A LEGAL ruling giving youngsters born in the European Union (EU) the right to remain in their native country with their non-national parents could have major implications for Irish immigration policy, according to immigrants groups.

A legal ruling giving youngsters born in the EU the right to stay in a member country with their non-national parents could have major implications for Ireland, it was warned.

The Government is being urged to review the Incitement to Hatred Act after new figures reveal that a quarter of all stabbing victims here over the last five years were foreign nationals.

GARDA immigration officials have backed down on a decision not to grant a visa to a US postgraduate student because her son was attending primary school here.

THE mother of a four-year-old boy, who faces deportation if he does not enrol in a private primary school, said she will not allow him to go back to the United States without her.

IMMIGRANT groups yesterday called on Tánaiste Mary Harney to explain exactly how she intends to live up to a promise to give new work permits to exploited workers when no such Government decision has been made.