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Right to work: Dáil narratives on asylum
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Abstract In May 2017, the Supreme Court ruling that the ban preventing asylum seekers from working was unconstitutional triggered a number of debates in the Dáil, and the government was forced to introduce new legislation. The 'right to work' came into effect one year later, and in the meantime, TDs from all... view more
In May 2017, the Supreme Court ruling that the ban preventing asylum seekers from working was unconstitutional triggered a number of debates in the Dáil, and the government was forced to introduce new legislation. The 'right to work' came into effect one year later, and in the meantime, TDs from all sides of the Chamber discussed the pros and cons of allowing those whose applications for refugee status is still pending to seek employment and to leave the Direct Provision centres where they have been housed since the system was introduced almost twenty years previously, in 1999. This paper seeks to analyse the political discourse on the right to work for asylum seekers, since the debate extends from the late 1990s right up to the current situation. After having contextualised the issue, both internationally and in Ireland, it will explore the manner in which this debate has been framed in Dáil Éireann, analysing the arguments put forward, either in favour or against, access to the labour market for asylum seekers.... view less
Keywords
asylum seeker; right to work; labor market; occupational integration; Ireland; legislation; EU; right of asylum
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Law
Free Keywords
Dáil Éireann; EU Reception Conditions Directive; political discourse
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 19-32
Journal
Studies in Arts and Humanities, 4 (2018) 2
Issue topic
Asylum Narratives
ISSN
2009-8278
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0