IHREC raises allegations of racial profiling at cross-border checks

IHREC raises allegations of racial profiling at cross-border checks

The IHREC have been asked to examine a reported operation by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) of selective passport checks on buses that cross the border, specifically concerning racial profiling. 

The State’s human rights body has raised allegations of ‘racial profiling’ by gardaí at cross-border checks after receiving complaints from civil society organisations.

The organisations have asked the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) to examine the matter and, as part of that, the commission has engaged in correspondence with the Policing Authority, the Garda oversight watchdog.

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