Emma DeSouza
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Emma DeSouza is a writer, political commentator [1], journalist and campaigner[2].
DeSouza is best known for having taken forward the first Human Rights case [3] of the Good Friday Agreement when she took the British Home Office to court alongside her US husband, over the right to be accepted as Irish under the terms of the Agreement. The case related to EU family reunion rights and resulted in substantial changes to domestic UK immigration rules [4]. In May 2020 [5] the British Home Office announced that the people of Northern Ireland would be considered EU citizens for immigration purposes[6], this was cited as a significant victory [7] for DeSouza.
The case received widespread political support, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar [8] singled out Emma DeSouza during an address to an audience in Washington DC, which included US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, at the National Building Museum for praise.
DeSouza's other campaign work includes voting rights for Irish Citizens Abroad [9] and campaigning for full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement [10]
DeSouza is a writer, political commentator, and journalist who has contributed to Huffpost UK[11] , Buisnness Post [12], the Irish News [13], the Guardian [14], Euronews[15], Journal.ie [16], The Examiner [14] and the Irish Times [17]. Since 2020 DeSouza has become a regular contributor to the Irish Times[18] [19] [20]
DeSouza was one of a number of high profile [13] people targeted by the columnist Eoghan Harris under his anonymous Twitter account Barbara J Pym[21].
References
- ↑ Walsh, David (May 3, 2021). "With unionism in turmoil, is now the time for a united Ireland?". euronews.
- ↑ "'Hierarchy of Irishness' to be raised at citizenship conference". ITV News. February 15, 2021.
- ↑ Carswell, Simon. "Explainer: What is the Emma DeSouza case about?". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "People born in Northern Ireland get improved family reunion rights". Free Movement. May 21, 2020.
- ↑ Law, Granite Immigration (May 21, 2020). "UK: Changes to Immigration Rules: Northern Ireland-born British and Irish win EU citizenship rights".
- ↑ "EU citizenship rule takes effect after Northern Ireland woman's battle" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland-born British and Irish win EU citizenship rights". the Guardian. May 14, 2020.
- ↑ "DeSouza campaign over Irish citizenship receives 'warm welcome' in Washington DC" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ Correspondent, Suzanne Lynch Washington. "Emma de Souza appointed vice-chairwoman of voting rights body". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "Good Friday Agreement: New online resource presents full text with video explainers". IrishCentral.com. April 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Opinion: The Good Friday Agreement Protected My Generation. We Can't Lose It To Brexit". HuffPost UK. March 5, 2021.
- ↑ DeSouza, Emma. "Comment: Without a senator from Northern Ireland the promise of a shared island rings hollow". Business Post.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Simpson, Claire (May 7, 2021). "Journalist Aoife Moore had to have counselling after trolling from Eoghan Harris-linked Twitter account". The Irish News.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "It is not up to the UK government to decide whether I'm Irish or not | Emma DeSouza". the Guardian. May 6, 2019.
- ↑ "I'm not British. I was born Irish. It's simply who I am and no court will tell me otherwise ǀ View". euronews. November 4, 2019.
- ↑ DeSouza, Emma. "Opinion: Teaching children digital literacy is a must if we are to combat misinformation". TheJournal.ie.
- ↑ DeSouza, Emma. "Emma DeSouza: Want to keep the peace in the North? Elect more women". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Souza, Emma de. "Britain fails yet again to take Ireland into account". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Souza, Emma de. "Emma de Souza: People in Northern Ireland have moved on, even if the politics have not". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Souza, Emma de. "Northern Ireland protocol: Unionism shoots itself in the foot". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Editor, Daniel McConnell Political (May 7, 2021). "Eoghan Harris Twitter accounts banned for violating rules on 'manipulation and spam'". Irish Examiner.
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