Invisible Pathways – how the Irish immigration system can contribute to people becoming undocumented


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The report examines the main processes of the immigration system that people may go through or may be required to go through. It does not consider the asylum system. Specifically, the report draws attention to issues with the system that can contribute to people becoming undocumented. Such issues may only contribute in a small way to someone becoming undocumented or … Read More

Author(s):Crosscare Migrant Project
Publisher:Crosscare Migrant Project
Publication Date:01 Feb 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 1 906485 10 8
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New Guests of the Irish Nation

The essays and articles contained in this book bring together efforts to come to terms with ethnic diversity and social change resulting mostly from immigration. They draw upon research by the author since 1999 on discrimination against Travellers, asylum seekers, racism in employment, poverty and social exclusion, and political responsiveness to immigrants. The aim of the book is to chart … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning
Publisher:Irish Academic Press
Publication Date:01 Jan 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://irishacademicpress.ie/product/new-guests-of-the-irish-nation/
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How reliable is the Quarterly National Household Survey for Migration Research?


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Much research has been conducted on immigration into Ireland in recent years using data from the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), the official source for labour market data in Ireland. As it is known that the QNHS undercounts immigrants, a concern exists over whether the profile of immigrants being provided is accurate. For example, QNHS-based research has shown that immigrants … Read More

Author(s):Alan Barrett and Eilish Kelly (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Studies
Publication Date:31 Dec 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://hdl.handle.net/2262/59021
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Race and Immigration in Contemporary Ireland

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This article, published in New Geographies of Race and Racism (edited by Claire Dwyer and Caroline Bressey) focuses on the geography of race and immigration in the Irish context. In recent years geographers interested in ethnicity, ‘race’ and racism have extended their focus from examining geographies of segregation and racism to exploring cultural politics, social practice and everyday geographies of … Read More

Author(s):Una Crowley, Mary Gilmartin and Rob Kitchin
Publisher:Ashgate
Publication Date:01 Sep 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754670858
ISBN:9780754670858
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‘Settling Back’? A Biographical and Life-Course Perspective on Ireland’s Recent Return Migration

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This paper uses a biographical and life-course perspective to explore some of the key narratives of return among return migrants to Ireland, focusing in particular on the themes of family, child-rearing, relationship breakdown and ‘settling down’. The ways in which return migrants use the concept of life-course transitions in order to make sense of and narrate their migration stories is … Read More

Author(s):Caitríona Ní Laoire
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:06 Jun 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750770802076968
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Nigerian Migration to Ireland: Movements, Motivations and Experiences

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This article focuses on the different Nigerian groups that have migrated to Ireland from the 1980s. Data from a series of interviews in Ireland and Nigeria are employed to identify distinct groups of Nigerian migrants to Ireland and their specific migration patterns. The article identifies two broad categories of Nigerian migrants to Ireland: those who have moved from other European … Read More

Author(s):Julius Komolafe
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:06 Jun 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750770802077016
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Immigration into the Republic of Ireland: A Bibliography of Recent Research

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Until relatively recently, research on migration to the Republic of Ireland has been limited to a handful of texts. As immigration into Ireland has increased over the last decade, so has the volume of published research exploring this phenomenon, with a significant increase in the number of published research reports, policy studies and submissions, conference proceedings, monographs, academic papers, book … Read More

Author(s):Piaras MacÉinrí and Allen White
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:06 Jun 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750770802076943
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From ‘Flood’ to ‘Trickle’: Irish Migration to Britain 1987 – 2006

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A dramatic change in the size and direction of emigration from Ireland has taken place over the past 20 years. The most striking feature is the sharp decline in movement to Britain from the Republic of Ireland, a traditional supplier of labour for well over 200 years. By contrast there has been a small increase in emigration from Northern Ireland, … Read More

Author(s):Bronwen Walter
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:06 Jun 2008
Geographic Focus:Britain
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750770802076950
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The Impact of Immigration

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Source: Chapter 13: The Impact of Immigration. In Best of Times? The Social Impact of the Celtic Tiger. Edited by Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan Charge applies. Available to purchase from: http://www.ipa.ie. View chapter contents.

Author(s):Gerard Hughes, Frances McGinnity, Philip J O'Connell and Emma Quinn (ESRI)
Publisher:Institute of Public Administration
Publication Date:28 Jun 2007
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 1904541 58 5
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Immigration: Labour Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees

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This chapter reviews the Irish migration experience, covering labour migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Set within the book Understanding Contemporary Ireland, edited by Brendan Bartley and Rob Kitchin, the chapter provides an introduction to Ireland’s immigration experience. Overall, the book provides a detailed, student-friendly overview of Ireland in the twenty first century and the remarkable economic and social transformations that … Read More

Author(s):Piaras MacÉinrí
Publisher:Pluto Press
Publication Date:20 Dec 2006
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745325958&
ISBN:9780745325958
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Managed Migration and the Labour Market – The Health Sector: EMN Synthesis Report


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Abstract The objective of the EMN study was to contribute to the development of appropriate policies on labour migration for the health sector, by presenting an overview of the current situation and needs in the participating Member States (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Sweden, the Netherlands and United Kingdom) in a comparative manner. This report identifies that … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission
Publication Date:01 Nov 2006
Geographic Focus:European Union
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Managed Migration and the Labour Market – The Health Sector in Ireland

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Abstract The current study aims to investigate managed migration and the labour market in relation to the health sector in Ireland. The focus of the report is on the following areas: medicine, nursing, dentistry, dental nursing, psychology, nursing and midwifery, physiotherapy, pharmacy and chiropody/podiatry. The study identifies that immigration has contributed substantially to increased numbers of persons employed in medicine … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:04 Jul 2006
Reference Period:04 Jul 2006 to 01 Jan 2020
Geographic Focus:Ireland
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Migration Trends in an Enlarging European Union

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Migration covers a wide range of important challenges as high unemployment in major receiving countries of the EU15, the concern with regard to social and cultural integration of migrants and the reduced social cohesion of receiving countries due to the lack of civic and political participation even of second and third generation migrants. However, migration may open up important opportunities, … Read More

Author(s):Hubert Krieger (Eurofound) and Bertrand Maitre (ESRI)
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Publication Date:01 Apr 2006
Geographic Focus:Europe
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14683840500520584
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Multinational Investment and Return Migration in Ireland: A County Level Analysis

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The mobility transition from emigration to immigration in Ireland in the 1990s resulted in significant return migration, whose relationship to new multinational jobs at the micro-scale has not been investigated. Spatial analyses of county data (Census and IDA) reveal that return migration was high in areas with high MNC and other job growth such as greater Dublin and the central … Read More

Author(s):Richard C. Jones
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:01 Jan 2003
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00750770309555819#.UZOapLWG1i4
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