Seanad debates
Thursday, 3 July 2003
Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages.
This legislation has nothing to do with inclusivity, multiculturalism or having a broad and inclusive view of society but everything to do with having a law which works and has the respect of the people. Nothing is more conducive to negative stereotypes and potentially racist undercurrents in our society than the apparent failure by the State to have a law which makes the distinctions proposed in the Bill. Nothing is more likely to engender dislike, smouldering resentment and all the tinder on which racism could easily be ignited than to fail to take measures such as those proposed.
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