IrishCentral student emigration - b5cc3275d518416eacb61d676e8d84d1

Best Wishes to Departing J-1 Summer Students (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:01:34 PDT

Darren Geraghty, IIIC Cyber Cafe Intern, assisting J-1 students earlier this summerDarren Geraghty, IIIC Cyber Cafe Intern, assisting J-1 students earlier this summerOnly recently bustling with activity, the IIIC’s Cyber Café has suddenly quieted down This marks the beginning of the end of what was most certainly a memorable summer for the hundreds of J-1 summer students who spent the last few months in Boston, many of whom passed through the doors at the IIICAfter spending the early weeks of the summer using the Café’s job and housing resources, slowly the J-1ers’ presence dwindled as they successfully found employment While the excited chatter and laughter coming from the Café was certainly missed, it was encouraging to know that students were getting the most out of their experience READ MORE

Immigration and US Citizenship News - President announced new policy on student immigrants (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:00:42 PDT

By Kieran C O’Sullivan, Immigration CounselorPresident announced new policy on student immigrantsUnder the new policy, certain undocumented immigrants brought into the US as children can apply for the “deferred action” that for two years, eliminates the threat of deportation without granting citizenshipThe basic requirements:-Undocumented immigrants must be under 30 years of age-They must be without a criminal record-They must have arrived in the US before they turned 16-They must have lived in the US for at least the last five years-Applicants must have either obtained a high school diploma or GED, or be serving in the military or honorably dischargedWe advise anyone who think they might be eligible to consult one of our pro bono attorneys at our monthly legal clinic READ MORE

Irish Immigration Center in Boston opens internet cafe for J1 students (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 May 2012 01:30:17 PDT

Michael at the Cyber Café The Irish Immigration Center Cyber Café will be opening this year for summer students on Wednesday, May 30thCyber Café Hours: Mon 12-5:00pm,Tues 12-7:00pm,Wed 12-5:00pm,Thurs CLOSEDFriday 1:00pm -5:00pmWe invite you to come in to receive help with your job and housing search READ MORE

Majority of Irish students plan to emigrate, survey shows (IrishCentral)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:04:42 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

A survey conducted by the Student Marketing Network found that two-thirds of students polled in Ireland plan to emigrate once they complete their education. The primary reason for emigration is due to better job forecasts in other countries.

Government forcing emigration with college cuts warns Students Union (IrishCentral)

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:47:04 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Thousands of Ireland’s finest young brains will be forced to emigrate if the Government cuts all grants to postgraduate students in next month’s budget.

110 a day -- latest CSO stats show extent of Ireland's shocking emigration problem (IrishCentral)

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:45:16 PDT

Over 110 Irish continue to flee Ireland every day, latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have revealedAnd it's recent graduates who are anecdotally, and statistically, taking the brunt of it: statistics show that the majority of those seeking out are aged between 25 and 44, while the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) this afternoon issued a strongly worded press release stating that recent college graduates were increasingly left with no choice but to seek to earn a living in sunnier shoresUSI President Gary Redmond this afternoon said that the issue seemed, remarkably, to be off the government's radar, and said that it was almost too late to rectify the situation"This continued inaction at tackling the soaring unemployment and emigration is hampering any hope of realising the Government’s ambitions of creating a Smart Economy in Ireland READ MORE

Another perspective on student emigration (IrishCentral)

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:45:14 PST

I had a very interesting talk with the President of the university I attend this morning, to write an interview for the news website I run in CorkWe talked about a wide range of topics pertaining to student life, but the one I thought would be of most interest to Irish Central was the whole theme of student emigration; the problem that Irish students are facing into whereby for want of any jobs going in Ireland, they're (once more) turning to emigration in an effort to try to forge a more prosperous future overseasBeing perhaps not the most organized of persons, I realized as I walked in the door to his office that my trusty voice recorder was nowhere to be found, so for want of any precise verbatim quotes from the interview, I'll offer a general overview of what he said on student emigration, which I found interestingProf READ MORE

Students hope to stop emigration with 'internships', but enterprise and jobs are what's needed. (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:00:13 PDT

The Union of Students in Ireland's daring bid to stop Irish student emigration by creating internships doesn't seem to be making much headwayThe glossy new policy document launched this September to help halt student emigration through a €52m internship creation programme seems to have vanished off the news pages,Perhaps the answer is because it will probably do little to solve or help the emigration problemThe USI- the representative body of most Irish third level college students - does more 'slamming','hitting out' and marching than most other Irish trade unions combined, though seems unable to come up with meaningful solutions to assist the thousands of Irish students caught in this predicament of emigration or unemployment READ MORE