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With More Gardaí on Streets, Minority Dubliners Worry about Uptick in Stop-and-Searches
“If I say I’m concerned, that’s an understatement,” says Grace Ogunsanya, a Blanchardstown mother of three.
Dublin City Council Starts to Draw up New Integration Strategy
The council didn’t respond to a query about whether it had done an evaluation of the last one.
A Vietnamese Comic Mines His Culture, and Misunderstandings of It, for Laughs
For Nghai Mai, what matters most is letting his audience know there’s more to Vietnam than American vets getting “flashbacks of Nam” in Hollywood films.
A Tenant Faces Eviction Because of Her Dog
The agency “confirmed that pets are okay, so I went ahead and adopted my Ziggy”, says Laura Loos. A few months later though, they warned she would have to leave.
As Deliveroo Workers Push for Better Work Conditions, There’s Debate About How to Organise
Deliveroo riders have differing demands around what would make their job better and different views on the paths to advocate for that.
A Woman Welder from Cameroon Finds the Industry Unwelcoming
Vivian Agwe thought there’d be more women welders in Ireland, but more than 90 percent of those working in skilled trades here are men.
How Influencers are Miseducating Newcomers to the City About the “K-Word”
Paul McKeon says online English language teachers are one vector spreading the word among Brazilian students, who have created a Portuguese version of the slur.
Immigrant Couples Seeking Right to Family Face a Long Wait, With Consequences
Hundreds of what are known as “EU treaty rights” applications are taking longer to process than the six months laid out in law.
International Students Felt Caught Between Their Fears of Covid-19, and of Deportation
The government made English language schools restart in-person classes briefly late last year. Immigration rules say non-EEA students have to attend a certain percentage of classes, or leave.
Despite a Sick Note, One Student Faces Expulsion from School and Ireland
Students of English-language schools can be expelled – and reported to immigration authorities – if their attendance drops too much.
Graduates from Elsewhere Face an Extra-Anxious Job Search
Immigrant graduates have to prove they found, or tried to find, a good job in their first year after graduation to get permission to stay for a second year. But they don’t know what evidence counts.
A Lengthy Wait on a Citizenship Application Worsens One Woman’s Pain
When Emily Waszak lost her husband to Covid-19 last year she went into self-isolation with her grief. On top of that, she had to worry about her immigration status.