Staff at a popular radio station were required to participate in terminology training “particularly in relation to asylum and migration” after Coimisiún na Meán investigated a complaint made against one of its broadcasters over the use of the phrase “illegal immigrants” by a contributor discussing US politics.
The complaint related to comments made by a contributor on Classic Hits Radio’s Nighttime Talk with Niall Boylan January 3, 2024, no longer available online, in which the contributor referred to migrants lodged in New York City’s famous Roosevelt Hotel as “illegal immigrants” rather than as “asylum seekers”.
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