News & Updates
On World Refugee Day, the Irish Refugee and Migration Coalition urges leaders to do more to protect people forced to flee
PRESS RELEASE, 20 June 2017 On World Refugee Day, the Irish Refugee and Migration Coalition urges leaders to do more to protect people forced to flee Every year thousands of people die crossing the Mediterranean and it has now become the most dangerous crossing in the...
INAR’s July-December 2016 iReport.ie Reports of Racism in Ireland Published
July-December 2016 iReport.ie Reports of Racism in Ireland: Overview A total of 245 completed reports were received in this six month period, between July and December 2016, representing a much higher level of reporting than the previous six-month period, in...
March 2017 – Month of Anti-Racism
INAR's Network Celebrates a Month of Anti-Racism Anti-Racism Month 2017 Every year March is an important month for both Irish and global Anti-Racism Movements due to various international celebrations focusing on combating racism and celebrating diversity taking...
What you can do from Ireland against the Muslim ban.
On 27th of January Donald Trump signed the executive order called “Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States” commonly known as 'Muslim ban'. As a result America’s refugees programme has been suspended for four months and Syrian...
INAR’s January – June 2016 iReport.ie Reports of Racism in Ireland Published
SUMMARY The increased number of reports submitted to iReport.ie in this period, and over the 3 years since iReport.ie was established clearly reflects the frustration felt by both people targeted by racism and those who witness it with the existing official systems...
INAR’s comments on Fianna Fáil Hate Crime Bill
On Tuesday (4 October 2016) Fianna Fáil brought its Private Members Bill on Hate Crime [Criminal Justice (Aggravation By Prejudice) Bill] to its second reading, resulting with the Bill going to the committee stage. This Bill is not the Criminal Law (Hate Crime) Bill...