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Polls state immigration is far from the front of people's minds in the upcoming Irish general election on 29 November. But for the first time ever it is a consideration.
With the 2008 onset of the Irish economic and banking crisis, the state's economy suffered, and Ireland has once again been experiencing net emigration of its citizens, but immigration remains high. In November 2013, Eurostat reported that the Republic had the largest net emigration rate of any member state, at 7.6 emigrants per 1,000 population.
A Garda Immigration office is also maintained at all Airports and main ports and at all Garda District Headquarters outside the Dublin Region. Previously the responsibilities were shared between the Department of Justice and the Department of Foreign Affairs, of the civil service of Ireland. It is located at 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.
The Irish Government has said there has been a shift in migration patterns into Ireland in recent months and the number of migrants crossing from Northern Ireland is now “higher than 80%”.
The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund is a funding programme managed by the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission, which promotes the efficient management of migration flows and the implementation, strengthening and development of a common approach to asylum and immigration in the European Union. [54]
Ireland is a country full of welcoming communities who want to continue to help those in dire need but who also know that our current migration and asylum system is losing public confidence.
The distinction between the meaning of the terms citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers to a person's legal belonging to a sovereign state and is the common term used in international treaties when addressing members of a country, while citizenship usually means the set of rights and duties a person has in ...
In a 2012 publication by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the state of integration was described as "not satisfactory despite the National Integration Plan of 2007", as significant differences between people with and without a migration background persist. Even well-qualified foreign workers are more affected by unemployment and have a ...