The Migration Integration Policy Index published in September 2007 showed that Ireland had ranked bottom of an EU-wide table accessing the provision of long-term residence rights for migrant workers. The study of policy indicators highlighted the lack of a ‘long-term resident’ status category in Ireland, which resulted in long-term migrants not being provided with a similar level of security as in other EU states and with the ‘last favourable rights in the 28 countries assessed’.... READ MORE.
European Migration Network on Ireland
