This Roadmap identifies the main blocks to immigrant integration in Ireland. Solutions are posited to problems and those responsible for putting these in place are indicated...A positive characteristic of the local election system is that every person can vote and stand for election. Ireland has one of the most inclusive voting rights in Europe which is why it received a high score in the Migration Policy Index in that area...Ireland’s ability to target the needs of migrant students received 37/100 (www.mipex.eu/Ireland). The report deduced that “migrants with specific needs enjoy less favourable targeted measures than in most new immigration countries”...Ireland received a very low score on the subject of long-term residence in the Migration Policy Index (See www.mipex.eu). The main reasons were the discretionary nature of the process and the status only being available to workers...
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Integration Centre Ireland: Roadmap to Integration 2011
Thomas Huddleston
Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Group
Thomas Huddleston is a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Group, a European think-and-do-tank. He coordinates MPG’s research for European cooperation on national integration policies, including the second and third editions of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) (published in February 2011) and the third edition of the European Commission’s Handbook on Integration.
