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Black non-Irish five times more likely to experience discrimination seeking work in Ireland, more than twice as likely to experience workplace discrimination
New IHREC / ESRI study entitled Ethnicity and Nationality in the Irish Labour Market
07 Dec 2018Outcome of Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting
Migration issues on the agenda included Frontex and new measures to fight against people smuggling networks
07 Dec 2018Outcome of Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting (6-7 December 2018)
Migration issues on the agenda included Frontex and new measures to fight against people smuggling networks
30 Nov 2018New EMN Ireland report Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in Ireland
Many unaccompanied minors wait years for clarity on their protection or immigration status
08 Nov 2018Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2017: Ireland
Overview of trends, policy developments and significant debates in the area of migration and international protection during 2017 in Ireland
07 Nov 2018Many non-Irish nationals are at least as likely to be employed and highly educated as Irish people according to new ESRI research
Monitoring Report on Integration 2018
15 Oct 2018Special scheme announced which will allow certain former students to apply for permission to remain in Ireland
The scheme is open to non-EEA nationals resident in Ireland who held a valid student permission during the period of 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010
05 Oct 2018First time asylum applications in the EU-28 decreased in the second quarter of 2018
Ireland received 670 first time asylum applications from April to June 2018
20 Sep 2018New CSO report on Census 2016 results focuses on non-Irish nationalities living in Ireland by population size
Non-Irish Nationalities Living in Ireland 2016
12 Sep 2018European Commission proposes initiatives for migration and border reform
State of the Union 2018 initiatives for migration and border reform
28 Aug 2018CSO estimates show highest net inward migration for Ireland since 2008
Irish nationals experience net inward migration for the first time since 2009
20 Aug 2018Consultation on National Standards for accommodation offered to people in the protection process
Feedback invited regarding improvement of accommodation offered to people in protection process
13 Aug 2018New EMN Synthesis Report: Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in the EU plus Norway
Between 2014 and 2017, almost 220,000 children came to the EU and Norway unaccompanied to seek asylum
29 Jun 2018European Council Conclusions with agreed approach to migration published
Calling for shared responsibility between all EU Member States
27 Jun 2018Access to the labour market for asylum seekers
Imminent entry into force of the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive.
22 Jun 2018Ireland’s population expected to grow over next 35 years according to CSO projections
Ireland’s population could reach 6.69 million in 2051, based on projections of high net inward migration and fertility rates
21 Jun 2018OECD call for a focus on labour market policies to help refugees and improved actions to tackle illegal immigration
migration flows to OECD countries have decreased for the first time since 2011, with around 5 million new permanent migrants arriving in 2017
19 Jun 2018UNHCR reports worldwide forced displacement above 68 million in 2017
2017 is the fifth year in a row that has seen an increase in global forced displacement
07 Jun 2018EMN Ireland publication on Ireland’s Response to Recent Trends in International Protection Applications
The study finds that the housing crisis and processing backlogs contributes to bottlenecks in asylum system
23 May 2018Immigration in Ireland in 2017
128,000 people from non-EU were legally living in Ireland in 2017
08 May 20182018 marks the 10 Year Anniversary of the European Migration Network
The European Migration Network was established by the Council of the European Union Decision 2008/381/EC adopted on 14 May 2008
24 Apr 2018EMN 10 Year Anniversary Conference – Understanding Migration in the EU: past, present, future
2018 marks the 10 Year Anniversary of the European Migration Network
20 Apr 2018EU Member States granted protection status to 538,000 persons in 2017
EU Member States also received nearly 24,000 resettled refugees
13 Apr 2018EU Member States granted citizenship to almost 1 million persons in 2016
In 2016, 10,038 persons were granted Irish citizenship
21 Mar 2018European Commission identifies key actions to be taken to progress European Agenda on Migration
European Commission progress report on the European Agenda on Migration and proposed changes to EU Visa Code
21 Mar 2018Eurostat figures show 650,000 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU-28 in 2017
This represents a decrease in the number of applicants for international protection recorded compared to 2016 numbers
08 Feb 2018Launch of Ireland’s Response to Recent Trends in International Protection Applications
This event will present an overview of the study, followed by a response from the Reception and Integration Agency and UNHCR Ireland
24 Jan 2018Interim arrangements for labour market access for International Protection applicants
Arrangements from 9 February until entry into force of the EU Directive
17 Jan 2018Summary of Migrant family reunification policy and practice conference
The conference provided an opportunity to exchange information on family reunification schemes in Ireland and abroad
17 Jan 2018Government’s proposal to opt into the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive
Government proposal to opt into the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive (2013/33/EU) presented to Oireachtas Committee