New Communities Partnership: CABINET FAILS IMMIGRANTS WITH REMOVAL OF MINISTER OF INTEGRATION

New Communities Partnership has expressed grave concern at the Government's decision not to appoint a Minister with responsibility for Integration.
'It is a grave concern that no Minister has been appointed. It undermines all the great work that has been done over the years between first generation immigrant,and new & settled migrant groups and the previous Ministers of Integration, Conor Linehan and Mary White' Issah Huseini, CEO, New Communities Partnership...
The Irish Government declared a definite commitment to develop a real strategy on integration and immigration in the Minister of Integration's statement on integration strategy and diversity management 'Migration Nation' in 2007.
Immigration Law, Citizenship, Asylum Processes, and Diversity management were identified as areas weak in policy and in need of reform. Minister Mary White then introduced the ground breaking Ministerial Councils in 2010, a forum comprised of immigrants to advice her on issues faced by new communities.
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