Jordan: A Refugee Haven
In addition to Palestinians, Jordan also hosts forced migrants from Iraq, especially since the 2003 U.S. invasion, as well as Lebanon. Géraldine Chatelard of the Institut français du Proche-Orient...
View ArticleFinland's Balancing Act: The Labor Market, Humanitarian Relief, and...
Arno Tanner of the Finnish Immigration Service and the Universities of Helsinki, and Tampere discusses the historical and current state of migration to and from Finland, and the country's immigration...
View ArticleChina: An Emerging Destination for Economic Migration
Ronald Skeldon of the University of Sussex maps out the past and present migration patterns of China — the source of tens of millions of migrants around the globe — and discusses the country's budding...
View ArticleWorking Hard for the Money: Bangladesh Faces Challenges of Large-Scale Labor...
The realities of poverty, underemployment, and a large working-age population mean that international labor migration is an expected and necessary part of life for many Bangladeshi men and women. Nazli...
View ArticleCanada's Immigration Policy: a Focus on Human Capital
Canada has long been a country of net immigration and has designed its current immigration policy around attracting highly educated and skilled migrants for entry into its labor force. In this country...
View ArticleTradition and Progress: Taiwan's Evolving Migration Reality
In a highly selective way, flows of internal migrants within Taiwan have responded quickly to political, economic, and social changes throughout the nation’s history, and have spurred development of...
View ArticleGreece: Illegal Immigration in the Midst of Crisis
Once known for large-scale emigration, Greece has become the main point of entry for unauthorized migrants heading toward Europe. The country must now — amid economic turmoil — grapple with issues...
View ArticleRapid Growth in Singapore's Immigrant Population Brings Policy Challenges
Over the past decade, Singapore's multicultural yet nationalist society has experienced substantial inflows of Asian and Western professionals, low-skilled migrants from across Southeast Asia, and new...
View ArticleLesotho: From Labor Reserve to Depopulating Periphery?
Jim Cobbe of Florida State University discusses how the close ties between Lesotho (ethnically, almost wholly Basotho) and South Africa (with an even larger Basotho population) are expressed in a...
View ArticleChile: A Growing Destination Country in Search of a Coherent Approach to...
Unaccustomed to a large number of migrants, Chile has seen an increase in migrants in the past three decades. Cristián Doña-Reveco and Amanda Levinson examine how the country, still wedded to its...
View ArticleBelgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration
Belgium is often overlooked as a country of immigration because of its size and its less known history of immigration. Yet over the last three decades Belgium has become a permanent country of...
View ArticleHonduras: The Perils of Remittance Dependence and Clandestine Migration
Honduras has a population of just over 8 million and an economy primarily driven by exports—propped up in no small way by remittances. This article examines the history of modern Honduran migration,...
View ArticleImmigration in the United States: New Economic, Social, Political Landscapes...
Immigration has contributed to many of the economic, social, and political processes that are foundational to the United States as a nation since the first newcomers arrived over 400 years ago. After...
View ArticleMexico: The New Migration Narrative
Fundamental demographic, economic, and educational changes have set Mexico on a new path, significantly altering its migration-related priorities and concerns vis-a-vis the United States and Central...
View ArticleThe Gambia: Migration in Africa's "Smiling Coast"
Economic turmoil has been a primary driver of emigration from The Gambia, located in West Africa and the smallest country on the African continent. Despite having a decades-old, extensive diaspora...
View ArticleMorocco: Setting the Stage for Becoming a Migration Transition Country?
Morocco has evolved into one of the world’s leading emigration countries. European immigration restrictions did not stop migration, but rather pushed Moroccan migrants into permanent settlement,...
View ArticleMaroc: Préparer le Terrain pour Devenir un Pays de Transition Migratoire?
Sous l’effet du nombre croissant de migrants sur son sol, la société marocaine se retrouve confrontée à un ensemble totalement nouveau de questions sociales et juridiques qui sont typiques des pays...
View ArticleEcuador: From Mass Emigration to Return Migration?
This country profile analyzes Ecuador's migration trends and examines how remittances and return migration have become an important policy focus for a country with an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million...
View ArticleFrom Humanitarian to Economic: The Changing Face of Vietnamese Migration
The end of the Vietnam war, marked by the fall of Saigon in 1975, precipitated the mass Indochinese refugee crisis, which saw more than 2 million people flee the region, often on unseaworthy boats....
View ArticleRevolution and Political Transition in Tunisia: A Migration Game Changer?
With a history of encouraging workers to emigrate to relieve unemployment at home, Tunisia now has 11 percent of its population living abroad. The factors underlying the 2011 revolution that sparked...
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