TITLE

Irish, great emigrants, not keen on outsiders

AUTHOR(S)
Rafter, Kevin
PUB. DATE
August 1997
SOURCE
Christian Science Monitor;8/1/97, Vol. 89 Issue 173, p6
SOURCE TYPE
Newspaper
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on immigration to Ireland by refugees from Europe. Number of refugees seeking asylum in 1996; Proportion or Ireland's population which is foreign; How Ireland's foreign population ranks with other European countries; Restrictions on immigration in several European countries; The economic prosperity of Ireland, which is seen as an attraction for refugees; How the Irish are reacting to the refugees.
ACCESSION #
9708040131

Tags: IMMIGRANTS;  REFUGEES

 

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