Recruiting the “culturally compatible” migrant: Irish Working Holiday migration and white settler Canadianness

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Abstract Working Holiday programs have been identified as an increasingly significant source of temporary migrant labor for several wealthy states. This case study adds to limited work on this phenomenon in the Canadian context by offering a partial chronology of Irish Working Holiday migration to Canada and a critical analysis of Canadian government discourse that positioned Irish migrants as not … Read More

Author(s):Jane Helleiner
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:16 Oct 2015
URL:http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/10/15/1468796815610354.abstract
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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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Temporary and Circular Migration: What are the current policy, practice and future options for EU Member States?: EMN Inform


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The EMN’s Temporary and Circular Migration Study analysed the characteristics of temporary (broadly understood to refer to a single movement and then limited stay in the EU) and circular (considered in the context of a back-and-forth movement between the EU and a country of origin) migration policy and practice across 24 EU Member States. The interest in temporary and circular … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:31 Dec 2011
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Visa Policy as Migration Channel: Ireland

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Abstract This study investigates the development of visa policy in Ireland.  The effect of visa policy and practice on the management of migration, both in terms of facilitating legal migration and preventing irregular migration is discussed. Available data on visa applications, approvals and refusals since 2005 are provided. The Irish visa system is a form of pre-entry clearance to travel … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:30 Nov 2011
Geographic Focus:Irish
ISBN:9780707003245
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Temporary and Circular Migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States: EMN Synthesis Report


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Abstract This study explores the characteristics of circular and repetitive migration patterns and temporary labour migration, looking at third-country nationals moving to the EU for short-term employment, seasonal work and research, as well as at settled migrants, living in the EU, moving temporarily to their countries of origin. The study provides  an overview of the different policy preferences, views and … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:04 Oct 2011
Reference Period:01 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2010
Geographic Focus:European
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Temporary and Circular Migration: Ireland

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Abstract The current study is intended to promote understanding of temporary and circular migration by Third Country nationals to Ireland. Most migration policy development in Ireland has been related to migration that is ultimately viewed as temporary. Ireland’s policy decision to prioritise migration from the enlarged EU in 2004 facilitated the entry of workers to a tight labour market. Emigration … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:27 Jul 2011
Reference Period:01 May 2004 to 31 Jan 2011
Geographic Focus:Ireland
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Satisfying Labour Demand Through Migration: Ireland

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Abstract The current study investigates Ireland’s approach to satisfying labour and skills demand through migration in the period 2004-2010. The emphasis is on non-EU economic immigration but information is also provided on EU immigration where relevant. Policy information and data is provided on economic migrants, where relevant divided into highly skilled, skilled and low skilled workers. Ireland’s policy on labour … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:19 Nov 2010
Reference Period:01 Jan 2004 to 31 Mar 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0308 5
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Returning to the Question of a Wage Premium for Returning Migrants

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Using data from a large-scale survey of employees in Ireland, we estimate the extent to which people who have emigrated from Ireland and returned earn more relative to comparable people who have never lived abroad. In so doing, we test the hypothesis that migration can be part of a process of human capital formation. We find through OLS estimation that … Read More

Author(s):Alan Barrett and Jean Goggin (ESRI)
Publisher:Sage Publications
Publication Date:20 Jul 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://ner.sagepub.com/content/213/1/R43
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Migration and Recession: Polish Migrants in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland

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In this paper we explore the impact of the current economic downturn on Polish migrants in the Irish labour market. Ireland appears to be well suited to study the impact of the recession on intra-European migration. The country has not only experienced large-scale inward migration from the new EU Member states (NMS) in recent years, but has also been severely … Read More

Author(s):Torben Krings, Alicja Bobek, Elaine Moriarty, Justyna Salamonska and James Wickham
Publisher:Sociological Research Online
Publication Date:30 May 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.socresonline.org.uk/14/2/9.html
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