期刊名称：Translocations : Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review
印刷版ISSN：2009-0420
出版年度：2006
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Dublin City University
摘要：The story of the Celtic Tiger is also the story of Ireland becoming a country of
immigration. In the 1990s Ireland became not only increasingly a target for foreign
direct investment and multinational companies but also for people from different
parts of the world. In 1996 for the first time more people entered the country than
left it and since then net immigration always outstripped net emigration. The great
majority of people migrating to Ireland are doing so in search for work, most
recently in particular from the new EU member states in Central and Eastern
Europe. They have ‘answered Ireland’s call’ for additional (cheap) labour from
abroad to ensure continuous economic growth rates. However, labour migration
to Ireland has not only helped sustaining the economy but also has profound
social consequences on the receiving country, the sending country and not least
the migrants themselves. Recent publications by Martin Ruhs (2005), Nicola Doyle,
Gerry Hughes and Eskil Wadensjö (2006) and the Migrant Rights Centre (2005) are
all concerned with different aspects of labour migration that in many aspects
profoundly changes Irish society.
