An overview of Ireland's integration policies

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dc.contributor.authorGLYNN, Irial
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-24T15:00:28Z
dc.date.available2014-07-24T15:00:28Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionINTERACT - Researching Third Country Nationals' Integration as a Three-way Process - Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of Integration
dc.description.abstractIreland has undergone a remarkable demographic transition in the last twenty years. In the early 1990s, it was a largely homogenous state. By 2011, however, some 12 percent of the Irish population were nationals of other countries. This paper provides a concise summary of the Irish stateﾒs attempts to integrate its sizeable but relatively recent immigrant population. It first examines how the state reacted to the significant rise in asylum seekers that occurred in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. It then turns its attention towards the stateﾒs response to the arrival of hundreds of thousands of economic migrants, particularly after the enlargement of the EU in 2004. The state initiated several positive strategies in the 2000s but few resources have been dedicated to integration since late 2008, when Ireland experienced a serious economic recession. The impetus for integration has, instead, been left to local authorities and NGOs. Yet they have also suffered from severe state cuts to their budgets as a result of the crisis. Consequently, the outlook for the integration of Irelandﾒs extensive immigration community remains uncertain.
dc.description.sponsorshipINTERACT is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/32249
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesMigration Policy Centreen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesINTERACT Research Reporten
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCountry Reportsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2014/10en
dc.relation.urihttp://interact-project.eu/
dc.relation.urihttp://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/
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dc.subjectIntegration
dc.subjectIreland
dc.subjectAsylum seekers
dc.subjectImmigrants
dc.titleAn overview of Ireland's integration policies
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