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Irish Citizens More Worried Than EU Counterparts About Uncontrolled Migration, Survey Finds - 05/02/2026

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Irish people are more concerned about uncontrolled migration flows than our EU counterparts are, according to a new survey.The latest European Parliament Euro­barometer survey shows 75pc of those surveyed in Ireland said they were “highly worried” about uncontrolled migration flows. This compares with 65pc of those surveyed for the study across the EU.A total of 13pc of Irish respondents were “moderately worried”, while 12pc said they were “not or slightly worried”.More than 1,000 Irish people were interviewed as part of the survey last November, with 26,453 face-to-face interviews conducted with citizens across EU member states for the report.CEO of The Immigrant Council of Ireland, Teresa Buczkowska, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irish people are more concerned about uncontrolled migration flows than our EU counterparts are, according to a new survey.The latest European Parliament Euro­barometer survey shows 75pc of those surveyed in Ireland said they were “highly worried” about uncontrolled migration flows. This compares with 65pc of those surveyed for the study across the EU.A total of 13pc of Irish respondents were “moderately worried”, while 12pc said they were “not or slightly worried”.More than 1,000 Irish people were interviewed as part of the survey last November, with 26,453 face-to-face interviews conducted with citizens across EU member states for the report.CEO of The Immigrant Council of Ireland, Teresa Buczkowska, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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