Flac report

Below is a summary and links to download the just launched Flac report One Size Doesn't Fit All which offers a Human Rights analysis the Direct Provision and Dispersal System of Asylum Seekers– both the full report and summary report are available on the flac website as per below – www.flac.ie It was launched alongside a screening of the Digital Stories Pact: Living In Direct Provision 9 Stories which was produced by Fomac in collaboration with Integrating Ireland and the Refugee Information Service (ISICI) from a digital storytelling workshop over a 6-month period. The stories speak to a variety of issues affecting asylum seekers and families living in the direct provision system and are accompanied by an educational pack. The Report is also due to be launched with a screening in Limerick this Monday morning. We hope then to review with Flac the possibility of other regional events in the coming months. We will update you on this and when we are disseminating the educational pack shortly. Kind regards,Monica Anne

New report highlights how State's provision system fails asylum seekers
Cover image for One Size Doesn't Fit All_main reportFLAC launched a report detailing massive shortcomings in the State's system of direct provision and dispersal of asylum seekers on 18 February 2010 in Dublin.Entitled One Size Doesn't Fit All, the report analyses the state's treatment of asylum seekers awaiting decisions on their status and highlights the system's failure to respect the basic human rights of people who have come to Ireland for protection from persecution in their home countries. It calls for the abolition of the system but, failing this, asks the government to operate the system with greater transparency and accountability and to respect the fundamental human rights of those in the system.You can download the report and executive summary at www.flac.ie http://www.flac.ie/download/pdf/one_size_doesnt_fit_all_full_report_final.pdf http://www.flac.ie/download/pdf/one_size_doesnt_fit_all_exec_summary_final.pdf Thanks,Saoirse Saoirse BradyPolicy and Campaigns Officer FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres Ltd.)13 Lr Dorset Street, Dublin 1Tel: 01-8873600 Fax: 01-874 5320LoCall: 1890-350 250 Web: http://www.flac.ie Free Legal Advice Centres Ltd is a company limited by guarantee not having a share capital, registered in Dublin, Ireland. Company registration number 49413. Directors: Don Crewe, Iseult O'Malley, Peter Ward, Róisín Webb, Liam Thornton NB: The information in this e-mail may be confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the listed addressee(s). Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any distribution, copying, or other actions taken in reliance on it are prohibited and may be unlawful. The opinions and advice contained in this e-mail may not be those of FLAC.
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Amnesty International research

Dear Members
Below is information from Amnesty International regarding research they are doing on mental health, they would like to ensure equal representation of ethnic minorities and immigrants in the research and ask you forward it on to your contacts. Kind regards,Monica Anne
M.A. BrennanNetwork CoordinatorIntegration and Social Inclusion Centre of Ireland (ISICI)Trading as Integrating Ireland and Refugee Information Service1st and 2nd Floors18 Dame StreetDublin 2Tel: 016453070 Fax: 016770061Mobile: 087 961 0897Direct Line: 01 6453096Email: regions@integratingireland.ieWeb: www.integratingireland.ie / www.ris.ie

Trinity Immigration Initiative International Conference

“NEW MIGRATIONS, NEW CHALLENGES”Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 30 June-3 July 2010 I’d like to remind you once again that the deadline of 12 February 2010 for submitting your abstract to the Trinity Immigration International Conference on “New Migrations, New Challenges” is fast approaching. We would very much like to have you join us, and we therefore welcome your submission if you have a paper you would be able to present at the Conference around any of the following themes: • Migrants’ economic, social and cultural integration• Policy implications for state institutions with particular reference to criminal justice system and housing policies• The education system’s response to the linguistic challenges of immigration• Migration, employment and the regulation of the labour market• Children, youth and immigration• Migrant-led networks and their role in migrant integration Visit http://www.tcd.ie/immigration/conference2010.php for further information about the conference and call for papers. Only online abstract submissions will be considered and these should not exceed 2 A4 sized pages in length. For further information, please email either myself or leslie.mccartney@tcd.ie. Kind regards Linda Linda SoritonTII Conference 2010c/o IIIS, 6th Floor, Arts BuildingTrinity College DublinIreland

FLAC, ISICI and FOMACS cordially invite you to the launch of the report

‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’: Legal analysis of the direct provision and dispersal system in Ireland, 10 years on

and a screening of

Living in Direct Provision


on Thursday 18 February 2010 at 11am in the Georgian Suite,
Buswell’s Hotel (23-25 Molesworth Street, Dublin)

Tea, coffee and sandwiches to follow

FLAC's new report One Size Doesn’t Fit All updates and elaborates on some of the key concerns about the system of direct provision and dispersal identified in FLAC's 2003 publication, Direct Discrimination? The report examines the system of direct provision in the context of government policy, domestic law and international human rights standards.

Integrating Ireland and the Refugee Information Service in collaboration with FOMACS held a digital storytelling workshop over a 6-month period with 9 storytellers to produce Living in Direct Provision, a DVD of 9 short films. The stories speak to a variety of issues affecting asylum seekers and families living in the direct provision system and are accompanied by an educational pack.

The event will be chaired by Noeline Blackwell, FLAC. There will be contributions from Josephine Ahern, ISICI, Sue Conlan, IRC, Saoirse Brady, FLAC and Vukasin Nedeljkovic.

The launch also marks the UN World Day of Social Justice on 20 February.

As spaces are limited please RSVP to:

Join us for the celebration of

International Mother Language Day! We will show new projects, provide information and advice for parents and practitionersand run the following workshops:How to set up a Language PlaygroupRaising children in a multilingual environmentDeveloping Multilingual Awareness at schoolWe hope to see you all at Red Rua (Tallaght Luas Terminal) on 20th February at 10am.Please send this email around, print the poster attached, help us spread the word!The BFI Committee-- Francesca La MorgiaChair of Bilingual Forum Irelandbilingualforumireland@gmail.comwww.bilingualforumireland.com

Measures to promote the situation of Roma EU citizens in the European Union

Dear all,
For your information please find below a link to the publication in the OJ of the tender launched by the European Parliament on “Measures to promote the situation of Roma EU citizens in the European Union.”
http://ted.europa.eu/Exec?DataFlow=N_one_doc_access.dfl&Template=TED/N_one_result_detail_curr.htm&docnumber=22278-2010&docId=22278-2010&StatLang=EN

Best regards Cyrille Maurin
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Freedom and Justice Department Schwarzenbergplatz,
11 -1040 Vienna
Tel: +43(0) 1-58030-647
Fax: +43(0) 1-58030-692
email: cyrille.maurin@fra.europa.eu
Internet: www.fra.europa.eu
Ruth Evans
Media and Communications Officer
Immigrant Council of Ireland
Mobile: 087 067 3676Ph: 01 645 8048Fax: 01 645 8059

SEO Film Club new season

Dear Sir/Madam, SEO Clondalkin Intercultural Film Club is in its third season. We promote the World and Irish Cinema in the area and use the film club space for people from host and immigrant communities to interact. Could you please distribute the programme attached among your contacts.

Kind regards,
Lyuba Moore
Co-ordinatorIntercultural Centre
15 Tower Road
Clondalkin,
Dublin 22
Tel: 01 4577213
Email: intercultural1@cpln.ie