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ITF statement on Irish Government's review of the Atypical Work Permit Scheme for non-EEA fishers
Responding to the overdue publication by the government this evening of the review of the Atypical Work Permit Scheme for Non-EEA fishers the International...
Irish rights inaction leaves migrant fisher in limbo after horror trawler accident
Egyptian-born Adel obtained work last year on an Irish-flagged fishing vessel. That's when his troubles began, reports the Irish Independent's Anne-Marie...
Migrant fishers’ injuries linked to excessive hours culture that prevails under Ireland’s flawed work permit scheme
A number of injuries sustained by migrant fishers are being linked to a culture of excessive hours underpinned by a controversial work permit scheme currently under...
ITF calls for Irish Govt to bring in clear pathway for undocumented migrant fishers, end exploitation
Campaigners from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) handed in their hardcopy submission to the Irish government’s review of the country’s...
Egyptian fisher nets €20,000 award after being underpaid, overworked - but deficiencies in Irish law persist for migrant workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which has been running a campaign to improve migrant fishers’ working lives in Ireland for a decade has...
New research confirms Irish Atypical Work Permit Scheme needs urgent overhaul to protect fishers
The official publication today of Experiences of Non-EEA Workers in the Irish Fishing Industry by Maynooth University Department of Law is confirmation that the...
Irish government must answer lawmakers over ‘catastrophic’ mishandling of migrant fisher case
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is demanding that the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Irish government’s...
Fishers failure has Ireland put on exploitation watch list
The government of the Republic of Ireland has been put on the United States Department of State’s ‘Tier 2 Watch List’ in the agency’s annual Trafficking In...
Irish government’s failure to tackle human trafficking is causing severe harm to vulnerable individuals
The US State Department has criticised the Irish Government’s failure to tackle modern slavery, yet again. For the second year in a row, in its Trafficking in...
UN criticism of Irish fishers’ scheme ‘a vindication’
In an unprecedented move, four United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs have signed a joint letter damning the Irish government’s work permit scheme for...