Post-school Pathways of Migrant-Origin Youth in Europe

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  Abstract: This volume explores the role of structure and agency in shaping post-school pathways for migrant-origin young people, providing new insights from countries with different migration histories and transition systems. The book collates the work of leading international scholars to cover a number of jurisdictions across Europe, looking in depth at migrant transitions in different contexts. The chapters examine … Read More

Editor(s):Merike Darmody, Emer Smyth
Publisher:Routledge
Publication Date:10 May 2023
Geographic Focus:Europe
ISBN:9781003279303
DOI:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003279303
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Monitoring Report on Integration 2022

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Integration not only allows migrants to contribute to the economic, social, cultural and political life of their host country, but it is also important for social cohesion and inclusive growth. Keeping an ongoing record of differences in outcomes between the foreign-born and Irish-born population in these domains provides both policymakers and the general public with important information to assess integration … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Stefanie Sprong, Emma Quinn, James Laurence, Keire Murphy, Sarah Curristan
Publisher:ESRI and Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Publication Date:30 Mar 2023
DOI:https://doi.org/10.26504/jr3
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Wages and working conditions of non-Irish nationals in Ireland

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Migrants make a significant contribution to Ireland and its economy, and increasingly form a key portion of the Irish workforce. For migrants, jobs are an important source of income, and their integration into a country’s labour market is a key indicator of their broader social integration into society. However, international research finds significant inequalities in migrants’ employment experiences; in particular, … Read More

Author(s):James Laurence, Elish Kelly, Frances McGinnity, Sarah Curristan
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Publication Date:19 Jan 2023
DOI:https://doi.org/10.26504/jr2
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Explaining recent trends in international protection in Ireland

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In the first six months of 2022, 6,494 applications for international protection were lodged in Ireland. This marked a significant increase compared to recent years. While there was also an increase in applications across the EU, the increase in Ireland was proportionally larger. Ireland was among a small number of European countries that saw applications rise continuously throughout the first … Read More

Author(s):Emily Cunniffe, Keire Murphy, Emma Quinn, James Laurence, Frances McGinnity, Kayla Rush
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Publication Date:24 Nov 2022
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Meeting the Information Needs of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations: A Citizens Information Perspective

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Citizens Information Services (CISs) deal with almost 700,000 queries a year from over 350,000 callers. Almost one quarter of callers (where country of origin is recorded) are migrants. This is significantly higher than the proportion of migrants in the total Irish population, which stands at 12%. The Citizens Information Board (CIB) commissioned this policy-focused research to highlight the information needs … Read More

Author(s):Michelle Norris, Dorota Szelewa, Joanne Kelleher, Jack Bwalya
Publisher:Citizens Information Board
Publication Date:02 Jun 2022
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Origin and Integration: housing and family among migrants in the 2016 Irish census

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Using Census 2016 microdata, this report compares the housing and family situation of people born in Ireland with that of first-generation migrants, examining what this means for their integration.

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Ivan Privalko, Helen Russell, Sarah Curristan, Amy Stapleton, James Laurence
Publisher: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Publication Date:11 Apr 2022
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Ireland Country Report: Asylum Information Database

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The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is a database managed by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) containing information on asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of international protection in 20 countries across Europe. As a member of ECRE, the Irish Refugee Council are responsible for updating the reports on Ireland. AIDA contains national reports documenting asylum procedures, … Read More

Author(s):Irish Refugee Council
Publisher:Irish Refugee Council
Publication Date:05 Jun 2020
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://irishrefugeecouncil.eu.rit.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=2f4bf900-e938-48a1-a5a3-550f13db9d1f
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Origin and integration: a study of migrants in the 2016 Irish census

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This report uses the complete 2016 Irish Census to measure four indicators of skills and labour market outcomes, comparing migrants with respondents born in Ireland: English language ability, educational attainment, unemployment and occupational attainment. Surveys in this area typically use respondents’ continental region of birth but this approach can mask large differences within broad regional categories. This report uses Census … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Ivan Privalko, Éamonn Fahey, Shannen Enright, Doireann O’Brien
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and Department of Justice and Equality
Publication Date:04 Jun 2020
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0496-9
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Migratory pathways to Ireland for start-ups and innovative entrepreneurs

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This European Migration Network study examines policy and practice relating to non-EEA start-ups and innovative entrepreneurs in Ireland. The study is an in-depth examination of the Start-Up Entrepreneur Programme (STEP) by which start-up founders, innovative entrepreneurs and their families come to Ireland. The report briefly considers the Irish start-up landscape and how policy has developed in relation to the migration … Read More

Author(s):Frank McNamara & Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:29 Jan 2020
Reference Period:01 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0515-7
DOI:https://doi.org/10.26504/rs102.pdf
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Impact of Visa Liberalisation on Countries of Destination: EMN Synthesis Report

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This synthesis report presents the main findings of the EMN Study on Impact of Visa Liberalisation on Countries of Destination. As of 2018, five Western Balkan and three Eastern Partnership countries benefit from visa liberalisation to the EU Schengen area, following a series of visa liberalisation roadmaps and action plans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monte-negro, Serbia, Republic of North Macedonia, … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:25 Mar 2019
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Pathways to Protection and Inclusion: Ireland’s Role in Global Refugee Protection and Migration Movements

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This is a briefing paper from the Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition. The Coalition was founded in August 2015, and is comprised of 23 leading Irish organisations that seek to advance the rights and dignity of people on the move and those in need of international protection. This paper does not provide a comprehensive overview of all immigration and asylum … Read More

Author(s):Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition
Publisher:Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition
Publication Date:24 Oct 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.irmcoalition.com/uploads/1/0/6/9/106994057/imrc_pathways_to_protection_and_inclusion_website.pdf
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Children’s Rights and Refugee Law: Conceptualising Children within the Refugee Convention

Abstract Children make up half of the world’s refugees and over 40 per cent of the world’s asylum seekers. However, children are largely invisible in historical and contemporary refugee law. Furthermore, there has been very limited interaction between the burgeoning children’s rights framework, in particular the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and the 1951 Convention relating to … Read More

Author(s):Samantha Arnold
Publisher:Routhledge
Publication Date:10 Aug 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://www.routledge.com/Childrens-Rights-and-Refugee-Law-Conceptualising-Children-within-the/Arnold/p/book/9781138052710
ISBN:9781138052710
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Child Migration Matters: Children and Young People’s Experiences of Migration

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In January 2016, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child examined Ireland’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It recommended that Ireland adopt a legal framework to address the needs of migrant children. This research was undertaken to document what those needs were and how the absence of a framework for … Read More

Author(s):Katie Mannion
Publisher:Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date:16 Dec 2016
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/sites/default/files/2017-10/CMM%202016%20Child%20Migration%20Matters.pdf
ISBN:978-0-9932840-7-6
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Resettlement of Refugees and Private Sponsorship in Ireland

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Abstract This study investigates resettlement and private sponsorship programmes operational in Ireland between 2011 and 2016. The study focuses on the ‘traditional’ Irish Refugee Resettlement Programme and the recent once-off Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme (SHAP), a private sponsorship scheme. A comprehensive overview of both programmes including some of the associated challenges and successes is provided in the study. In the … Read More

Author(s):Samantha Arnold and Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:13 Dec 2016
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0414-3
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Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay: an overview of EU Member States’ approaches: EMN Synthesis Report

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Abstract This study[1] provides an overview and analysis of the different legal frameworks, procedures and practices in place in the Member States to enable third-country nationals to change migration status, as well as the conditions associated with such changes. It also looks at existing obstacles and good practices. The number and type of migration statuses differs between the Member States. … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:03 Aug 2016
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Workers on the Move: Past Lessons and Future Perspectives on Ireland’s Labour Migration

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This paper reviews how immigration has evolved in Ireland and how the system impacts those who have made Ireland home. This paper aims to contribute to the future discussion on migration in Ireland and elsewhere. It brings together an analysis of MRCI’s work over 14 years, the lived experience of migrants and their families who have settled in Ireland, and … Read More

Author(s):Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Publisher:Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Publication Date:09 Dec 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.mrci.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Workers-on-the-Move_SPS.pdf
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Immigration, the Celtic Tiger and the economic crisis

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Abstract:  This article addresses the puzzle of why Ireland has proved so open to immigration. It compares responses to immigrants in the Republic of Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era and during the post-2008 economic crisis and finds no evidence of a political backlash during the latter period even though opinion polls suggest that opposition to immigration had increased and … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning
Publisher:Taylor and Francis Online
Publication Date:17 Nov 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09670882.2015.1112995
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‘Always up for the craic’: young Irish professional migrants narrating ambiguous positioning in contemporary Britain

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Abstract Abstract This paper explores the experiences of recent Irish highly qualified migrants who, having left post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, arrive in post-‘Peace Agreement’ Britain. Our paper contributes to understanding the enduring salience of place and how expressions of identities are framed by specific place-based factors as well as by temporality. We explore how these migrants’ narratives, as ‘successful’ professionals, are … Read More

Author(s):Louise Ryan and Edina Kurdi
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:04 Aug 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504630.2015.1058707#.Vcm2PvlVhBc
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Business Migration to Ireland

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This study aims to map the measures and policies that are in place to facilitate and encourage business migration from non-EEA countries to Ireland, and to examine to what extent the immigration system is ‘business friendly’. Both short-term business travel and longer-term business-related immigration are examined. The report focuses on: immigrant investors, immigrant entrepreneurs, intra-company transferees, graduate trainees and any … Read More

Author(s):Egle Gusciute, Emma Quinn and Alan Barrett
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:22 Jul 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0386 3
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Voices of Young Migrant Men


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The study looked at the experiences of 40 men between the ages of 16 and 28 who were born outside of Europe and now live in Ireland. The men identified discrimination at school, in sport, at work and by public authorities as the main challenges they face. They were also concerned about being cut off from family and loved ones … Read More

Author(s):Péter Szlovák and Justyna Szewczyk
Publisher:Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date:06 Jul 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 9932840 0 7
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