ireland: a crash course in immigrant integration by abel ugba university of east london, london
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Ireland: A crash course in immigrant integration
By Abel Ugba
University of East London, London
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From Emigrations to in-migrations
Nation of emigrants until the 1990s
Immigrants/a minority ethnic group present before dramatic increases in in-migrations
Greater/diversified in-flows from mid-1990s. Reasons are manifold:
Ireland’s rising international profile The ‘Celtic Tiger’ Citizenship/immigration policies Social/political unrests in parts of the world
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Categories of immigrants
Workers (work permit/visa/authorisation) particular nationalities dominate particular
professions
Asylum seekers/Geneva Conv. Refugees Rapid increases from mid-1990s to early 2000s
Students - burgeoning English Lang. Market
Post January-2004: ‘Influx’ from the former communist bloc
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Crash courses in immigration policies
Adhoc measures meant to discourage long-term/large scale presence of immigrants
Asylum seekers/refugees Migrant workers Students Migrants from ‘new’ EU countries
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Crash courses in citizenship and integration policies
Residence permits and immigrant parents of Irish children
The Citizen Referendum and the ‘IBC’ fiasco
‘Amnesty’ and respite for hounded immigrants
Racism, anti-racism and equality measures