IRELAND
November 15, 2006
Major countries of destination of migrants
from Ireland are
Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Note: The countries are listed in alphabetical order
Source: Composite
Matrix, the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation
and Poverty.
Top Five Countries of Origin of the Foreign-Born Population
Living in Ireland in 2002
Countries
of birth |
Number |
Percent
of total foreign-born population |
| United Kingdom and
Northern Ireland |
248,515 |
62.1 |
| United States |
21,541 |
5.4 |
| Nigeria |
9,225 |
2.3 |
| Germany |
8,770 |
2.2 |
| France |
6,794 |
1.7 |
| All other countries |
105,171 |
26.3 |
| TOTAL |
400,016 |
100.0 |
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Source: Central
Statistics Office (CSO), Census 2002.
According to the Central
Statistics Office, the foreign born represented 10.4 percent (400,016)
of the total population of Ireland in 2002.
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Source: Central
Statistics Office (CSO), Census 2002.
For more data details, go to the Development Research Centre
on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty:
http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html
Migration Information Source:
Ireland country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/ireland.cfm
Ireland's Resources:
Central Statistics Office: http://www.cso.ie/
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform – Immigration, Asylum & Citizenship:
http://www.justice.ie/
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner: http://www.orac.ie/
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