Ireland’s response to recent trends in international protection applications

Arnold, Samantha; Ryan, Conor; Quinn, Emma

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“…Volunteering represents one avenue to such interaction but unfortunately national level data on volunteering disaggregated by nationality remain unavailable. Studies have indicated however that the migration 'crisis' (approximately 2014-2016) led to increased engagement and volunteering within the host community (Arnold et al, 2018;European Migration Network, forthcoming…”

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Monitoring report on integration 2020

McGinnity¹,

Enright²,

Quinn³

et al. 2020

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Section: Summary Of Findings On Active Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quinn³

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“…It was foreseen that asylum applicants would spend less time awaiting a decision, and thus spend less time out of work in the direct provision system. However, due to a backlog of cases and the process of transitioning to the new asylum system, interview waiting times have actually increased from 13 weeks at the end of 2015 19 to 18-20 months in 2017 (Arnold, et al, 2018).…”

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“…23 In 2015 there were an estimated 7,937 people in the protection system; 4,330 (or 55 per cent) of whom resided outside direct provision or had left the State (McMahon Report, 2015). It was reported in 2018 that a higher than normal proportion of applicants taking up the offer of direct provision accommodation has impacted upon bed capacity (Arnold et al, 2018…”

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Ireland's population is growing ever more diverse. Almost 12% of people living here have a nationality other than Irish. We have seen a large increase in recent years in people choosing to become Irish citizens and in addition, the numbers of second generation migrants continue to grow. This increasing diversity offers many benefits to our communities-from enhancing our skills base to enriching our cultural life. When we truly value diversity and take steps to demonstrate that value, we send a powerful message of inclusion and anti-discrimination into our society. Ireland's National Strategy for Migrant Integration is underpinned by the vision that migrants are facilitated to play a full role in Irish society, that integration is a core principle of Irish life and that Irish society and institutions work together to promote integration. Those working to realise this vision, across the public, private and voluntary sectors, need access to detailed information to inform and guide their work. It is by reference to reliable data on how migrants to Ireland are faring on key drivers of integration such as education, employment, social inclusion and active citizenship, that we can design and target effective interventions to support integration and remove barriers to it. This is why I funded the ESRI to complete this Monitoring Report on Integration. This report brings together these data, measures changes over time, and describes policy implications. It will be a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners alike. The Monitoring Report provides essential evidence on outcomes for migrant groups in Ireland and shows how these compare with outcomes for the native population. This vital evidence will help to inform the design of the supports required to facilitate successful integration. Our increased diversity brings with it both challenges and opportunities. High quality, up-to-date evidence equips us better to meet both. I welcome this report.

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“…Globally, there are unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers and refugees (hereafter ‘displaced people’; UNHCR, 2019), and attitudes toward displaced people are becoming increasingly polarized in Europe (Ambrosini et al, 2019). Although the Republic of Ireland receives a relatively low absolute number of displaced people per year (Arnold, Ryan, & Quinn, 2018), the State has adopted a ‘deterrent’ approach (Loyal & Quilley, 2016), and reception conditions for displaced people who arrive in Ireland have been widely criticized (IHREC, 2014; Oireachtas, 2019).…”

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“…Despite recent increases of in‐migration and related demographic changes, Ireland remains 91% White and 70% Catholic (CSO, 2016). Displaced people in Ireland mostly come from Syria, Pakistan, Albania, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria (Arnold et al, 2018), with 51.6% coming from the African continent (RIA, 2017). Although racialized groups such as Black people and Muslims face significant race‐based discrimination in Ireland (Joseph, 2017; Mc Ginnity, Fahey, Privalko, & Enright, 2020; Michael, 2017), there are currently no legal protections for victims of this kind of discrimination, such as legislation against hate speech.…”

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Negotiating identities and social representations through intergroup contact in a community solidarity initiative

Vine¹,

Greenwood²

2020

British J Social Psychol

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In Ireland, displaced people experience segregation, discrimination, and disempowering regulations within the Direct Provision system. Community solidarity initiatives (CSI) aim to address the segregation and discrimination displaced people face through collaborative contact with residents/nationals of Ireland. However, asymmetric power relations mean that residents/nationals and displaced people are likely to experience intergroup contact differently, which has implications for identity negotiation. We investigated how displaced people and residents/nationals negotiated their identities and oriented to social representations in talk about their experiences of a CSI in the West of Ireland. We interviewed 17 displaced people and residents/nationals and conducted a thematic analysis, informed by Social Identity Approach and Social Representations Theory. Then, we applied a discursive approach to understand how participants constructed social identities and social representations. Our analysis produced two main themes: 'Identity negotiation strategies in talk about intergroup contact' and 'Understanding and orienting to intergroup boundaries'. We found that residents/nationals and displaced people negotiated their identities to maintain positive identification in relation to negative social representations about their groups. Participants also oriented to shared group representations in their talk , which has implications for the development of political solidarity between residents/nationals and displaced people. Globally, there are unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers and refugees (hereafter 'displaced people'; UNHCR, 2019), and attitudes toward displaced people are becoming increasingly polarized in Europe (Ambrosini et al., 2019). Although the Republic of Ireland receives a relatively low absolute number of displaced people per year (Arnold, Ryan, & Quinn, 2018), the State has adopted a 'deterrent' approach (Loyal & Quilley, 2016), and reception conditions for displaced people who arrive in Ireland have been widely criticized (IHREC, 2014; Oireachtas, 2019). As a minoritized group, displaced people lack social power, relative to residents/ nationals of receiving countries, which is underpinned by their racialization and precarious legal status (Deaux & Wiley, 2007; Lentin, 2015; Loyal & Quilley, 2016). This power asymmetry is sustained through social representations of displaced people and migrants as 'victims' or 'villains' (Crawley, McMahon, & Jones, 2016; Wroe, 2018), which influence how members of receiving communities respond to them. These representations also influence the ways that displaced people negotiate their social identities in their

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Ireland’s response to recent trends in international protection applications

Cited by 16 publications

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Monitoring report on integration 2020

Monitoring report on integration 2020

Monitoring report on integration 2018

Negotiating identities and social representations through intergroup contact in a community solidarity initiative

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