writes Caroline O'Doherty.

Less than half of the €15m in EU funds available to Ireland between 2007 and 2012 to support groups working with migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees was drawn down.

A coalition of aid agencies and rights organisations has said the Government must significantly increase the number of refugees it has indicated it will take in.

Rogue employers who operate modern forms of slavery in the North to increase profits should be tackled, an expert said.

An ambassador at the centre of a worker exploitation case which resulted in an Employment Appeals Tribunal hearing last week has been recalled.

Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said he is disappointed that work he started on migrants rights has not been continued by his successor Frances Fitzgerald.

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

The Government has been accused of "failing" domestic workers falling prey to exploitation by not ratifying laws aimed at securing their rights.

The Migrant Rights Centre is calling on the Government to do more to support domestic workers.

Former workers at the Dublin-based Paris Bakery are taking their fight for lost wages to the Dáil.

A new Employment Permits Bill aims to tackle the exploitation of undocumented workers in Ireland.

The Migrant Rights Centre in Ireland has said there are hundreds of cases of slavery here similar to that of the three women in London.

The protection of victims of human trafficking in Ireland will today be addressed by the EU's Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator.

The Migrant Rights Centre, as part of its current campaign on domestic workers, wants the Government to ratify the ILO convention on domestic workers.

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.

ENTERPRISE Minister Richard Bruton has been warned that his proposals to reform wage-setting mechanisms could cause poverty for hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers.

Workers are calling on the Restaurant Association of Ireland to stop its moves to abolish the Catering Employment Regulation Order - also known as a JLC - which sets wages for the industry.

Dozens of women demonstrated outside the Dáil over the so-called “rape tape” scandal in which garda officers joked about raping two female protesters.

Foreign nationals in Ireland are being singled out for discrimination, according to a new report by the Migrant Rights Centre.

AS a country we have fought hard to have civil rights respected. Unfortunately, the new Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2110 has many aspects which we fear will lead to breaches of civil and fundamental rights of migrants and their family members who are Irish citizens.

The Migrant Rights Centre has expressed deep concern over a newspaper report claiming that there has been a surge in the number of non-EU workers employed here.

WITCHCRAFT and other threats have been used by employers to keep control of workers trafficked into Ireland for the sex industry and labour market.

THE number of government labour inspectors has declined by over 20% over the last two years, increasing fears that migrant workers could face increased exploitation.

The Migrant Rights Centre says it has found evidence of widespread worker exploitation within the restaurant industry in Ireland.

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

The Migrant Rights Centre (MRC) is today calling on the Government to introduce temporary bridging visas for immigrant workers who have become undocumented due to workplace exploitation, deception or redundancy.

The overwhelming majority of Irish people think migrant workers from outside the EU should be able to have their families with them.

One in four migrant workers who access services operated by the Migrant Rights Centre are reporting exploitation in the workplace.

A coalition of Irish groups is challenging a US Government report claiming that human trafficking is not a major problem in Ireland.

The Migrant Rights Centre has claimed that government restrictions on social welfare are putting non-Irish workers at risk of poverty and homelessness.

A study by the Migrant Rights Centre has found foreign women employed as domestic workers in Ireland are being subjected to widespread mistreatment and exploitation.

A report commissioned by the Migrant Rights Centre has severely criticised Ireland’s work permit system.