U2 and Yoko Ono focus on migrants at John Lennon Day event At an event to mark New York’s inaugural John Lennon Day held at Ellis Island, sorting depot for millions of immigrants to the US, Amnesty International was joined by Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and U2 members Bono and The Edge in calling for the US and Europe to welcome more refugees from Syria. Lennon himself fought to immigrate to the US. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES