“Substantial inward movements occurred during the early period of its emergence as an urban society, with Huguenot refugees from France and the Low Countries arriving in the 17th Century, followed by Germans and Irish, and after 1880, Jewish migrants and refugees from the Czarist lands.  It was also a major country of out-migration throughout this period, with British migrants leaving in large numbers to settle in colonies established in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

In more modern times migration has moved through the phase of Commonwealth citizens arriving in the decades after the second world war to work in the industries and services being reconstructed; the movements family reunification which began after the stops placed on Commonwealth migration in 1962, which was supplemented by the arrival of British citizens of South Asian origin who had been displaced by de-colonisation in East Africa; refugee arrivals after 1989; a new period of economic migration starting in the late 1990s; and large-scale migration from the EU accession countries from 2004 onwards.” [MRC/MRN, UK]

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FOMACS is a collaborative project made up of seven partners and extended networks: key partners comprise immigration and protection/asylum NGO organisations, a multicultural print and media outlet, in addition to a research and media production centre.

This cross-sector collaboration serves as a learning laboratory to reflect on communication strategies in relation to migration and to produce film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and engaging diverse audiences.
Our central objective is to amplify voices and personal stories previously sensationalised or marginalised in dominant media representations of immigration. FOMACS is housed on the campus of the Dublin Institute of Technology and is led by the Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice, School of Media. NGO partners include: The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI), the Migrant Rights Centre, Ireland (MRCI), the Refugee information Service (RIS), the Irish Refugee Council (IRC) and Integrating Ireland. The seventh partner is the multicultural print and media outlet, Metro Éireann.

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The project will relate to the widespread interest that migrant community organisations in many EU countries have had in presenting their case for equal treatment to the press and broadcasting media. Whilst much of this work has been concerned with providing responses to negative reportage on matters concerning migrants, the project will attempt to go beyond this to examine the possibilities that might exist to pro-actively present positive messages and to look for opportunities to improve the overall tone of the public conversation.

The report discusses Greek media and its relation with the immigrants and how they react towards them, also represents a historical overview about immigrants in Greece and their problems in order to understand the whole picture and to figure out the best ways that can be used to fulfil the objective of the project.

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Immigrants mostly come from the neighbouring European countries, and most of them are of Hungarian ethnicity. Other relevant nationalities are: Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, German, British, French, American.

The proportion of asylum seekers among immigrants has been very low since the early 2000s (2-3 thousand claims a year). In the early 1990’s the majority of immigrants came as asylum seekers due to the upheavals in Romania and the subsequent war in Yugoslavia.

Immigration is mainly a demand-driven, sub-regional labour migration, often based on seasonal or temporary employment; movement of family members and family unification is less significant, although it has been growing for the past few years.
Regarding the social and demographic composition of immigrants those with a long term resident status have a better economic position than the native population which is due to their different age structure (higher proportion of population in an active age among them), and their better education level. Their advantage is reflected by their better labour market position in comparison with the native population. Those who are short term residents with a work permit usually show worse labour market position, being over-represented in low-skilled, menial jobs.
Irregular (illegal) immigration mostly involves either transiting through the country or engagement in seasonal or temporary employment; settling permanently is not typical for undocumented migrants in Hungary.

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According to the 2008 census by the National Statistical Institute (which does not take into account all the realities of immigration but  just those registered), the 11′3% (5′22 million people) of the population of Spain is from foreign nationality, standing out countries as Romania (728,000), Morocco (644,000) and Ecuador (420,000).

Immigration in Spain characterized by the provenance from areas culturally close, whether for identification linguistic or geographic proximity. EU-27 adds 38% of the total of foreign residents, 31% Latin America and Africa 18%. The foreign population  concentrates in the capital, the Mediterranean strip and the two archipelagos. Cataluña is the region with the highest foreign registration (1,097,000), followed by Madrid (991,000) and Comunitat Valenciana (838,000).

An aspect not always mentioned in the statistics that may refer to situations of racial discrimination is the Gypsy people, whose population in Spain is estimated on 600,000.

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In more modern times migration has moved through the phase of Commonwealth citizens arriving in the decades after the second world war to work in the industries and services being reconstructed; the movements family reunification which began after the stops placed on Commonwealth migration in 1962, which was supplemented by the arrival of British citizens of South Asian origin who had been displaced by de-colonisation in East Africa; refugee arrivals after 1989; a new period of economic migration starting in the late 1990s; and large-scale migration from the EU accession countries from 2004 onwards.

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UK perspectives Migrants and the Media Project

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The report reflected the diversity of different interpretations of the term integration that exists both among the British public and among migrants.

The report was launched at a joint event with EAPN – England with a focus on migrant and refugee integration and ‘The European Year for Intercultural Dialogue’.

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