Seanad debates
Wednesday, 27 November 2002
Report on Immigration Policy: Statements.
As the Minister stated, our view of emigration has changed and that has largely resulted from the success of the economy in recent years. I am 33 and when I was attending school and college, significant numbers of my friends had to leave the country. That is no longer the case because of the opportunities that exist in the economy for people to take up employment in Ireland. Our view of emigration has changed, therefore, because of changing economic circumstances but, as the report correctly highlights, there are people who are not in a position to make those choices as they live in difficult economic circumstances and are forced to leave the State. We must be conscious of these people in particular.
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