Monday, July 23, 2007

Latvians in Ireland

Over the last years, tens of thousands of Latvians have left Latvia to search for a better life in Ireland. Over there, they would work long hours in jobs that "locals would not take", as farm workers, supermarket cashiers or cleaners. Their income would be below-average by Irish standards but much more than what they would have earned in Latvia.

The story of Latvians in Ireland is known far outside of Latvia. Once, I was approached by an American colleague who had just read about it in New York Times. And there have been stories in other major Western media outlets, like Washington Post and MSNBC.

People have been leaving for Ireland or UK from many countries in Eastern Europe. Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia... Out of those, Poland and Latvia are the two that get mentioned in Western media most frequently. Poland, because it's much larger than the other countries and sends the most people abroad. There are more than two million Poles in UK now.

Latvia... I would give most of the credit to one person. Laima Muktupavela. A Latvian writer who went to Ireland , came back and published a novel, Šampinjonu Derība (The Mushroom Testament), in which she describes her experiences working sixteen-hour days on a mushroom farm in Ireland. The book became known in both Latvia and outside and Muktupavela was interviewed by BBC and others. This brought the story of Latvians in Ireland into international spotlight.

It's quite amazing how much difference one writer can make. Without Muktupavela, we would still be having our debates on people leaving for Ireland, but nobody would know that outside of Latvia. In her most recent interview with MSNBC (which is worth reading in full), Muktupavela was asked about the empty farmhouses in eastern Latvia, abandoned by people who have left. She answered:
Five years from now these houses will be full, if people will see .... [a] change of the economic situation.
This is what I would like to think as well.

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Hello!
My name is Julie and I personally returned to Latvia almost a year ago, after i left 10 years ago... Surprisingly enough, i left to Ireland and i did my Leaving Cert there and graduated from Trinity and UCD...And to tell you the truth, the sight of dear old Eire changed dramatically with all the Latvians, Lithuanians and Pols flooding the country!!! ANd i cant say it changed for the best!!! Because of your mentality, people!! Honestly, i understand living in Latvia is hard, especially now, but hey, if you leave to another country, at least respect it!!!
So many times during my ryanair trips for weekends in Riga i had to eavsedrop on conversations of Latvians going to or coming back from Ireland saying how they hate that country and its people!
Hellooo!!! YOU DONT EVEN KNOW IT!! How many out of those thousands know history and culture of Ireland or at least show some interest in it?!?! 0,1%!!!! and thats my best estimation.... maybe those kids born there might learn, but they are still gonna be brought up with this hatred of their parents...
You came to another country and you start pushing your own rules, your own policies...wheres respect!!!
I passionatelly love Ireland and i was embarassed of my Latvian citizenship many many times...
And plus, if you dont like it there, stay in Latvia and try to do something for your country, dont run away for better life and even then saying bullshit because of your narrow-mindedness!!!

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Hi Julie
Thank you for your comments on my beautiful country Ireland who has welcomed many of our fellow europeans to our shores over many years. I too would be angry with theses Latvian people who have a chip on their shoulder. Ireland is like any other country making its way in the world and Latvian and people from other eastern euro countries must learn to appreciate the good things in life such as decent Irish people who are considered the most friendly in europe and are really interested in other cultures I visited latvia for a few days hols, riga a lovely city but people appear to be a little sad but nice to deal with. I do hope Latvian people realize that they are in the best country in europe for integration and if they d ont then they will realize too late how good they had it in my country who has bent over backwards to welcome many peoples from all over the world. I wish all Latvian people the best and do hope they will realize their dreams in my country but they should never make the mistake of disrespecting my peole as Irish People never for get insults. Thanking you. Mark

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