COUNTDOWN TO MAY DAY: 40,000 WILL BE HEADING FOR IRELAND.Byline: NEIL NEIL Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited NEIL Network Engineering and Integration Lab COTTER cot·ter n. 1. A bolt, wedge, key, or pin inserted through a slot in order to hold parts together. 2. A cotter pin. [Origin unknown. MORE than 40,000 eastern European immigrants will flock to Ireland this year once the EU opens its borders to 10 new member states. From today, people previously turned away from Irish ports This is a list of seaports around the coast of the island of Ireland. East coast Republic of Ireland
They will come from 10 countries with a combined population of 72million. Some of the EU states are among the poorest in Europe, where many workers earn as little as EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 3,000 a year. Massive unemployment, 20 per cent in some countries, will drive them in their thousands to Ireland. But we will not tolerate welfare spongers - the immigrants won't be able to draw the dole unless they've been living here for two years. And they must prove they are here to work, or else they'll be kicked out. Ireland's new residents will come from these 10 countries: POLAND: Almost 80 per cent of Poles voted for EU accession and up to 10,000 could travel to Ireland this year. The average wage is EUR5,200 and unemployment at 18 per cent so the number of Polish people in Ireland may double this year. ESTONIA: Populated by just 1.4million people, more than 12 per cent are jobless. The number travelling to Ireland from Estonia is more likely to be in the hundreds than thousands despite an average wage of EUR5,400. HUNGARY: Among the wealthiest of the new accession states, Hungary has an average wage of EUR7,000 and unemployment rate of 5.6 per cent. Up to 2,000 - including gypsies - could travel to Ireland by Christmas. SLOVAKIA: Unemployment levels of almost 20 per cent looks likely to force a big part of Slovenia's five million people to find work abroad. Around 10,000 mainly manual labourers are expected to flock to Ireland. CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. There are a significant number of gypsies among the country's 10million population and many have Ireland as their first stop. The already-big Czech population here will swell by 3,000 by next year. SLOVENIA Slovenia Tiny Slovenia is the richest of the new countries with an average wage of more than EUR13,000 a year. With an unemployment rate similar to here, doctors and white collar workers are more likely to come. LATVIA Ireland has for 10 years been a favoured destination for thousands of Latvia's 2.3million people. With around 3,000 mainly manual workers living here already, this could grow by another 2,000 this year. LITHUANIA A country of 3.6million people with an average wage of EUR4,200 a year. Ten thousand will come straight to Ireland, with 3,000 already booked to fly in August from the rural town of Kaunas. CYPRUS With an average annual wage of more than EUR11,000 in a country populated by only 760,000 people, very few Cypriots will travel here after accession. MALTA: Few Maltese people Famous or notable people from Malta include: Artists Actors
ESTONIA Hundreds LATVIA 2,000 LITHUANIA 10,000 POLAND 10,000 CZECH REP. 3,000 SLOVAKIA 10,000 HUNGARY 2,000 SLOVENIA Hundreds MALTA Very few CYPRUS Very few CAPTION(S): FUTURE MAPPED OUT: Where our new fellow EU member states are |
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