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The Irish TimesMadam, In her article (Jan. 26) Gráinne Faller sings from the hymn-sheet of businesses such as the Dublin Business School and the National College of Ireland which would have us believe that international students "bring in" 900 million euro a year to this country and that we are very foolish not to boost their numbers. This is nonsense as apart from some Royal College of Surgeons students from the oil-rich Middle East, we are talking about students who fund themselves by working here. In other words, they get that money from the Irish economy. More importantly, they are a grave difficulty for immigration control. It was recently admitted that most of the Pakistanis involved in marriage scams with Eastern Europeans are "students" or former students. Of the estimated 100,000 Chinese in the country many must be the result of exploitation of the "student" system. Those with a vested interest want us to forget these problems. Yours sincerely, Áine Ní Chonaill, PRO The Irish TimesMadam, Alan Shatter ( Dec 22) is wrong and Minister Ahern correct in relation to the recent deportation of a Nigerian woman ,while her child remained behind,through no fault of the Minister. The outrage should be towards the court that would not lift the care order so he could go with his mother. It is impossible to conceive of a reasonable rationale for this unless the child was too ill to travel. "It was not in the child's best interest that he be deported", the court ruled. There can be very few Nigerians whose best interests would not be served by remaining in Ireland. That's why they come. It is of no relevance to us, irrespective of their age. Perhaps this case is timely. Deputy Shatter says that on July 28th Minister Barry Andrews announced the Ryan commission implementation plan, which includes a promise to give statutory effect to the Children First child protection guidelines. This case serves as a warning that any such statute would need to exclude matters of asylum and immigration. Judicial review,which clogs the courts in an effort to prevent deportation, and cases such as this show how the citizenry of this country are abused day after day and their rights to protect the borders of the state set at nought. As far back as 2000 at our AGM the following motion was passed: That the government initiate a referendum to place in the Constitution an article mirroring article 28.3.3 of the constitution which article would read -"Nothing in this Constitution shall be invoked to invalidate any law enacted by the Oireachtas dealing with asylum or immigration or to nullify any act done or purported to be done in pursuance of any such law." Yours sincerely, Áine Ní Chonaill, PRO |
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