INTRODUCTION The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) is a national, non-governmental organisation working to protect the rights of migrant workers and their families, with a specific focus on those at risk of poverty, social exclusion and discrimination. Since our foundation in 2001, MRCI
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1. Time limits should be interpreted in a flexible manner 2. The proposals should include a mechanism to regularize the current undocumented students 3. Interim and transitional provisions should accommodate all students in language courses 4. Students work concession to
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The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) has prepared the following submission with the intention of contributing to Committee Stage proceedings in relation to the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008. The submission outlines MRCI’s key observations and calls for specific amendments to the
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Introduction The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) is a national organisation concerned with policy and change in addition to responding to the direct needs of migrant workers and their families.1 The vision of the MRCI is an Ireland where migrant workers and
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1. Introduce penalties in Compliance Notices (Section 47) According to the ELCB, the NERA Inspectorate will be enforcing regulations and recovering monies owed to employees by serving Compliance Notices to employers. This is how NERA operates already, i.e. “pay your workers back or
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