Write down just exactly who or what you think aMigrant Worker is.

Who or what exactly IS a Migrant Worker?

In Northern Ireland migrant workers mostly fill gaps in the academic, agricultural, food production, health, hospitality and catering sectors.

A migrant worker is someone who leaves their own country with the intention of seeking work elsewhere. The words are usually applied today to people who do not intend to remain permanently in the host country.

Job Vacancy YES NOHospital Surgeon

‘Big Issue’ Seller

Construction Worker

Teacher

Retail Assistant

Meat Processor

Dressmaker

Fruit Picker

Which of the following job vacancies do you think might be filled by a migrant worker?

Which of these do you think might be a migrant worker?

There are a number of different terms used to describe people who leave their own country and come to

Northern Ireland to seek work.

MigrantWorker

Can you work out the difference between these types of migrant worker?

Complete Resource 2 “Match the Terms” to help you decide.

AsylumSeeker

ImmigrantRefugee

The top 10 countries of origin of migrant workers inNorthern Ireland are listed on the next slide.

How many can you come up with?

Can you name a country that a migrant worker in Northern Ireland might have come from?

Poland 12,020

Lithuania 4,987

Portugal 3,605

Slovakia 3,469

India 2,486

Philippines 1,524

Latvia 1,358

Czech Republic 1,338

China 1,317

Ukraine 867

Top 10 countries of origin of migrant workers to Northern Ireland 2003-2006

Working in a group of 4 pupils and using Resource 2,can you suggest what some of these

‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors might be?

Why do people choose to come toNorthern Ireland to work?

These are things that makepeople want to leave their

own home country

These are things that attract people to come to

Northern Ireland

• Higher salaries here

• Active recruitment because of staff shortages

• Opportunities to improve skills and advance careers

• N. Ireland’s lower cost of living

• Opportunity to experience a new country

• To accompany spouse

Why do people choose to come toNorthern Ireland to work?

• Lack of employment opportunities in home country

• War or poverty in home country

• Poor standard of living in home country

• Political instability

European Economic Area Nationals do not need to ask for permission to move here to live and work. These include people from the European Union (EU), from the European Free Trade Area (including Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), and from Switzerland.

Some facts about who can come to workin Northern Ireland

Nationals from the New EU Accession States are entitled to freedom of movement in the other EU states but must register with the Home Office UK Border Agency when they take up employment.

These include people from what are termed the A8 Countries which joined the EU in May 2004:

Czech Republic Lithuania Estonia Poland Hungary SlovakiaLatvia Slovenia

(Cyprus and Malta which also joined in 2004, are not subject to these restrictions and are treated like states that joined previously.)

The latest accession countries, Bulgaria and Romania (A2) have been treated differently from the A8 countries. Nationals from these countries are free to be here but need work permits for most forms of employment.

Work Permit Holders are foreign nationals from countries, other than those already mentioned. Permits are only issued when the employer has demonstrated that they have been unable to fill the post in any other way.

Students from abroad are entitled to work part time. They often help as language assistants in schools.

Complete Resource 4 to see who can work freely in N. Ireland

ICT TASK:

Resource 5 provides you with some facts andfigures about migration trends in Northern Ireland.

Use the information to graphically illustrate themovement of people in and out of Northern Irelandand the jobs that migrant workers do.

Migration trends to Northern Ireland from 1991-2008