Topic: Rights of Immigrants
Country: Ireland
Delegate Name: Emily Barnum
School: Vicksburg High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Ireland position papers GLIMUN 2012 committees
As having experienced different sides in the issue of migration, Ireland understands the significance of the topic and its impact on the overall well-being of states and peoples world wide. Historically Ireland has seen large numbers of emigration and immigration in different years in relation to varying economic situations. Therefore Ireland appreciates and understands the necessity of migration and acknowledges the need to monitor its process in order to best serve the country and its peoples.
Ireland is currently dealing with economic downfall and is concerned with how distinguishing between citizens and immigrants plays a role in its economy. It is important to not pass greatly needed employment to non-citizens when citizens are nearby also in need of jobs. This issue reveals the need to distinguish between citizens and non-citizens and regulate the process that employers use to hire employees. With all this said, Ireland does not wish to discourage all immigration, specifically refugees. This is why clears rules and procedures have been defined in regards to Asylums and identifying who does and does not qualify—Ireland wishes to help those in need and therefore has created a system to do this safely and effectively.
It is important to acknowledge that countries and their peoples vary greatly, as also do relationships between countries and peoples. Ireland identifies migrants as individuals who should justly be treated as thus and therefore is specific with its procedures and regulations according to the status of each. The matter lies in differentiating between human rights and legal rights. Human rights are expected to be protected. Legal rights must be clarified because they allow a country to function, especially in these difficult economic times. Ireland seeks to find resolutions that acknowledge the rights of individuals and the importance of legal status but protect legal distinctions between different immigrant groups.
