New and innovative ways to attract foreign talents in the EU: EMN Inform

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  This joint European Migration Network (EMN) – OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) inform examines new and innovative ways to attract foreign talent used by EMN Member Countries and selected non-EMN OECD countries, covering the period from January 2021 to March 2024. Based on input from 21 EMN Member Countries and data provided by the OECD, it reviews … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:28 Feb 2025
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EU and OECD Member States responses to managing residence permits and migrant unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: EMN and OECD Inform #1

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The outbreak of COVID-19 and the substantial measures taken by EU and OECD countries to stem the spread of the virus are having direct and indirect impacts on the migration field. While the long-term consequences are difficult to predict, the immediate impacts are already visible, for example, where the processing of applications for visas and residence permits has in many … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Publisher:Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:30 Jul 2020
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Policy and practice targeting the labour market integration of non-EU nationals in Ireland


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Increases in immigration inflows to both the European Union (EU) and Ireland between 2014 and 2016 have resulted in an increased focus on integration policies, outcomes and measures, including in the area of labour market integration. Ireland, like the majority of EU Member States, pursues a policy of mainstreaming service provision in the area of integration, with targeted initiatives to … Read More

Author(s):Samantha Arnold, Emma Quinn, Sarah Groarke, Frances McGinnity and Christina Durst
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:19 Jun 2019
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0494-5
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Impact of Visa Liberalisation on Countries of Destination: EMN Inform


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This inform summarises the results of the EMN Synthesis Report on Impact of Visa Liberalisation on Countries of Destination. Visa liberalisation is one of the EU’s most powerful tools in facilitating people-to-people contacts and strengthening ties between the nationals of third countries and the EU. It fosters mobility, improves regional cooperation between individual countries and creates more open societies. Third countries … 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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Labour Market Integration of Third-Country Nationals in EU Member States: EMN Synthesis Report


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The study aims to provide an overview of existing labour market integration policies in Member States targeting third-country nationals. It focusses on current policies and those either recently implemented (as of 2014) or amended since 2014. It offers examples of promising labour market integration measures implemented by the public sector as well as tailored employment-related initiatives provided by the private … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:12 Feb 2019
Geographic Focus:Europe
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The Integration of Beneficiaries of International/Humanitarian Protection into the Labour Market: Policies and Good Practices: EMN Inform


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This EMN Inform summarises the findings from the EMN Study on The Integration of Beneficiaries of International/Humanitarian Protection into the Labour Market: Policies and Good Practices and is based on contributions from EMN National Contact Points in 24 Member States[1] Key points to note: The rise in asylum applications in the EU, in combination with a higher recognition rate, has … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:13 Jul 2016
Reference Period:01 Jan 2020 to 14 Jul 2016
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Integration of Beneficiaries of International Protection into the Labour Market: Policies and Practices in Ireland


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Abstract This study investigates and maps supports which aim to facilitate the integration of beneficiaries of international protection into the Irish labour market. We examine what employment-related support measures are available to beneficiaries, and the extent to which these are targeted to the needs of the group. The study finds that Ireland has not developed a system of labour market … Read More

Author(s):Egle Gusciute, Samantha Arnold and Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:31 May 2016
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0402-0
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Determining Labour and Skills Shortages and the Need for Labour Migration in Ireland

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This study explores the extent to which research on the Irish labour market guides economic migration policy-making. An overview is provided of the process in place for identifying labour and skills shortages, and the mechanisms and tools used for that purpose. The study shows that direct information linkages exist between the responsible bodies: the Skills and labour Market Research Unit … Read More

Author(s):Egle Gusciute, Emma Quinn and Alan Barrett
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:25 Nov 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:ISBN 978-0-7070-0395-5
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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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Discrimination in the labour market: nationality, ethnicity and the recession

Abstract Previous research shows that immigrants, in common with other groups that suffer disadvantage in the labour market, are more vulnerable during recession. However, little research has focused on the impact of the Great Recession on work-related discrimination. We examine the extent to which discrimination varies across different national-ethnic groups in Ireland, and whether discrimination increased between 2004, during an … Read More

Author(s):Gillian Kingston (ESRI), Frances McGinnity (ESRI) and Philip J O’Connell (UCD)
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:06 Mar 2015
URL:http://wes.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/03/04/0950017014563104.abstract
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Migrant workers and the north of Ireland: between neo-liberalism and sectarianism

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Abstract Abstract In 1998, the north of Ireland emerged from a protracted civil insurgency sustained by a socio-political infrastructure comprising an expanded Keynesian welfare state and a developing neo-liberal economy. This provided the context for significant migration to the North after 2004. While research highlights migrant experiences not dissimilar to those in other parts of the UK and Ireland after … Read More

Author(s):Brian Garvey and Paul Stewart
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:06 Mar 2015
URL:http://wes.sagepub.com/content/29/3/392.abstract?etoc
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Employment Rights for Migrant Workers in Ireland: Towards A Human Rights Framework

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Abstract: This paper considers the right to work for migrant workers in Ireland. The right to work, as recognised in international human rights instruments, encompasses a range of interrelated rights. However, economic and labour market developments at local and global levels play a key role in defining the right to work. Diverse views in relation to conceptions of the right … Read More

Author(s):Deirdre Toomey
Publisher:Springer
Publication Date:01 Jan 2015
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-015-0426-0
ISBN:null
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Migrant Access to Social Security and Healthcare: Policies and Practice in Ireland


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Abstract This study on Migrant Access to Social Security and Healthcare: Policies and Practice in Ireland aims to increase understanding of how the Irish social security system, including healthcare, operates in respect of non-Irish workers and their families. It provides an overview of the welfare system in Ireland, outlining policies and administrative practices that influence migrant access to social security, … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn, Egle Gusciute, Alan Barrett, Corona Joyce
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:17 Jul 2014
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0365 8
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High demand, cheap supply: Irish immigration policies and the role of the state (1992–2007)

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Abstract One factor which contributed to Ireland’s economic growth during the ‘Celtic Tiger’ era was access to a cheap flexible labour supply. The Irish state played a central role in facilitating and shaping this labour supply, through its formulation of immigration policies and its role in influencing labour market structure, thereby influencing the nature of the workers who entered the … Read More

Author(s):Siobhán Rachel McPhee
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:08 Jul 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00750778.2014.919625#.U8PqyfldU6V
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Migrant Access to Social Security and Healthcare: Policies and Practice: EMN Synthesis Report


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Abstract The overall objective of the study is to map the policies and administrative practices that shape third-country nationals’ access to social security, including healthcare.  The study aims to outline the formal EU and national rules that shape entitlements to social security and healthcare for third-country nationals in EU Member States and examines how these entitlements compare to the entitlements … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:03 Jul 2014
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2013


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This is the final report in a series of four annual Integration Monitors that measure migrant integration in four key life domains: employment, education, social inclusion and active citizenship. This report also contains a special theme: ‘The Second Generation: Children of Immigrants (at 3) and Their Families’, which uses data from the Infant Cohort of the Growing Up in Ireland … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity (ESRI), Emma Quinn (ESRI), Gill Kingston (ESRI) and Philip O'Connell (Geary Institute, UCD)
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and The Integration Centre
Publication Date:30 Jun 2014
Reference Period:01 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
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Short-Term Labour Migration: Brazilian Migrants in Ireland

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Abstract  Short-term low-skilled labour migration has increased internationally during the past two decades of rapid economic growth, in response to deficiencies in local labour supply in developed countries. Ireland was one of the newer states to recruit labour internationally on a large scale from the late 1990s until the global economic downturn in 2008. Various forms of short-term migration, as … Read More

Author(s):Garret Maher and Mary Cawley
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons
Publication Date:26 May 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/psp.1859/abstract
ISBN:null
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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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Occupational downgrading and wages of New Member States immigrants to Ireland

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Abstract This paper explores the importance of occupational downgrading in explaining the pay gap of New Member States (NMS) immigrants to Ireland by taking advantage of two data sources, the Census and the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). The study identifies biases in the coverage of NMS immigrants in SILC that dampen their estimated earnings disadvantage. Corrections to … Read More

Author(s):Sarah Voitchovsky
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons
Publication Date:03 May 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imre.12089/abstract
ISBN:null
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