A bit Irish: Government accused of contradictory policies for migrants

THE Government has been accused of promoting contradictory policies over the issue of undocumented migrants.

While ministers lobby for citizenship for 50,000 Irish people in the US, the Migrants Rights Centre of Ireland claimed people in the same position here were being told to leave the country.

It accused the state of ignoring the glaring similarities between the two groups of migrant workers. The findings are part of Living in the Shadows: An Exploration of Irregular Migration in Ireland, the first in-depth study on undocumented migrants here.