New to the Parish

Stories of Love, War and Adventure from Ireland's Immigrants

Sorcha Pollak

• Publisher: New Island
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781848406780
• eBook ISBN: 9781848406797
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Emigration & Immigration
• Index: Social Sciences

An inspiring chronological timeline of personal stories of migration, New to the Parish: Stories of Love, War and Adventure from Ireland's Immigrants takes us on a journey across the globe – from Cameroon to Myanmar, Poland to New York, Nigeria to Venezuela, Iraq to Syria – and back home again. These fourteen stories are given context by succinct analysis of how world events over the past decade have played a role in the migration crisis; from the 2004 enlargement of the European Union to the economic recession, the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011 to Angela Merkel's welcome of over a million people into Germany, and from Brexit to the election of Donald Trump as US president.

Irish Times journalist Sorcha Pollak, whose own grandfather was a Czech Jewish political refugee who arrived in Ireland in 1948, provides a deeper understanding of what makes a person leave their native land, often in extreme difficulty, in order to start a new life abroad. These are the stories of people who have come to Ireland for work, education, retirement, love and in some cases, out of necessity, forced from their homes by death and destruction. New to the Parish is an important reminder that every migrant is a human being, and that every one of us has a story to tell.

Endnotes

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4 Staunton, Denis. ‘Leaders attend historic flag-raising ceremony at Aras an Uachtarain’, The Irish Times, 3 May 2004.

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6 European Union, Technical Mission to Morocco. Visit to Ceuta and Melilla – Mission Report Technical mission to Morocco on illegal immigration 7th October–11th October 2005, 18 October 2005.

7 Ibid.

8 ‘Statement by the Minister regarding the Real Facts about the Asylum and Deportation Systems’, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, 7 June 2005, http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/PR07000171.

9 Ibid.

10 Ahern, Bertie. ‘Foreword to Planning For Diversity The National Action Plan Against Racism 2005-2008’, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, 2005, http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/NPARen.pdf/Files/NPARen.pdf.

11 Ricklef Beutin, Marcel Canoy, Anna Horvath, Agnes Hubert, Frédéric Lerais, Peter Smith and Myriam Sochacki. European Commission, Bureau of European Policy Advisors. Migration and public perception, 4 October 2006.

12 Cartner, Holly. ‘EU: Outsourcing Migration Control Puts Human Rights at Risk’, Human Rights Watch, 15 October 2006, https://www.hrw.org/news/2006/10/15/eu-outsourcing-migration-control-puts-human-rights-risk.

13 Mooten, Nalinie. ‘Making Separated Children Visible’, The Irish Refugee Council, 2006, https://www.pobal.ie/Publications/Documents/Making%20Separated%20Children%20Visible%20-%20Irish%20Refugee%20Council%20-%202006.pdf.

14 Rosenstock-Armie, Héilean. ‘All children in Ireland should be cherished equally’, The Irish Times, 23 June 2006.

15 ‘Missing asylum seeker children “failed by State”’, The Irish Times, 2 August 2006.

16 ‘Plea over temporary residency for trafficking victims’, The Irish Times, 28 August 2006.

17 O’Donoghue, Siobhan. Foreword to Realising Integration: Creating the Conditions for the Economic, Social, Political and Cultural Inclusion Of Migrant Workers and their Families in Ireland, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, July 2006.

18 Ibid.

19 Mac Cormaic, Ruadhán. ‘No man’s land where you cannot work and must live on €19 a week’, The Irish Times, 6 June 2007.

20 Loyal, Steven. ‘Getting our heads around reality of multiculturalism’, The Irish Times, 22 August 2007.

21 ‘Iraq: Neighbors Stem Flow of Iraqis Fleeing War: US and UK Bear Special Duty to Aid Refugees’, Human Rights Watch, 16 April 2007, https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/04/16/iraq-neighbors-stem-flow-iraqis-fleeing-war.

22 Sciolino, Elaine. ‘Immigration, Black Sheep and Swiss Rage’, New York Times, 8 October 2007.

23 Migration Nation: Statement on Integration Strategy and Diversity Management, Office of the Minister for Integration, 1 May 2008, http://www.integration.ie/website/omi/omiwebv6.nsf/page/AXBN-7SQDF91044205-en/$File/Migration%20Nation.pdf.

24 O’Brien, Dan. ‘Origins of the Great Recession’, The Irish Times, 12 September 2013.

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26 Legrain, Philippe. ‘Tear Down the Walls’, The Guardian, 8 August 2008.

27 Lacy Swing, William. Foreword to Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence (eds. Frank Laczko and Christine Aghazarm), International Organization for Migration, 2009.

28 ‘PM to “tighten” migration rules’, BBC News, 12 November 2009.

29 Allen, Peter. ‘French police detain hundreds of migrants in raid on Calais “jungle”’, The Telegraph, 22 September 2009.

30 Audi, Nadim and Caroline Brothers. ‘French Police Dismantle Migrant Camp’, The New York Times, 22 September 2009.

31 Henry, Lesley-Anne and Lisa Smyth. ‘Shameful scenes as Romanians flee homes’, Belfast Telegraph, 18 June 2009.

32 McKittrick, David. ‘Belfast mob “threatened to kill Romanian children”’, Independent, 17 June 2009.

33 Meredith, Fionola. ‘Bigotry in Belfast’, The Guardian, 17 June 2009.

34 Reilly, Catherine. ‘What generation hostel did next’, The Irish Times, 7 May 2010.

35 ‘Separated Children in Foster Care Seminar Paper’, Barnardos, 28 September 2011.

36 ‘Submission to the UN CERD Committee on the Examination of Ireland’s Combined Third and Fourth Periodic Reports’, Irish Human Rights Commission, November 2010, https://www.ihrec.ie/download/pdf/20101210101458.pdf.

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39 ‘Top 10 of 2011 - Issue #1: Arab Spring and Fear of Migrant Surge Expose Rift in EU Immigration Policy Circles’, Migration Policy Institute, 1 Dec...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Glossary of Terms
• Introduction
• 2004 Migration
• Bassam Al-Sabah, 2004
• 2005 Migration
• Magda Chmura, 2005
• 2006 Migration
• George Labbad, 2006
• 2007 Migration
• Azeez Yusuff, 2007
• 2008 Migration
• Tibor and Aniko Szabo, 2008
• 2009 Migration
• Mohammed Rafique, 2009
• 2010 Migration
• Zeenie Summers, 2010
• 2011 Migration
• Carlinhos Cruz, 2011
• 2012 Migration
• Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, 2012
• 2013 Migration
• Mabel Chah, 2013
• 2014 Migration
• Flavia Camejo, 2014
• 2015 Migration
• Ellen Baker and James Sweeney, 2015
• 2016 Migration
• Maisa Al-Hariri, 2016
• 2017 Migration
• Eve and Maybelle Wallis, 2017
• Endnotes
• Author’s Note
• Acknowledgements
• Plate Section ...