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Thursday, September 28th, 2006US-bound passengers from Irish airports will soon go through all pre-clearance procedures through US officials based at Dublin and Shannon. The current system checks passports, but the US embassy says it is working with Irish authorities to implement the agricultural and customs checks that are now conducted in US airports after passengers arrive. The embassy says the move will offer significant security and commercial benefits.
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1695797&issue_id=14694
Minister for Foreign Affairs meets with ILIR, NY groups
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, has met with representatives from the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) in New York to discuss the campaign on behalf of undocumented Irish immigrants in the United States. The minister reiterated the Government’s strong support for the ILIR’s campaign. He added, “The plight of the undocumented gets harder by the day and the ILIR campaign has undoubtedly already had a strong impact in Congress and beyond. The Government will remain actively involved in representing the concerns of the undocumented in the crucial period ahead.â€?
During his visit to New York, Mr Ahern also met with representatives of the following organisations:
- Emerald Isle Immigration Center
- Aisling Center
- Irish Immigration and Pastoral Center, Philadelphia
- New York Irish Center
- Project Irish Outreach
- Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers
The Minister praised the work of the centres, saying, “The services offered by the Irish immigration centers are critical, particularly for the more vulnerable members of our communities here. I welcome the ongoing focus on supporting community networks and the development of services for older Irish people in this country. The work that the centers undertake to respond to the particular difficulties encountered by the undocumented in their communities is also of key importance�.
See the Department of Foreign Affair’s press release.
"Real" Annie Moore discovered
Friday, September 1st, 2006The story of the real Annie Moore has been unveiled. Annie Moore was the 15-year-old Cork girl who was the first immigrant to pass through New York’s Ellis Island in January 1892. While it had been long believed that Moore had moved west, instead, it genealogist Megan Smolenyak has discovered that Moore had actually made it no farther than the lower east side of Manhattan, where she bore eleven children, of whom only five survived; she died in 1924 at the age of 47. Although two statues of Annie Moore memorialise her story – one in New York harbour and the other in Cobh, Co Cork, her grave is unmarked. Her descendents are raising money for a headstone for the grave in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-09-15T223324Z_01_N15390578_RTRUKOC_0_UK-LIFE-IMMIGRANT.xml
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16annie.html?ex=1158552000&en=90f781f38cc27b3a&ei=5087%0A
J1ers report problems
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006Siobhan Dennehy of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in New York was interviewed on Ryan Tubridy about problems facing this year’s J-1 programme participants as well as the services offered by the EIIC. She noted her belief that the organisations operating the visa programme could be more pro-active in offering advice to the students before their arrival in the US.
Ryan Tubridy also spoke to a J-1 participant living in Yonkers who spoke of his difficulties in finding a job. He plans on returning home to Ireland after only six weeks because his job search has been fruitless.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/tommcgurk/
Minister invites emigrants home at FAS NY event
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006Minister of State for Labour Tony Killeen spoke at the launch of the FAS Jobs Ireland New York event. He gave a background of Irish emigration and told the story of Ireland’s economic success in recent decades. He declared:
If you are an Irish person who emigrated to the United States ten or fifteen years ago you will find that the Ireland of today is dramatically different from the country you left. To Irish people who are thinking of returning to Ireland we say: Now is the time to come home. Instead of the depressed country you left behind you will find instead a wide range of jobs and opportunities. There has never been a better time to live and work in Ireland.
His entire speech is on the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment’s website.
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