African diaspora
Journal Article Review
In this article the authors present findings from a study of African immigrants to Ireland. The main focus of the study was to look at the experiences of pregnant and post natal African women and to explore questions about their experiences of maternity services in Ireland and also larger issues of integration into Irish society. The research was based primarily in a Dublin maternity hospital. The author also highlights a number of issues African immigrants face when living in Ireland, racism, family reunification, the right to work and the lengthy process of immigration claims.
The study was made up of 51 female participants from Africa living in Ireland. The women in the sample originated from 12 countries of the African continent, Algeria(1), Angola(2), Cameroon(4), cote d’Lvoire(1), Democratic Republic of the Congo(4), Liberia(1), Nigeria(32), Sudan(1), South Africa(1), Sierra Leone(1), Uganda(1), and Zimbabwe(1). The participants were recruited in the outpatient and social work department and ante natal and post natal wards of the hospital. The sample inclusion criteria included pregnant or recently delivered women who had arrived in Ireland in the past 10 years, were born in Africa and were at least 18 years of age. The interviews lasted between 20 minutes to 2 hours. Each participant was interviewed individually. A questionnaire was presented to each participant, the questionnaire focused on experiences in pregnancy, satisfaction with services at the hospital, integration into Irish society and demographic background. The women were given a 10euro gift voucher as a gesture of thanks.
The author states that persons seeking asylum in Ireland increased dramatically in 2002 with 11,634 seeking asylum compared to 31 in 1991. By 2003 it had fallen to 7,900. In 2002, Nigeria was the top stated country of origin for asylum seekers. The reasons for this dramatic increase in immigration was that Ireland had gone through a
In this article the authors present findings from a study of African immigrants to Ireland. The main focus of the study was to look at the experiences of pregnant and post natal African women and to explore questions about their experiences of maternity services in Ireland and also larger issues of integration into Irish society. The research was based primarily in a Dublin maternity hospital. The author also highlights a number of issues African immigrants face when living in Ireland, racism, family reunification, the right to work and the lengthy process of immigration claims.
The study was made up of 51 female participants from Africa living in Ireland. The women in the sample originated from 12 countries of the African continent, Algeria(1), Angola(2), Cameroon(4), cote d’Lvoire(1), Democratic Republic of the Congo(4), Liberia(1), Nigeria(32), Sudan(1), South Africa(1), Sierra Leone(1), Uganda(1), and Zimbabwe(1). The participants were recruited in the outpatient and social work department and ante natal and post natal wards of the hospital. The sample inclusion criteria included pregnant or recently delivered women who had arrived in Ireland in the past 10 years, were born in Africa and were at least 18 years of age. The interviews lasted between 20 minutes to 2 hours. Each participant was interviewed individually. A questionnaire was presented to each participant, the questionnaire focused on experiences in pregnancy, satisfaction with services at the hospital, integration into Irish society and demographic background. The women were given a 10euro gift voucher as a gesture of thanks.
The author states that persons seeking asylum in Ireland increased dramatically in 2002 with 11,634 seeking asylum compared to 31 in 1991. By 2003 it had fallen to 7,900. In 2002, Nigeria was the top stated country of origin for asylum seekers. The reasons for this dramatic increase in immigration was that Ireland had gone through a