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*The latest of the new arrivals were '''Koreans, Chinese, Taiwanese, and the Africans.''' | *The latest of the new arrivals were '''Koreans, Chinese, Taiwanese, and the Africans.''' | ||
*'''Most immigrants to Argentina arrived at the port of Buenos Aires''' or crossed the '''Uruguay border''' from Montevideo. | *'''Most immigrants to Argentina arrived at the port of Buenos Aires''' or crossed the '''Uruguay border''' from Montevideo. | ||
===Ireland=== | |||
====Ireland Online Records==== | |||
====Ireland Background==== | |||
*Irish emigrants from the '''Midlands, Wexford and many counties of Ireland''' arrived in Argentina mainly from 1830 to 1930, with the largest wave taking place in 1850–1870. The modern Irish-Argentine community is composed of some of their descendants, and the total number is estimated at 500,000–1,000,000. | |||
*Argentina is the home of the fifth largest Irish community in the world, the largest in a non-English speaking nation and the greatest in Latin America. | |||
*Most of those who left Ireland arrived in Buenos Aires attracted by the possibility of better living conditions, as the economic, social and political conditions in Ireland at the time were quite poor, but the '''emigrants came from counties and social segments in which the economic conditions were not the worst (Westmeath, Longford, Offaly, Wexford)'''. | |||
*Others, in turn, left after receiving favorable descriptions of the country from friends and family who had already arrived in Argentina. | |||
*The real or perceived possibility to becoming landowners in the Río de la Plata region (Argentina and Uruguay) and consequently joining the South American landed gentry, was the most important factor attracting thousands of young men to the area. Others had arrived earlier as merchants, artisans and mercenaries. | |||
*For Irish immigrants, the new lands of the Southern Cone of South America brought further interest for immigration to purchase large land tracts for bargain prices, working first as labourers, then in "halves" or "thirds" in the sheep-farming business, and finally renting and purchasing land.<ref>"Irish Argentine", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Argentine, accessed 11 May 2021.</ref> | |||
===Italy=== | ===Italy=== | ||
====Italy Online Sources==== | ====Italy Online Sources==== | ||