Recession ‘hitting immigrant community the hardest’

Immigrants have been hit harder by the recession and there are growing levels of concern about their overall integration into various aspects of Irish life.

The Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2011, published today by the Integration Centre, claims the level of participation within non-Irish communities in sport is approximately half that of the native Irish.

The report uses previously available data, but compares and analyses the figures. The work was carried out on behalf of the Integration Centre by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).