Immigrant workers ‘shamefully exploited’

IMMIGRANT workers are being shamefully exploited because their knowledge of their rights is totally inadequate, the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) said yesterday.

In a bid to counter confusion and fill knowledge gaps the ICI spent the past 12 months putting together the first handbook on immigrants’ rights and entitlements in Ireland.

The 265-page handbook, launched yesterday by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Coughlan, also marked an important milestone in the council’s fight for the rights of immigrants.