Doras Luimni
This organization has already been registered
Someone in your organization has already registered and setup an account. would you like to join their team?Profile owner : c************s@d***s.o*g
Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote and uphold the human rights and well-being of migrants through personal advocacy, integration development and collaborative advocacy campaigns at the local and national level.
About This Cause
Doras is a human rights and migrant support organisation, founded in 2000. Our vision for Ireland is a society where equality and respect for all human rights are realised, and our mission is to promote and uphold the human rights and well-being of migrants through personal advocacy, integration development and collaborative advocacy campaigns at the local and national level. We support and promote integration through an appreciation of diversity and the removal of barriers to integration. In furthering these aims we provide a number of services to individual migrants and refugees. These include a free and confidential advice and information centre, online/telephone support, and outreach services to communities that cannot otherwise access our services. We engage with service providers, local communities and businesses to provide training, awareness raising and capacity building on interculturalism and migrant-related issues. We work with statutory agencies including the local authority, health services, education institutions, and the Gardai (police) to ensure that new communities' needs are met and that ongoing positive integration takes place. Doras builds on the evidence base from this direct support work to advocate for policy changes to protect and fulfil the human rights of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. We also conduct and commission research on relevant issues such as migrant access to employment and racism. This is used to shape what we do, and to inform local and national policy in relevant areas. As an example, one outcome of our refugee resettlement support work in three counties was the publication of a Refugee Resettlement Toolkit in conjunction with the UNHCR. Doras’s work is aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and particularly Goal 10, Reduce Inequality, which highlights the importance of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies. Our overall aim is to reduce inequality and ensure social justice for new Irish communities.