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Thu 07 Jul 2008Migrants from new accession states down 40% on last year
THE NUMBER of citizens from the EU's newer member states who registered to work or to access public services in the Republic fell by 40 per cent in the first half of the year, suggesting a significant easing of the inward migration flow from central and eastern Europe. RUADHÁN MacCORMAIC, Migration Correspondent reoprts
Figures released to The Irish Timesshow that just over 40,000 people from the EU's 12 newest members obtained a PPS number in the first six months of the year, compared to 66,500 over the same period last year.
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