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Returning Migrants: The Irish Experience

Returning Migrants: The Irish Experience. Brian McCormick - Training and Employment Authority of Ireland. Overview. Irish Emigration History Profile of Return Migrants The Current Scenario Bringing Them Back Know Before You Go. Net Migration History 1871-2005.

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Returning Migrants: The Irish Experience

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  1. Returning Migrants:The Irish Experience Brian McCormick - Training and Employment Authority of Ireland

  2. Overview • Irish Emigration History • Profile of Return Migrants • The Current Scenario • Bringing Them Back • Know Before You Go

  3. Net Migration History 1871-2005

  4. Percentage Emigrating of Each Educational Level

  5. Reasons for Leaving in 1992

  6. How Returners Felt about Leaving Ireland

  7. Irish Employment 1988-2005

  8. Gross Migration Flows 1987-2005

  9. Reasons for Returning

  10. Nationality of Immigrants 1996-2005

  11. EU Unemployment Rates 2005

  12. EU10 Immigration Numbers (3-Month Average)

  13. EU10 Immigration by Nationality

  14. Bringing Them Back I • Background - Outstanding Economic Performance - FAS was asked to formulate a strategy - FAS was the ideal organisation - FAS Jobs Ireland set up in 1999 - Cost of £4m over 2000-2002 - Original focus was Irish Emigrants

  15. Bringing Them Back II • Objectives of Jobs Ireland: - Create awareness - Encourage qualified workers to return - Provide global platform for employers - Develop partnerships

  16. Bringing Them Back III • Key elements of Jobs Ireland: - www.jobsireland.com -Identifying employment opportunities - Advertising and media promotion - Recruitment Fairs - Information on Working and Living Conditions - Concentrated on EEA and ex-patriate - Political Involvement

  17. Success - Website one of the most popular in the country - Large attendance at Jobs Ireland conferences - Comparative advantage - Economy Key to Success

  18. Know Before You Go

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