Policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States and Norway: EMN Synthesis Report


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Abstract The study aims to update the findings of the 2008-2009 EMN study Policies on reception, return and integration arrangements for,and numbers of, unaccompanied minors and to provide up-to-date information and comparable data on the numbers and state of protection of unaccompanied minors (UAMs) arriving in Europe. The study has a special focus on the following issues The study[1] aims … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:28 May 2015
Geographic Focus:Europe
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No chances, no changes, human trafficking and prostitution in Limerick

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The research outlines the human trafficking and prostitution cases presenting to Doras Luimní over an 18 month period. It provides evidence of the complexity of human trafficking, the difficulties facing migrants who navigate the Irish immigration system, the barriers when accessing statutory services, and the overlap between human trafficking and migrant prostitution.

Author(s):Doras Luimní
Publication Date:01 Jan 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dorasluimni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/No-Chances-No-Choices-Soft-Copy.pdf
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Counting the Cost: Barriers to Employment after Direct Provision

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Abstract ‘Counting the Cost: Barriers to Employment after Direct Provision’ examines what happens after people have moved on from the Direct Provision system in Ireland.  This research explores what happens to people after they receive their papers with a particular focus on their employment situation. Between February and April 2014 the Irish Refugee Council interviewed 20 people living across Ireland … Read More

Author(s):Sue Conlan
Publisher:Irish Refugee Council
Publication Date:07 May 2014
Reference Period:01 Jan 2014 to 30 Apr 2014
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/counting-the-cost_Final-Draft.pdf
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Immigration of International Students to the EU: Ireland

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Abstract This study provides an overview of the immigration policies that are being implemented regarding international students.  This report is particularly timely in Ireland, as it follows a period of significant policy activity around the provision of education to international students, with developments in relation to immigration, to monitoring and inspections of education providers, to a restructuring of bodies and … Read More

Author(s):Mairéad Finn, Philip J. O’Connell
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:17 Aug 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0 3429
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Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2011


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This second Annual Monitoring Report on Integration (2011) seeks to measure the integration of immigrants into Ireland in four life domains: employment, education, social inclusion and active citizenship. The core indicators closely follow those proposed in the Zaragoza Declaration. The aim is to have indicators that are comparable across EU Member States, based on existing data and focused on outcomes. … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Emma Quinn, Philip J O'Connell, Gillian Kingston (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and The Integration Centre
Publication Date:05 Jun 2012
Reference Period:01 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2011
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780707003320
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Multiple Disadvantage in Ireland: An Equality Analysis of Census 2006


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This report draws on the full 2006 Census microdata file to examine the effects of belonging to groups who are disadvantaged according to the nine grounds identified in Equality Legislation (gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community). It examines the impact of group membership on five different outcomes: low education, … Read More

Author(s):Dorothy Watson, Pete Lunn, Emma Quinn, Helen Russell (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute/The Equality Authority
Publication Date:23 Mar 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9781908275363
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Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants


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This study provides the European Commission with: an expert assessment of the main trends in the situation of migrants with regard to social assistance and access to social services, an in-depth analysis of the main determinants of these trends, and a comprehensive account of the mutual interaction of migration policies and broadly defined social assistance policies. Based on the existing … Read More

Author(s):Klaus F. Zimmerman (IZA), Martin Kahanec (IZA), Corrado Giulietti (IZA), Martin Guzi (IZA), Alan Barrett (ESRI), Bertrand Maitre (ESRI)
Publisher:IZA
Publication Date:31 Jan 2012
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Measuring Discrimination Facing Ethnic Minority Candidates: An Irish Experiment

The role of employer discrimination in labour market matching is often acknowledged but challenging to quantify. What part of the ‘ethnic penalty’ in the labour market is due to recruitment discrimination? This experiment, the first of its kind in Ireland, explicitly measured this by sending out nearly 500 equivalent CVs from Irish and minority candidates in response to advertised vacancies … Read More

Author(s):Francis McGinnity and Pete Lunn (ESRI)
Publisher:Sage
Publication Date:31 Dec 2011
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017011419722
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New school, New System: The Experiences of Immigrant Students in Irish Schools

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Source: Z. Bekerman & T. Geisen, (eds.), International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education – Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Processes of Learning Charge applies. Abstract available on: http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-007-1465-6

Author(s):Merike Darmody (ESRI), Emer Smyth (ESRI), Delma Byrne (NUI Maynooth), Frances McGinnity (ESRI)
Publisher:Springer
Publication Date:27 Oct 2011
Geographic Focus:International
URL:http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/book/978-94-007-1465-6
ISBN:978-94-007-1465-6
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Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2010


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The Annual Monitoring Report on Integration (2010), brings together a range of indicators to develop a profile of how immigrants are integrating into various aspects of Irish society: employment, education, social inclusion and active citizenship. Following a framework proposed at the EU Ministerial Conference on Integration at Zaragoza in 2010, the key indicators aim to be comparable across EU Member … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Emma Quinn, Philip J O'Connell, Nora Donnelly (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and The Integration Centre
Publication Date:04 May 2011
Reference Period:01 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780707003146
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The Different National Practices concerning granting of Non-EU Harmonised Protection Statuses: EMN Synthesis Report

Abstract This study analysed the different national practices concerning the granting of non-EU harmonised protection statuses, i.e. all statuses not covered by the Qualification Directive and by the Temporary Protection Directive. The study also aimed to explore the proportion of and trends with regard to applicants granted protection status based on national law, subsidiary protection as part of EU law … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publication Date:01 Jan 2011
Geographic Focus:European
URL:https://www.emn.ie/media/2011_EMN_Synthesis_Report_NonEUharmonised_combined1.pdf
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The Practices In Ireland Concerning the Granting of Non-EU Harmonised Protection Statuses

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Abstract People seeking protection who attain a status with lower guarantees whether, for example, for humanitarian reasons or due to the principle against non-refoulement, are accorded rights determined by a Member State’s domestic law. Such statuses, which are not provided for by EU law, may be said to be non-EU harmonised statuses. The current study outlines and compares the EU … Read More

Author(s):John Stanley (Independent Consultant), Corona Joyce and Emma Quinn (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:19 Nov 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0302 3
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Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in the EU Member States: EMN Synthesis Report


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Abstract This study provides an overview of the organisation of asylum and migration policies in the EU Member States. This includes inter alia the institutional context, the Ministries involved, basic laws and regulations and other organisations dealing with immigrants. The study concerns only the organisation of asylum and migration policies related to third country nationals from outside the EU. The … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security
Publication Date:01 Aug 2010
Reference Period:01 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2008
Geographic Focus:European Union
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Policies on Unaccompanied Minors in Ireland

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Abstract This report examines policies and provisions for unaccompanied minors in Ireland. The report provides an overview of the complex system of provision in the area and highlights presenting issues and gaps as well as instances of best practice. A potential conflict was identified between the unaccompanied minor as a protection applicant or person of otherwise undefined legal (immigration) status, … Read More

Author(s):Corona Joyce and Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:02 Sep 2009
Reference Period:01 Jan 2000 to 31 Dec 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780707002873
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Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students

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In the 1990s, Ireland saw immigration of a scale and speed unprecedented in comparative context. Immigration posed challenges for schools with little prior experience of dealing with cultural diversity. This is the first national study of school provision for newcomer (immigrant) students. It draws on a survey of 1,200 primary and second-level schools as well as detailed case-studies of twelve … Read More

Author(s):Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Frances McGinnity and Delma Byrne (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:03 Jun 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780707002828
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Discrimination in Recruitment: Evidence from a Field Experiment


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This study breaks new ground in Irish research by providing direct evidence of discrimination using a field experiment that investigates discrimination in recruitment on the basis of ethnic and national origin. Two individuals, identical on all relevant characteristics other than the potential basis of discrimination, apply for the same jobs. Responses are carefully recorded, and discrimination or the lack thereof … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Jacqueline Nelson, Pete Lunn, Emma Quinn (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and The Equality Authority
Publication Date:07 May 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780707002781
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The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in Ireland: 2009


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Abstract  This study is descriptive in nature, providing a “map” of immigration and asylum-related policy in Ireland in 2008: how it is formed, its substance and how it is implemented. The focus is on non-EU immigration. Irish immigration policy is unusual within Europe in that it is strongly influenced by the Common Travel Area we share with the UK. In … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:27 Feb 2009
Reference Period:01 Jan 2008 to 31 Dec 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
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Handbook on Immigration and Asylum in Ireland (2007)


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Abstract This Handbook is intended as a reference tool for people working in the area of immigration and asylum in Ireland. The recent dramatic shift towards increased immigration in Ireland has resulted in the emergence of much new information in diverse fields, including statistics, policy and law. The Handbook aims to draw together such information up to the end of … Read More

Author(s):Corona Joyce, Philip J. O'Connell, Emma Quinn, (ESRI) and John Stanley (Independent Consultant)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:28 Nov 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:0707002745
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The Experience of Discrimination in Ireland: Analysis of the QNHS Equality Model


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This study examines the subjective experience of discrimination across the adult population in Ireland. The research is based on analysis of the special module on Equality, which was included in the Quarterly National Household Survey in 2004. The survey examines reported discrimination in work, job search, and in seven service domains (e.g. financial services, health services, shops/pubs and restaurants). The … Read More

Author(s):Helen Russell, Emma Quinn, Frances McGinnity (ESRI) and Rebecca King O'Riain (NUI Maynooth)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and The Equality Authority
Publication Date:27 May 2008
Reference Period:01 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2004
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:0707002648
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