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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Attitudes towards Homosexuality amongst Recent Polish Migrants in Western Europe: Migrant Selectivity and Attitude Change

Abstract This contribution investigates the socially conservative attitudes of newly arrived immigrants from Poland in two Western European countries, Ireland and the Netherlands, with a particular interest in the selective nature of out-migration along non-economic factors and attitude change after migration. It focuses on attitudes towards homosexuality, which remain on average less accepting amongst Polish natives than those of these … Read More

Author(s):Antje Röder and Marcel Lubbers
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:24 Mar 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1023183#abstract
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Religious diversity in primary schools: reflections from the Republic of Ireland

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Abstract Growing secularisation of the population and the arrival of new culturally and religiously diverse migrants are posing new challenges to schools in the Republic of Ireland (Ireland). These challenges are particularly acute in Irish primary schools, the majority of which are under Catholic patronage. Recent changes have necessitated an extensive consultation process about how to accommodate religious diversity and … Read More

Author(s):Daniel Faas, Merike Darmody and Beata Sokolowska
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:24 Mar 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01416200.2015.1025700#.VRpixPnF86U
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The significance of small differences: Cultural diversity and broadcasting in Ireland

Abstract This article is concerned with a comparative assessment of public service and commercial broadcast media in Ireland, specifically in relation to their respective capacities to reflect and promote migration-related diversity and migrant integration. The core material drawn upon in the article derives from the findings of a recent exploratory, pilot-level European research project (‘Media for Diversity and Migrant Integration’, … Read More

Author(s):Jim Rogers, Neil O’Boyle, Paschal Preston and Franziska Fehr
Publisher:SAGE Publications
Publication Date:02 May 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://ejc.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/05/01/0267323114530367.abstract
ISBN:null
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The negotiation of culture in foster care placements for separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in Ireland and England

Abstract Little is known about separated asylum seeking young people in foster care. This article addresses this gap by drawing together findings from qualitative research conducted with separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in two studies – one in England and one in Ireland. Focusing on the role of culture, the authors examine similar findings from the two studies … Read More

Author(s):Muireann Ní Raghallaigh and Ala Sirriyeh
Publisher:SAGE Publications
Publication Date:13 Feb 2014
URL:http://chd.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/12/0907568213519137.abstract
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Simulating South Asia: literature, culture and belonging in Ireland

Abstract The South Asian diasporas living in Ireland are a growing and vibrant community. Historical and cultural connections, particularly between Ireland and India, are central in the burgeoning relationship between the two regions. Cultural exchange is also a flourishing trend, as are associations in science, technology and education. In Ireland, South Asia is increasingly represented by the diasporic population in … Read More

Author(s):Louise Harrington
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:02 Jan 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19438192.2013.828499#tabModule
ISBN:null
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No longer ‘Catholic, White and Gaelic’: schools in Ireland coming to terms with cultural diversity

Abstract Irish society has experienced unprecedented demographic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, and increasingly, educators are facing the prospect of having to respond to the changing nature of cultural diversity in their classrooms. Traditionally characterised as ‘Catholic, white and Gaelic’, Irish schools are said to be finding it difficult to recognise and acknowledge new expressions of race, … Read More

Author(s):Marie Parker-Jenkins and Mary Masterson
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:20 Nov 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03323315.2013.851438?tab=permissions#tabModule
ISBN:null
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Multicultural Ireland? Muslim Women and Integration in Ireland

Abstract The question of multiculturalism in Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI) has come more to the fore in recent years with growing levels of plurality within these societies. Indeed, new debates are opening up regarding identity and citizenship, which undoubtedly are challenging traditional conceptions of identity, with consequences for integration. Yet despite public acknowledgement of minority … Read More

Author(s):Victoria Montgomery
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:10 Sep 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07907184.2013.823087?tab=permissions#tabModule
ISBN:null
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The hijab in the (denominational) Irish education system – tolerated or accepted?

Abstract Abstract This paper explores the subtexts of the controversy generated by the hijab in Irish schools and, more  specifically, what these reveal about the Irish education system’s level of acceptance of (religious)  diversity, as assessed on a spectrum of non-toleration, toleration and respect-recognition. Using  a critical discourse analysis approach, the study highlights and examines the main argumentative  strategies through … Read More

Author(s):Nathalie Rougier
Publisher:Umeå School of Education, Umeå University, Sweden
Publication Date:01 Mar 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.education-inquiry.net/index.php/edui/article/view/22066
ISBN:null
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Managing Sameness and Difference: the Politics of Belonging among Irish-born Return Migrants from the United States

Contemporary immigration in Western countries spurs intense debates about immigrant–host society relationships, asking questions about who and what it means to belong in such immigrant-receiving societies. In the Republic of Ireland, the debate about belonging in the wake of large-scale in-migration during the ‘Celtic Tiger’ years placed the onus on newcomers to shed their ‘difference’ and conform to Irish society’s … Read More

Author(s):David Ralph
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:28 Jun 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland, United States of America
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2012.698747
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Monitoring Integration in Dublin City


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This report draws together current, relevant information on the profile and needs of the immigrant population combined with an overview of services offered to them with a view to monitoring the integration progress of immigrants in Dublin.

Author(s):Péter Szlovák and Ian McCafferty with the assistance of Kathy O’Connor and Helena Clarke (The Integration Centre)
Publisher:The Integration Centre
Publication Date:30 Apr 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.integrationcentre.ie/getattachment/47953146-2168-4da1-9bf2-2a775846ffd6/Monitoring-Integration-in-Dublin-City--Full-Report.aspx
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Turbans, Hijabs and Other Differences: ‘Integration from Below’ and Irish Interculturalism

This article outlines the ease with which the Republic of Ireland had moved from publicly articulating Irish racism during the 1997 European Year Against Racism, to employing euphemisms such as interculturalism, transculturalism, integration and cultural diversity. In the rush to diversity, these euphemisms, employed unproblematically during the Irish economic boom, erase political terms such as ‘race’ and racism that state … Read More

Author(s):Ronit Lentin
Publisher:SAGE Journals.
Publication Date:01 Apr 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://ecs.sagepub.com/content/15/2/226.short
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The Impact of Migration on National Identity in a Globalized World: A Comparative Analysis of Civic Education Curricula in Ireland, France and England

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This article examines the extent to which citizens of migrant origin are included within discourses of national identity in civic education curricula in England, France and Ireland. We explore how much space is given to citizens of migrant origin in discourses of national identity in civic education curricula and how they fit with central values normalized by a higher degree … Read More

Author(s):Laura O'Connor and Daniel Faas
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:01 Jan 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2011.579479
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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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Globalization, Migration and Social Transformation

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In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional labour exporter to a leading European economy, and thus an attractive destination for immigrants from Eastern Europe and further afield. This produced a singular social laboratory, which this book explores in all its complexity set against the backdrop of globalization. Until recently seen as a showcase for … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning and Ronaldo Munck
Publisher:Ashgate
Publication Date:01 Apr 2011
Geographic Focus:Ireland, Europe
URL:http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409411284
ISBN:9781409411284
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‘Building a platform for our voices to be heard’: Migrant Women’s Networks as Locations of Transformation in the Republic of Ireland

Several migrant women’s organisations have been set up in Ireland over the last decade. This article surveys three such groups: NOUR (Al Huda Women’s Group), a Dublin independent Muslim women’s group; WOMB (Women of Multi-Culture Balbriggan), a suburban multi-ethnic women’s network; and AkiDwA, the African and Migrant Women’s Network. In the second part of the article we focus in more … Read More

Author(s):Ronit Lentin and Carla de Tona
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:25 Nov 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2011.526780
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Contexts of Exit in the Migration of Russian Speakers from the Baltic Countries to Ireland

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Abstract: Recently, Ireland has become a major destination for migrants from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Many of these migrants are members of Russian-speaking minorities leaving a context of restrictive citizenship and language laws and varying degrees of ethnic tension. This article draws on interviews collected in Ireland to examine the role played by the contexts of exit in decisions to … Read More

Author(s):Sofya Aptekar
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:01 Dec 2009
Geographic Focus:Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania
URL:http://etn.sagepub.com/content/9/4/507.short
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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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The Integration Experiences of African Families in Ireland


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This report examines the experience of African immigrants in Ireland. The research was undertaken in Dublin and Cork. 18 research dialogues were carried out. These research dialogues were highly qualitative in nature and a series of free-flowing datasets were produced, around a number of central themes.

Author(s):Liam Coakley and Piaras Mac Einri (UCC)
Publisher:The Integration Centre
Publication Date:11 Oct 2007
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.integrationcentre.ie/getattachment/1f182824-ca60-44e6-b9ef-9acd3a2bfb01/The-Integration-Experiences-of-African-Families-in.aspx
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Migrants’ Experience of Racism and Discrimination in Ireland

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This study reports the results of a survey conducted in Summer 2005 to assess the prevalence and degree of discrimination reported by recent migrants. The survey measures perceived discrimination in a range of different situations in the workplace, in public places, in shops/restaurants, in commercial transactions and in contact with institutions. The sample covers work permit holders and asylum seekers, … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Philip J. O'Connell, Emma Quinn and James Williams (ESRI)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:07 Nov 2006
Geographic Focus:Ireland
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