Returning Irish migrants whose partner is not a native of the EU could be adversely affected by the reversal of a recent ruling on cohabitation requirements.

Former ‘Fair City’ actress Lisa Harding has written a novel about human-trafficking in Ireland, says Olivia Kelleher

Up to 3,000 asylum seekers could soon be eligible to join the workforce after the Supreme Court found banning them from employment is unconstitutional.

The number of people — including children — detected being trafficked into Ireland jumped by 70% in 2015.

Almost half of those subject to racism in housing estates are children while the majority of victims are of black African descent, a new study shows.

Children are largely invisible in Ireland's immigration system according to a new report.

A pop-up shop in Coleraine that sold ’terrorist’ children’s Halloween costumes has been criticised.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has highlighted three case studies which illustrate the types of racism which are encountered by members of the public on the country’s transport networks.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland is launching a nationwide anti-racism campaign.

Members of the public, and perhaps people facing deportation, are being targeted by a sophisticated telephone scam that extracts money.

There are calls for hate crime legislation to tackle Islamophobia in Ireland.

Thirty one suspected trafficked women sought help last year, according to the Immigrant Council of Ireland.

Online prostitution is soaring as sex buyers from Northern Ireland head south to avoid new laws.

WITH 100 refugees from war-torn Syria already in Ireland and up to 4,000 immigrants expected here over the next two years, it is heartening to feel the Government is actively planning to ensure they are fully integrated in Irish society. 

The Immigrant Council of Ireland claims organised crime gangs are running an international sex trafficking network stretching from Nigeria and Cameroon to Ireland — making them an estimated €600,000 per day.

Ireland is about to join a growing list of nations intent on wrecking the business model which has allowed prostitution and human trafficking to flourish, writes Denise Charlton

AS a frontline organisation and independent law centre which has supported 19 victims of trafficking in the past year, the Immigrant Council of Ireland welcomes the commitment of the Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, to prioritising the Sexual Offences Bill in the coming Oireachtas term (‘Minister to proceed with plan to criminalise sex buyers’, Irish Examiner, August 14).

Pimps and prostitutes are moving into the border counties of the Republic of Ireland as a crackdown on the sex trade in Northern Ireland comes into force, campaigners have warned.

Ireland must introduce laws that prosecute people who pay for sex or face becoming a haven for pimps and traffickers, the Immigrant Council of Ireland has warned.

Frontline agencies representing victims of sex trafficking have called for an independent rapporteur to assess how effectively victims are being supported.

As Barack Obama’s reforms are blocked by a judge in Texas, it looks like the years of uncertainty for Irish immigrants in the United States will continue, writes Brian Killoran

Convictions for sex trafficking in Ireland have doubled over the last five years - new statistics from the Immigrant Council show 10 people were found guilty in 2014.

There is a warning that Ireland could become a safe haven for human trafficking gangs, unless our laws keep pace with the North and Britain.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has hit out at comments by publican Charlie Chawke that front-of-house staff in his bars should be Irish.

Four frontline agencies have written to The Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald raising concerns about victims of sex-trafficking being placed in Direct Provision Centres across the country.

Campaigners have welcomed the intervention of former US president Jimmy Carter who has written to all TDs and senators urging them to act on proposed laws to criminalise people who pay for sex.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has called on the Government to ensure that shortfalls in law are addressed in the new action plan on human trafficking promised for the autumn.

Prostitution and drugs accounted for €1.258bn to the country’s economic activity last year, according to the Central Statistics Office, which is refusing to divulge how it estimates the economic impact of illegal activity.

Ireland has been named as a "destination, source, and transit country" for people being trafficked for sexual and labour exploitation in a new US State Department report.

The Immigrant Council says a man who has been declared stateless after his citizenship was revoked, is thrilled he can now apply to become Irish.

Ireland’s sex trafficking trade is worth an estimated €250m a year, a new study shows.

There has been a dramatic rise in the number of reports of racism in the first two months of this year, compared with the same period last year.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland is calling on MEP’s to back a European Parliament vote which favours laws to punish the buyers of sex.

There has been a massive rise in the number of racist incidents reported since the start of the year, according to the Immigrant Council of Ireland.

MYTHS are the stories that groups tell themselves: the beautiful lies that allow life go on. This is a week of great myth making. In the death and interment of Nelson Mandela we are witnessing modern myth being made in front of our eyes. But myths can be pernicious and evil — corroding life as well as enhancing it.

The number of people targeted by racist behaviour has almost doubled over the last year, new figures have revealed.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has condemned hate mail sent to mosques and Muslim homes and organisations in the last week.

As police in Britain continue their probe into the enslavement of three women — one Irish — for 30 years, support groups here have urged greater focus on the potential of slavery in this country.

A pilot project is offering training to Irish airline crews, airport ground staff, port staff and other transport workers to spot victims of trafficking.

Scores of children were among the members of immigrant families who have been DNA-tested in the past two years.

The Government has been called to get tougher on racism.

Racist incidents are being reported at a rate of eight per week, according to a new survey by the Immigrant Council of Ireland, which claimed there has been a surge in cases this summer.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has said that people are being left open to threats, abuse and violence - due to a shortfall in the law.