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Migration and migrant workers in Northern Ireland

Explore migration patterns, attitudes toward migrant workers, and interpreting data in Northern Ireland. Policy implications focus on service provision over cultural training.

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Migration and migrant workers in Northern Ireland

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  1. Migration and migrant workers in Northern Ireland Chris Gilligan Aston University

  2. Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union • Attitudes towards migrant workers • Interpreting the data • Policy implication

  3. International migration to and from NI, 1992-2006, 000s Immigration Net migration Emigration Source: 1992-2001 Office of National Statistics; 2002-06 NISRA

  4. Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union

  5. Attitudes towards the right to live and work in the EU, %, NILT 2006

  6. Attitudes towards government restrictions on immigration from new EU countries, %, NILT 2006

  7. Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union • Attitudes towards migrant workers

  8. Attitudes towards migrant workers contribution to NI, %, NILT 2006

  9. Attitudes towards migrant workers and jobs in NI, %, NILT 2006

  10. Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union • Attitudes towards migrant workers • Interpreting the data

  11. Interpreting the data • Cosmopolitan environmentalists • in favour of free movement in principle, but opposed in practice • Anti-authority • suspicious of government and employers • Strain on services associated with migrant workers, but not caused by

  12. Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union • Attitudes towards migrant workers • Interpreting the data • Policy implication

  13. Policy implication • Shift to focus on better service provision rather than focus on cultural diversity training • super-diversity

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