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Welcome to the June 2009 issue of The Researcher.
In this issue Patricia Brazil looks at the whole process of family reunification in Ireland against the international background, examines rights to it under Irish law, notes the delays in the system, evaluates the aspect of fraud and the requirement to documentary evidence and considers the definition of dependency.
Aideen Collard analyses recent caselaw on the assessment of documentation and country of origin information in the asylum process and gives practical pointers on submission of COI and documentation to ORAC and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.
We are delighted to be able to publish here articles by lawyers from Italy and Slovenia. Maria Cristina Romano gives a general overview of the Italian asylum procedure and then outlines some problematic aspects. Vita Habjan compares procedural safeguards provided for in detention of asylum seekers and custody of suspects in criminal proceedings in Slovenia.
UNHCR have kindly contributed the Executive Summary of their recent report "Mapping Integration" and also an introduction to their "Guidance Note on Refugee Claims" relating to FGM. Patrick Dowling investigates farmer suicides in India and John Stanley BL gives an update on recent developments in refugee and immigration Law.
Paul Daly, RDC | 
