THE Government’s immigration policy is still failing adults and children residing here, and upcoming legislation might only complicate matters further, a conference heard yesterday.

GOVERNMENT failure to provide adequate English language training for immigrants could open the way to “social isolation and marginalisation”, according to research to be launched today.

THE news that Ireland is to pay more than €90 million a year in child benefits to EU nationals whose dependants do not live in this country is just another punctuation mark in the evolution of our society.