Child and immigrant groups join forces

CHILDREN’S rights and immigrant support groups will join forces today in a bid to raise concerns about planned legislation for refugees.

The care of children, their protection from traffickers and measures to stop them from going missing will all be raised by leading rights experts.

Action for Separated Children in Ireland — a group representing Barnardos, the Children’s Rights Alliance, the Irish Refugee Council and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children — want changes made to the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill which is currently being debated at committee stage in the Oireachtas.