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Fewer Irish looking to move to the US
There has been a fall of 25 per cent in Irish people looking to move to the US, according to a company that helps process visa applications. Visa First explained that the lengthy application process, which has numerous stages and can take years on end to complete, is making would be applicants think twice, with many now opting to try for...
Illegal migration on the rise in Gulf of Aden region
The Gulf of Aden is experiencing an unprecedented rise in seaborne migration, with only the Mediterranean Sea recording higher numbers of illegal migrants, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC). The dramatic increase in the number of East Africans making the hazardous crossing near the Bab el Mandeb Straight is largely...
US-Cuba rumours spark surge in migration
Talk of another huge shift in US-Cuba policy has triggered a rise in Cuban migration over the past week, said the US Coast Guard. Cubans have allegedly been told that the 20-year-old “wet foot, dry foot” policy is being scrapped on 15 January, which has left many of them desperately trying to reach the US before the apparent...
Irish Great Famine sitcom sparks outrage
A sitcom based on Ireland’s Great Famine has caused outrage, despite the fact it has yet to be written. Hugh Travers, 31, is writing the Channel 4 commissioned show, called Hungry, based on the country’s huge famine and ensuing mass emigration to the US. He said that it would be a similar style to the popular British comedy Shameless,...
North American Jews emigrating to Israel in record numbers
A record number of North American Jews moved to Israel in 2014, according to the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and the Jewish Agency for Israel. Last year, more than 3,700 Jews from Canada and the US emigrated to Israel, a seven per cent rise in new arrivals from North America, while there was an increase of 32 per cent in the total...
More Central Americans emigrate to US than any other group
Central Americans have moved ahead of Mexicans as the largest population of people to emigrate to the US. For the first time ever, US Border Control detained more non-Mexicans than Mexicans in 2014, revealed a study published by the Pew Research Center. A record low 230,000 Mexicans were arrested at the border last year, similar to the...
Emigrating to Sweden could become less attractive
The Sweden Democrats party secretary has proposed that migrants should be offered money to leave the country and said that it was time for minority groups to do more to look after “true Swedes”. Bjorn Soder said he would not be against migrants being offered a cash incentive to return to their homelands, noting that it would make the...
Boat capsizes in Gulf of Aden; 24 Ethiopian migrants dead
Twenty-four Ethiopians have drowned after the boat they were travelling in sank off the coast of Yemen. The migrants, who had been trying to enter Yemen illegally, died after their boat capsized near the port town of Mocha, in the country’s central Taizz province, according to the Yemen Interior Ministry. It added that the bodies of 24...
Migrants offered shelter in Calais
A heated shed has been erected in Calais to protect migrants from the chilly weather currently being experienced in northern France. The Pas-de-Calais prefecture has put up a 500 square metres shelter for migrants as part of the “great cold weather” initiative put in place by the French government to protect people from the cold...
Ireland: Many trainee GPs want to emigrate
Up to one-third of trainee GPs in Ireland are ready to quit the country when they are fully qualified, according to a recent survey. The survey, which quizzed third and fourth year trainees, showed that one-third of the 33 respondents said they intended to emigrate within 12 months of finishing their training. In recent years, the...
