Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2023: Inform

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This EMN Inform offers a concise overview of the main topics covered in the EMN Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2023. This includes developments in the fields of the response to the influx of persons fleeing the war in Ukraine; legal migration to the EMN member and observer countries; international protection; unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable groups; integration and … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs
Publication Date:11 Jul 2024
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Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2023: Synthesis Report

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  At EU-level, the most significant development in 2023 was the political agreement reached in December by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was thereafter adopted in 2024. First-time applications for asylum increased overall across the EU in 2023, exceeding one million applications. EMN Member Countries responded by adopting measures … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:11 Jul 2024
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Children in Migration 2021-2022: an Overview

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The number of migrant children, including unaccompanied minors, registered as present in the European Union (EU) rose between 2020 and 2021, then went on to rise significantly between 2021 and 2022. According to Eurostat, the 27 EU Member States (EU-27) and Norway received over 518 000 first time asylum applications from children under 18 years of age and 79 000 … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:10 Jul 2024
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Supporting integration? International practices on civics and language requirements linked to naturalisation: policy implications for Ireland

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Ireland’s Migrant Integration Strategy 2017-2020 states that the introduction of both civics and language tests for those seeking citizenship in Ireland will be examined. This research aims to contribute by investigating requirements linked to naturalisation in Europe. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including a related European Migration Network study, a mapping exercise was undertaken across 27 EU Member … Read More

Author(s):Sarah Groarke, Michał Polakowski, Emma Quinn, Frances McGinnity
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and Department of Justice and Equality
Publication Date:28 Sep 2020
Geographic Focus:EU
ISBN:978-0-7070-0535-5
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EU and OECD Member States responses to managing residence permits and migrant unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Working Document to support the EMN Inform

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The COVID-19 pandemic is the most severe global health crisis in a century. This working document supports and provides supplementary information to the joint EMN/OECD Inform# 1: EU and OECD Member States responses to managing residence permits and migrant unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides a summary overview of the responses and measures put in place by governments in … 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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Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2018: Ireland

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The Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2018: Ireland provides an overview of trends, policy developments and significant debates in the area of migration and international protection during 2018 in Ireland. Some important developments in 2018 included: The European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 transposed the Reception Conditions Directive (2013/33/EU) into Irish law. The Regulations came into effect from 30 June 2018. In October … Read More

Author(s):Anne Sheridan
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:27 Nov 2019
Reference Period:01 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2019
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0509-6
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EMN Bulletin: October 2018 to December 2018 Issue 25

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The EMN Bulletin provides policymakers and other practitioners with updates on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level. The 25th edition provides information from October 2018 to December 2018, including the (latest) relevant published statistics. Information is also provided on national developments in EU member states. Links are provided to the following key EU developments:  … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:28 Jan 2019
Reference Period:01 Jul 2018 to 31 Dec 2018
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2017: Ireland


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The Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2017: Ireland provides an overview of trends, policy developments and significant debates in the area of migration and international protection during 2017 in Ireland. Some important developments in 2017 included: 2017 was the first full year of implementation of the single application procedure under the International Protection Act 2015. The Supreme Court made … Read More

Author(s):Anne Sheridan
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:09 Nov 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0475-4
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Monitoring report on integration 2018


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The research examines how well migrants are settling into Ireland, now one of the most diverse countries in the EU, with 17 per cent of the population born in another country. The study finds that non-Irish nationals are matching Irish nationals on several key economic and social indicators, but that some groups remain disadvantaged. The special theme this report is … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Éamonn Fahey, Emma Quinn, Samantha Arnold,Bertrand Maître and Philip O’Connell
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:07 Nov 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0466-2
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EMN Bulletin: July to September 2018 Issue 24

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The EMN Bulletin provides policymakers and other practitioners with updates on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level. The 24th edition provides information from July 2018 to September 2018, including the (latest) relevant published statistics. This edition also includes a special note on new proposals in the fields of migration and external action announced by … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:26 Oct 2018
Reference Period:01 Jul 2018 to 30 Sep 2018
Geographic Focus:Europe
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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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Pathways to Protection and Inclusion: Ireland’s Role in Global Refugee Protection and Migration Movements

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This is a briefing paper from the Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition. The Coalition was founded in August 2015, and is comprised of 23 leading Irish organisations that seek to advance the rights and dignity of people on the move and those in need of international protection. This paper does not provide a comprehensive overview of all immigration and asylum … Read More

Author(s):Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition
Publisher:Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition
Publication Date:24 Oct 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.irmcoalition.com/uploads/1/0/6/9/106994057/imrc_pathways_to_protection_and_inclusion_website.pdf
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Annual Policy Report on Migration and Asylum 2015: Ireland


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The Annual Policy Report on Migration and Asylum 2015 provides an overview of trends, policy developments and significant debates in the area of asylum and migration during 2015 in Ireland.  Some important developments in 2015 included:- The Report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers (McMahon Report) was published. … Read More

Author(s):Anne Sheridan and Susan Whelan
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:28 Nov 2016
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0417-4
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“Finding their way”: the negotiation of the city by low-skilled service sector migrant workers in Dublin

Abstract The city has become the context for a dialectical relationship not only between the global and the local but also between migrants and the host society. Whilst there is considerable work on migrant integration, integration is rarely examined from the perspective of the workplace, or from a geographic perspective, which problematizes the spatiality of migrant workers’ experiences. This article … Read More

Author(s):Siobhán Rachel McPhee
Publisher:Taylor and Francis Online
Publication Date:01 Dec 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723638.2015.1101875
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‘It’s Different Now’: A Narrative Analysis of Recent Irish Migrants Making Sense of Migration and Comparing Themselves with Previous Waves of Migrants

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Abstract:  The key aim of this paper is to consider how young professionals, who left Ireland since the economic recession, define their migration project – not just individually but also as a shared experience across their generation. Using narrative analysis and the concept of ‘speech acts’, I explore how these young people working in England talk about and make sense … Read More

Author(s):Louise Ryan
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:02 Nov 2015
URL:http://irj.sagepub.com/content/23/2/114.abstract
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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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Social Networks and Labour Market Access among Brazilian Migrants in Ireland

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Abstract  This paper investigates migrant access to employment using concepts from Granovetter [1973. “The Strength of Weak Ties.” American Journal of Sociology 78 (6): 1360–1380; Granovetter, M. 1983. “The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited.” Sociological Theory 1: 201–233] relating to ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ ties in networks and from Coleman [1988. “Social Capital in the Creation of Human … Read More

Author(s):Garret Maher and Mary Cawley
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:14 Oct 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1061424#.ViDUSflVhBc
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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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‘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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Societal, community, family, and individual factors affecting Russian language maintenance in migrant families in Ireland

Abstract This article analyses the effects of individual, family, community, and societal factors on language socialisation in Russian-speaking (RS) families from Russia and Latvia in Ireland. Sixty semi-structured interviews were conducted between 2008–2011 with RS parents and their children between 10 and 19 years of age. The analysis reveals that the Russian and Latvian cultural groups have different status in … Read More

Author(s):Svetlana Eriksson
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:22 May 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19409419.2015.1044868#.VWRaVk9VhBc
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