State must act to remove barriers for migrants fleeing gender-based violence

Interim Report of the Independent Anti-Racism Committee also urges State to implement equality monitoring for public service access

Roderic O'Gorman, Minister for Equality, published the Interim Report of the Independent Anti-Racism Committee today. File Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The state must implement equality monitoring across all public services and remove barriers for migrants seeking support for gender-based violence, a new report has recommended.

The Interim Report of the Independent Anti-Racism Committee, part of the development of a new National Action Plan against Racism for Ireland, was published today by Minister for Equality Roderic O'Gorman with three interim recommendations.