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Near the end of the 1990s Ireland turned into a prosperous country. The Celtic Tiger because it was known lasted from 1995 to 2007. From 2000 on tens of thousands of non federal employees and asylum seekers arrived to Ireland.

The Irish authorities also rallied on regulations relating to labour permits because they expected to get workers from the enlarged European Union as 10 new nations joined the EU on 1st May 2004.

The fact that it’s an island also reduces the amount of immigrants. Illegal immigrants comprise those who come into the nation via Northern Ireland by the UK and some researchers may not depart Ireland if their work permits expire and in addition, there are students who work over the legal limit of 20 hours each week. Ireland has repatriation agreements with Poland, Nigeria, Romania and Bulgaria and has sent a large number of individuals back to their own country of origin if they had exhausted the legal procedure of applying to remain here.

The reason that Irish companies wish to attract in non national workers is that they have a skills and labour shortage. It is also true to say that Irish people did not wish to work in fast food restaurants, as cleansers and in additional lower skilled occupations. There was also a lack of individuals with specific abilities like nurses and doctors and those are utilized in private practise and in hospitals.

There is a difficulty in the fact that non nationals are employed in lower skill occupations.

Immigration Ireland has set up the National Framework of Qualifications to try and establish where degrees and diplomas from overseas academic institutions fit into Irish criteria. The Economic Social Research Institute has completed a great deal of work on migrant workers and they have made reports on how well non national workers have incorporated into the workforce and whether they’re receiving the same promotional opportunities as Irish employees. Migrant workers are in danger of being exploited by unscrupulous employers.

Many people say that as we are now in recession we should not be concerned about migrant workers, we should focus on the Irish men and women who’ve lost their jobs and are being forced to emigrate. I think that a lot of the people that are emigrating are professionals that want to broaden their experience and create a better life for themselves in Canada or Australia. In addition, we have a moral duty to folks who live and work in this country to provide aid, be mindful of discrimination and the possibility of poverty and social exclusion.