Brian Killoran News Today

Immigrant Council has identified more than 100 candidates of a migrant background running in the local elections on June 7

Migrant women account for the majority of candidates of migrant background at 55%.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has confirmed over 100 candidates from a migrant background are running in the June 7 election

Research shows the ‘welfare magnet’ argument doesn’t stack up – asylum seekers can contribute more than the cost of supporting them initially, if they are given opportunities to find employment

Taoiseach tells Dáil that State’s ability to accommodate and provide for refugees is ‘very much’ at its limit

Armed units, dog units, and public order units will also be deployed.

Having made Wexford their home Gabriella Burnett and Iryna Bondar have taken the first steps towards increasing migrant representation in local politics by graduating from political and leadership programmes run by the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI).

A QUARTET of Cork-based migrants are among more than 30 people to have graduated from political and leadership programmes specifically designed to help pave the way for a more diverse and inclusive Irish society.

The ache for home lives in all of us. On International Refugee Day, we might remember that being torn from your roots and all you are connected to is painful for over 35.3 million refugees.

Ireland has not convicted any traffickers in the last year, a US State Department has found.