Even some of those with definite migration plans had previously planned to remain in Ireland for the medium to long term, as evidenced in the long-term investments, both financial and social, that they had made in the country.
Conversely, according to the New Economics of Labour Migration (NELM) approach, return migration is a logical outcome of the migration plan once migrants have fulfilled their goals and have accumulated enough financial and human capital to reinvest in the country of origin (Stark and Bloom 1985; Stark 1991; Borjas and Bratsberg 1996; Taylor 1999).
Three relocation "waves" have been devised as part of the BBC's "migration plan", details of which have been seen by MediaGuardian.co.uk, to move around 2,300 jobs to Salford, starting in May next year.
Ms. Pillay noted that implementing the 2001 plan had suffered setbacks because of increased migration, terrorism and measures used to fight it.
What about the migration plans?
First, migration plans and fertility may be simultaneous decisions.
22 In over 60 years of planned post-war migration, Australia has accepted more than 6.5 million migrants and in the most recent census (2006), 3.1 million people (16% of the population) were reported to speak a language other than English at home.
The migration wave has complicated the Obama administration's plans to overcome decades of bitter relations with the governments of Fidel and Raúl Castro.
Far-right protesters opposed to migration plan to march from Dover Priory station, and anti-fascists have vowed to stop them.
Last November Fraser wrote to Mark Hoban, the Treasury minister responsible for the City, suggesting a migration clampdown "has had a negative impact on the UK's attractiveness for international firms", leading to businesses postponing expansion plans.
