Republic ‘managed immigration change better than other nations’

IRELAND is lucky its rapid absorption of up to half a million migrant workers in 10 years did not spark more “trouble”, it was claimed last night.

Republic ‘managed immigration change better than other nations’

National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturism director Philip Watt said the republic had managed the social and economic changes of the past decade better than most other European nations.

He said the opinions expressed in the Amárach survey of attitudes to immigration showed how Ireland was evolving.

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