Migrant workers from NAS: Ireland tops the poll

[He3]

Migrant workers

Working-age migrants from the "EU 10" as a percentage of the total resident working-age population.

Ireland 5.0%

Luxembourg 0.5%

UK 1.2%

Belgium 0.1%

Sweden 0.1%

Italy 0.1%

Denmark 0.1%

Finland 0.1%

Germany 0.1%

Austria 0.4%

Source: Employment in Europe 2008, published by the European Commission. Figures are based on 2007 data.

Further details:

Irish share of migrant workers higher than all other EU states - The Irish Times - Thu, Nov 20, 2008

[lostexpectation]

well done pd,fg and ff you got what you wanted

[myksav]

I do wonder about that claim during Nice II about only a few thousand NAS migrants would turn up in Ireland. Since when did a few mean more than 4 or 5?

[lostexpectation]

who claimed that?

[FutureTaoiseach]

Who claimed that?

QUOTES ON EAST EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION FROM THE 2002 NICE TREATY REFERENDUM:

" There is no reason to believe ... that large numbers of workers will
wish to come" [Minister for Europe Dick Roche, I.T. Letters, 12/7/2002 ]

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"Mr. X also repeats the line propagated by the No to Nice campaign that
only four countries are to permit immigration after enlargement. This
statement grossly misrepresents the position of the other member states."
[Dick Roche, I.T.Letters, Aug/Sept. 2002]

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"Ireland will be in precisely the same position as all other member states
on the question of free movement following any enlargement of the
Community." [Dick Roche, as reported in the Irish Times, September 2002)

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"It is the view of the Irish Government and a number of other governments
that this idea that there is going to be a huge influx of immigrants is
just not supported. The evidence is just not there for it. They are not
going to flood to the west. The same rules are going to apply in all 15
states. There is no evidence to suggest that the people of the Czech
Republic or Poland are less anxious to stay in their home as (sic) we are.
[ Dick Roche, transcript of interview with The Irish Catholic, 19/9/2002.]

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" It is a deliberate misrepresentation to suggest that tens of thousands
will suddenly descend en masse on Ireland." [Proinsias De Rossa, I.T.
Letters, 20/8/2002 ]

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" The expected trickle of immigration to Ireland will on balance benefit the
Irish economy." [P. De Rossa, I.T. Letters,20/8/2002

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" I estimate that fewer than 2,000 will choose our distant shores each
year." [P.De Rossa, I.T. Letters, 20/8/2002 ]

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"There is no evidence there would be a problem with free movement of
workers on accession." [Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Dail Eireann,10/9/2002 ]

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"Efforts have been made to foment fears that migrants from the new member
states could flock to Ireland. This is not only unpleasant but plainly
wrong." [Brian Cowen, Sunday Business Post, 7/7/2002 ]

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"Ireland is already benefiting from the skills and energy of workers from
the applicant states, about 7,000 of whom received work permits last year.
There is no basis whatever for expecting a huge upsurge in these numbers."
[Brian Cowen, Sunday Business Post, 7/7/2002 ]

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" The second myth is that the Nice Treaty will mean mass immigration from
the new EU member countries in Eastern Europe. This is probably the most
odious of the myths propagated by some in the "No" campaign." [Minister
Willie O'Dea, Sunday Independent,Summer 2002]

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Given how the above proved to be untrue, why should we believe these politicians on the Lisbon Treaty?

[FutureTaoiseach]

And on the subject matter of this thread, I say this to D.Harry and other liberals on asylum in this country. The statistics show we are already the most liberal country on immigration to this country. In that context you should rethink your criticisms of what limited controls we have in place. It's getting tiring listening to the insatiable fixation the Left have with wanting to let anyone who wants to come here to do so and then stay here. We are not a settler-colony like the New World countries, and post-911 the world has changed and we have responsibilities not to allow Al Qaida to exploit freedom of movement to attack fellow EU member states.

[Clanrickard]

Migrant workers

Working-age migrants from the "EU 10" as a percentage of the total resident working-age population.

Ireland 5.0%

Luxembourg 0.5%

UK 1.2%

Belgium 0.1%

Sweden 0.1%

Italy 0.1%

Denmark 0.1%

Finland 0.1%

Germany 0.1%

Austria 0.4%

Source: Employment in Europe 2008, published by the European Commission. Figures are based on 2007 data.

Further details:

Irish share of migrant workers higher than all other EU states - The Irish Times - Thu, Nov 20, 2008

Would you rather immigrants from North Africa or Pakistan or Turkey? Some of the countries on the list have significant percentages of immigrants from outadie the EU, indeed out side the continent of europe altogether. The members of the NAS are culturally similar to ourselves so integration will be a hell a of lot easier than other cultures from other continents so this represents a shrewd move by the Aherne regime albeit unintended. Take the rantings of Mujahid and multiply them by a 1000 for a smapler of what we would have to put up with if we took immirants from elsewhere. The 2 year dole rukle needs to be looked at though and controls relating to welfare need to be tighhtened considerably.

[martel]

Thank you FT for that list. It reminds us of the politicians who either lied or were too stupid to realise what the dogs in the street knew that mass immigration was inevitable after their decisions. And these people expect us to trust them on Lisbon?

[seabhcan]

Would you rather immigrants from North Africa or Pakistan or Turkey? Some of the countries on the list have significant percentages of immigrants from outadie the EU, indeed out side the continent of europe altogether. The members of the NAS are culturally similar to ourselves so integration will be a hell a of lot easier than other cultures

I think thats the first time I've ever agreed with you.

[dandyspencer]

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IRELAND HAS received a far higher share of immigrants from countries that joined the EU in 2004 than any other EU state.

Some 5 per cent of the working-age population here originates in those countries, a report by the European Commission has found.

This was considerably more than in the UK, the second-largest receiving country in relative terms, where 1.2 per cent of the working-age population came from these 10 countries.

Migrant workers

Working-age migrants from the "EU 10" as a percentage of the total resident working-age population.

Ireland 5.0%

Luxembourg 0.5%

UK 1.2%

Belgium 0.1%

Sweden 0.1%

Italy 0.1%

Denmark 0.1%

Finland 0.1%

Germany 0.1%

Austria 0.4%

Irish share of migrant workers higher than all other EU states - The Irish Times - Thu, Nov 20, 2008