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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Children of Migrants in Ireland: How are they faring?

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There has been an increasing focus in policy development internationally and in Ireland on the importance of migrant integration. Consequently, a growing body of research has focused on the experiences of adult migrants and their children. The study investigates whether migrant-origin children differ from children with two Irish-born parents in terms of their English language development at three, five and … Read More

Author(s):Mereke Darmody, Frances McGinnity and Helen Russell
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:03 Mar 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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Attracting and retaining international higher education students: Ireland

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This study examined policy, law and practice relating to international students undertaking a programme of higher education in Ireland. In particular, it looked at measures to attract non-EEA students to Ireland and to retain such students following the completion of their studies. The study focused on recent developments in policy on the internationalisation of higher education and changes to the … Read More

Author(s):Sarah Groarke and Christina Durst
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:21 May 2019
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0493-8
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Data for monitoring integration: Gaps, challenges and opportunities


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This report maps the availability of quantitative data on immigrant integration in Ireland. It gives an overview of data collected by the Central Statistics Office in large repeated surveys; administrative data on immigration held by the Department of Justice and Equality; and data held across a range of government departments on ‘mainstreamed’ integration. The analysis does not cover every possible … Read More

Author(s):Éamonn Fahey, Frances McGinnity, Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:14 Mar 2019
ISBN:978-0-7070-0483-9
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Attitudes to Diversity in Ireland


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New research has shown that attitudes to immigration in Ireland became more negative during the recession, and are now lower than the Western European average. Personal experience and social contact are found to promote positive attitudes to immigration and migrants in Ireland. The new study entitled Attitudes to Diversity in Ireland draws on a survey of attitudes from the European … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Raffaele Grotti, Helen Russell and Éamonn Fahey
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Publication Date:29 Mar 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.esri.ie/pubs/BKMNEXT350.pdf
ISBN:978-0-7070-0449-5
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Policy and practice in language support for newly arrived migrant children in Ireland and Spain

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Abstract Over the last decades, migration across Europe has continued to increase. Consequently, offering educational support for migrant students in the schools of host countries has been an extensively debated issue across Europe and further afield, especially in countries with a history of immigration. However, less is known about how education systems in the ‘new’ immigration countries have responded to … Read More

Author(s):Rosa M Rodríguez-Izquierdo , Merike Darmody
Publisher:British Journal of Education Studies
Publication Date:26 Dec 2017
Geographic Focus:Spain, Ireland
URL:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071005.2017.1417973?journalCode=rbje20
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Ireland in context of large-scale immigration – How do immigrant-origin children fare?

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An overview of the experience of immigrant-origin children in Ireland’s schools, based on research conducted by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Source: Ireland’s Yearbook of Education, 2017-2018, pp. 243-249

Author(s):Merike Darmody
Publisher:Ireland's Yearbook of Education
Publication Date:12 Dec 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://educationmatters.ie/downloads/YB20172018-Second%20Level.pdf
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Preparing Teachers for Diversity: the Role of Initial Teacher Education: Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission

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Abstract Although the cultural, linguistic and religious diversity found in European societies is not a new phenomenon, its nature is rapidly changing. Europe is becoming increasingly diverse due to intra-European mobility and international migration, including an increased influx of refugees and asylum-seekers. These societal changes create both opportunities and challenges for schools, and education systems need to adapt accordingly. At … Read More

Author(s):Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI)
Publisher:Publications Office of the European Union
Publication Date:07 Apr 2017
Geographic Focus:Europe
URL:https://publications.europa.eu/s/cPNz
ISBN:978-92-79-63792-6
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Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay: an overview of EU Member States’ approaches: EMN Inform


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This EMN Inform summarises the findings from the EMN Study on The Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay: an overview of EU Member States’ approaches and is based on contributions from EMN National Contact Points in 24 Member States[1]. Key points to note: All Member States have at least some legal possibilities to allow for changes to migration … 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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Ireland’s Recession and the Immigrant-Native Earnings Gap

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Ireland’s Recession and the Immigrant-Native Earnings Gap in Labour Migration, EU Enlargement and the Great Recession Source: Martin Kahanec, Klaus Zimmerman (Ed.) , Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession

Author(s):Alan Barrett, Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness
Publisher:Springer
Publication Date:18 May 2016
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-662-45320-9
ISBN:978-3-662-45319-3
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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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Polish Immigrants and the Challenges of Political Incorporation in the Republic of Ireland

Abstract:  Poles constitute the largest immigrant community in the Republic of Ireland and, according to the 2011 census, more than 2.5 per cent of its population. Polish has become the country’s second most commonly spoken language. Notwithstanding efforts by immigrant organisations, most notably Forum Polonia, and efforts by Polish candidates to contest local government elections in 2009 and 2014, the … Read More

Author(s):Neil O'Boyle, Bryan Fanning and Viola Di Bucchianico
Publisher:Taylor and Francis Online
Publication Date:13 Nov 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07907184.2015.1109510
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Making Rights Real for Children: A Children’s Rights Audit of Irish law


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The Audit is a stock-take of existing legal protections for children in Ireland as well as an overview of the gaps that remain in the recognition of their rights, including in the area of immigration and asylum. It has a strong focus on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Convention on Human Rights and the … Read More

Author(s):Children’s Rights Alliance and the Law Centre for Children and Young People
Publication Date:28 Jul 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.childrensrights.ie/resources/making-rights-real-childrens-rights
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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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Being Muslim and being Irish after 9/11: self-conceptions of place in Irish society

Abstract There has been a significant, well-established if somewhat invisible Muslim population in Ireland since the 1950s. An increase in immigration during the Celtic tiger years along with the hysteria of 9/11 caused a rapid visibilization of this population. Muslims became synonymous with extremism and terrorism, but also fell victim to racist constructions emerging from the economic decline. The experience … Read More

Author(s):Orla Lynch and Angela Veale
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:03 Jul 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2015.1050047#.VZqKPflVhBc
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‘Everybody is Available to Them’: Support Measures for Migrant Students in Irish Secondary Schools

Abstrat  Migration to Ireland is continuing, albeit at a much slower pace, and migrant children continue to have a strong presence in Irish schools. How well these students integrate into the Irish education system depends, at least partially, on the support measures the schools have put in place for them. This article draws on the results of a large-scale empirical … Read More

Author(s):Daniel Faas, Beata Sokolowska and Merike Darmody
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:08 Jun 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071005.2015.1049974
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Do Attitudes to Immigrants Change in Hard Times? Ireland in a European Context

Abstract The enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the subsequent global economic recession has drawn attention to individual-level attitudes towards immigrants across Europe. In this context, using the European Social Survey (ESS), we compared Irish attitudes towards immigrants with those in 12 other European countries at 3 critical moments in time – prior to large immigration flows in 2002; … Read More

Author(s):Thomas Turner and Christine Cross
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:29 Apr 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616696.2015.1035298
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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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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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