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Migration and migrant workers in Northern Ireland. Chris Gilligan Aston University. 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.
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Migration and migrant workers in Northern Ireland Chris Gilligan Aston University
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
International migration to and from NI, 1992-2006, 000s Immigration Net migration Emigration Source: 1992-2001 Office of National Statistics; 2002-06 NISRA
Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union
Attitudes towards the right to live and work in the EU, %, NILT 2006
Attitudes towards government restrictions on immigration from new EU countries, %, NILT 2006
Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union • Attitudes towards migrant workers
Attitudes towards migrant workers contribution to NI, %, NILT 2006
Attitudes towards migrant workers and jobs in NI, %, NILT 2006
Migration and migrant workers • Migration to and from Northern Ireland • Attitudes towards movement within the European Union • Attitudes towards migrant workers • Interpreting the data
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
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
Policy implication • Shift to focus on better service provision rather than focus on cultural diversity training • super-diversity