Irish Examiner view: Time to resolve issue of undocumented migrants 

Ireland will greatly benefit from additional, willing workers

Nadim Hussain, who currently lives in direct provision in Cork is pleading to be granted permission to remain in Ireland.

The compelling accounts provided by our journalists of those who have become known as “the undocumented” in Ireland reveal stories of courage, fortitude, and initiative which will add to the stock of talent in the country, once these people are able to start to take their places as fully-fledged citizens.

As our reporter Sean Murray writes, the once-off Government scheme allows those without a current permission to remain in the country — some estimates put the figure at 17,000 — the chance to regularise their status and means they will not have to fear every knock at the door.