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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS


1. DOJ EOIR statistics for 2009
2. USCIS E-Verify program evaluation
3. GAO report on passport security features
4. U.K.: Population and migration statistics

 

 

REPORTS, ARTICLES, ETC.


5. Three new reports from the Migration Policy Institute
6. Seven new reports from the Institute for the Study of Labor
7. New report the National Bureau of Economic Research
8. Rasmussen Reports poll on the economic impact of illegal aliens
9. Twelve new papers from the Social Science Research Network
10. Three new articles from the Immigration Professors' Blog
11. Canada: New working paper and policy matters from CERIS
12. U.K.: Labour Market Outlook
13. U.K.: "New immigrants and migrants in social housing in Britain:
14. Ireland: "One Size Doesn't Fit All"
15. "Effect of a Family Policy Reform on Immigrants' Labour Supply and Earnings"
16. Report on migrations from and to southeastern Europe
17. Thailand: Report on abuse of migrant workers

 

 

 

 

BOOKS


18. Latino Lives in America
19. Wandering Souls: Protestant Migrations in America, 1630-1865
20. Divided by Borders: Mexican Migrants and Their Children
21. Britain's First Muslims: Portrait of an Arab Community
22. Remaking Citizenship: Latina Immigrants and New American Politics
23. The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights
24. Smuggling: Prison, Border, Law, Illegal Drug Trade, Illegal Immigration ...
25. South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity
26. Australia's Immigration Revolution
27. International Migration in Cuba:
28. Surviving on the Move: Migration, Poverty and Development in Southern Africa
29. Mexican Migration and the U.S. Economic Crisis: A Transnational Perspective

 

 

 

 

JOURNALS


30. Antipode
31. Ethnic and Racial Studies
32. International Journal of Refugee Law
33. International Migration


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1.
U.S. Department of Justice
FY 2009 Statistical Year Book
Executive Office for Immigration Review, March 2010
http://www.justice.gov/eoir/statspub/fy09syb.pdf


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2.
Findings of the E-Verify Program Evaluation
Report Submitted to U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Prepared by Westat, Rockville, Maryland, December 2009
http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/E-Verify/E-Verify/Final%20E-Verify%20Report%…


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3.
New from the General Accountability Office

Better Usage of Electronic Passport Security Features Could Improve Fraud Detection
Government Accountability Office, GAO-10-96, January 22, 2010
Report - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1096.pdf
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1096high.pdf


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4.
Population Estimates
UK population grows to 61.4 million
U.K. Office for National Statistics, February 2010
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=6

Migration Statistics, Quarterly Report
U.K. Office for National Statistics, February 25, 2010
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/mig0210.pdf


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5.
New from the Migration Policy Institute

Mexico: A Crucial Crossroads
By Francisco Alba
El Colegio de México
Migration Imformation Source, February 2010
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?id=772

Mexican Immigrants in the United States
By Aaron Terrazas
Migration Imformation Source, February 2010
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?ID=767

DHS Assistant Secretary Morton Offers Vision for ICE
Migration Policy Institute, January 25, 2010
http://vimeo.com/9094397 (Part I)
http://vimeo.com/9094409 (Part II)


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6.
New from the Institute for the Study of Labor

Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa
By Jennifer Hunt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4745, February 2010
http://ftp.iza.org/dp4745.pdf

The Effect of Enclave Residence on the Labour Force Activities of Immigrants in Canada
By Jiong Tu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4744, February 2010
http://ftp.iza.org/dp4744.pdf

Ethnic Concentration and Language Fluency of Immigrants in Germany
By Alexander M. Danzer and Firat Yaman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4742, February 2010
http://ftp.iza.org/dp4742.pdf

Immigration Policies and the Ecuadorian Exodus
By Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, and Francesc Ortega
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4737, February 2010
http://ftp.iza.org/dp4737.pdf

Returning to the Question of a Wage Premium for Returning Migrants
By Alan Barrett and Jean Goggin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4736, February 2010
http://ftp.iza.org/dp4736.pdf

The Working Hours of Immigrants in Germany: Temporary versus Permanent
By Martin Kahanec and Michael P. Shields
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4735, February 2010
http://ftp.iza.org/dp4737.pdf

Do Legal Immigrants and Natives Compete in the Labour Market? Evidence from Catalonia
By Luis Diaz-Serrano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4693, January 2010
http://ftp.iza.org/dp4693.pdf


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7.
New from the National Bureau of Economic Research

Self-Selection and International Migration: New Evidence from Mexico
By Robert Kaestner and Ofer Malamud
NBER Working Paper No. 15765, February 2010
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15765


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67% Say Illegal Immigrants Are Major Strain on U.S. Budget
Rasmussen Reports, March 3, 2010
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/…

1. When it comes to immigration reform, which is more important… gaining control of the border or legalizing the status of undocumented workers already living in the United States?

68% Gaining control of the border
26% Legalizing the status of undocumented workers already living in the United States
6% Not sure

2. Over the next year, How likely is it that Congress will pass legislation to gain control of the border and reduce illegal immigration?

4% Very likely
16% Somewhat likely
47% Not very likely
24% Not at all likely
8% Not sure

3. Okay... over the next year, how likely is it that Congress will pass legislation to create “a pathway to citizenship” for illegal immigrants?

10% Very likely
35% Somewhat likely
38% Not very likely
9% Not at all likely
9% Not sure

4. Are illegal immigrants a significant strain on the U.S. budget?

67% Yes
23% No
9% Not sure

5. Does the availability of government money and services draw illegal immigrants to the United States?

66% Yes
19% No
15% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence


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9.
New from the Social Science Research Network

The Implausible Alien: IQBAL and the Influence of Immigration Law
By Juliet P. Stumpf
Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 231, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1557426

Workers without Borders? Culture, Migration and the Political Limits to Globalization
By Sanjay Jain, Sumon Majumdar, and Sharun Mukand
February 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1558871

Rethinking Immigration Detention
By Anil Kalhan
Columbia Law Review Sidebar, Vol. 110, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1556867

Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State? Evidence from Germany
By Holger Stichnoth
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1554332

The Political Economy of the Dream Act and the Legislative Process: A Case Study of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
By Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston Law Center
Wayne Law Review, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1554032

A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Decision-Making Process of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board (Analyse multidisciplinaire du processus décisionnel de la CISR)
By François Crépeau, Patricia Foxen, France Houle, and Cecile Rousseau
Refuge: Canada's Periodical on Refugees, Vol. 19, No. 4
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1557270

Illiberal Liberalism: Cultural Restrictions on Migration and Access to Citizenship in Europe
By Liav Orgad, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliyah
American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 58, No. 1, 2009
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1411042

International Migration: Security Concerns and Human Rights Standards
François Crépeau, Delphine Nakache, and Idil Atak
Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 44, No. 3
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1557267

Adult Child Migration and the Health of Elderly Parents in Mexico
By Francisca Antman
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 100, No. 2, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1556018

The Intergenerational Effects of Paternal Migration on Schooling and Work: What Can We Learn from Children's Time Allocations?
By Francisca Antman
University of Colorado at Boulder, February 18, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1555852

The Labor Migration Situation
By Lynn Dellenbarger and Lihong Zhu
February 17, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1554470

Why Human Rights Fail to Protect Undocumented Migrants
By Gregor Noll
Lund University Faculty of Law, February 16, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1553750


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10.
New from the Immigration Prof Blog

The Measure of a Society: The Treatment of Unaccompanied Refugee and Immigrant Children in the United States
By Wendy Young and Megan McKenna
Kids In Need of Defense (“KIND”)
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, February 2010
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/files/247-2601.pdf

New Americans in the Show Me State:
The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in Missouri
Immigration Policy Center, March 4, 2010
http://immigrationpolicy.org/sites/cis.org/files/docs/New_Americans_in_…

Crafting an Amnesty with Traditional Tools: Registration and Cancellation
By Richard A. Boswell
47 Harvard J. Leg. 175 (2010)
http://www.harvardjol.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/175-208.pdf


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11.
New from Canada’s Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)

Do Not Disturb/Please Clean Room: The invisible work and real pain of hotel housekeepers in the GTA By Sirena Liladrie
Policy Matters, No. 42, January 2010
http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/other/PM42.pdf

Impact of Canadian Postsecondary Education on Recent Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes
By Paul Anisef, Robert Sweet, and Maria Adamuti-Trache
CERIS Working Paper Series No. 76, February 2010
http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/other/CWP76.pdf


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12.
Labour Market Outlook
Quarterly Survey Report, Winter 2009-10
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, February 2010
http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/hrpract/hrtrends/_qtrends.htm?IsSrchRes=1

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New immigrants and migrants in social housing in Britain: discursive themes and lived realities
By David Robinson
Policy & Politics, Vol. 38, No. 1, January 2010
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/2010/00000038/00000001/ar…


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14.
One Size Doesn't Fit All
A legal analysis of the direct provision and dispersal system in Ireland, 10 years on
Free Legal Advice Centres, November 2009
http://www.flac.ie/download/pdf/one_size_doesnt_fit_all_full_report_fin…


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15.
Effect of a Family Policy Reform on Immigrants' Labour Supply and Earnings
By Ghazala Naz
Labour, Vol. 24, No. 1, March 2010
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/labr/2010/00000024/00000001/a…


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16.
Migrations - From and to Southeastern Europe
Edited by Anna Krasteva, Anelia Kasabova and Diana Karabinova
Series Europe & Balkans, February 2010
http://www.cermes.info/upload/docs/SynopsisNewsletter.doc


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17.
From the Tiger to the Crocodile
Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand
Human Rights Watch, February 2010
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2010/02/23/tiger-crocodile-0


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18.
Latino Lives in America
Making It Home
By Luis Ricardo Fraga, John. A. Garcia, Rodney E. Hero, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and Gary M. Segura

Temple University Press, 224 pp.

Hardcover, ISBN: 1439900485, $74.50
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439900485/centerforimmigra

Paperback, ISBN: 1439900493, $24.25
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439900493/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Latinos are the largest and fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, with increased levels of political mobilization and influence. In the timely and thoroughgoing Latino Lives in America, six prominent Latino scholars explore the profound implications of Latinos’ population growth and geographic dispersion for American politics and society, tracking key changes and continuities in Latinos' attitudes, behavior, and social experiences.

Utilizing a unique set of “narratives” from focus group interviews, supplemented with quantitative findings from the 2006 Latino National Survey, the authors provide a snapshot of Latino life in America. The Latinos interviewed provide their thoughts regarding their sense of belonging and group identification, assimilation and transnationalism, housing, education, civic engagement, and perceptions of discrimination, as well as their experiences in new destinations, where they are trying to realize the “Americano” dream.

Latino Lives in America uses these conversations and the survey data to offer both a micro and macro look at how Latinos are transforming various aspects of American politics, culture, and life and how their experiences in the United States are changing them and their families.


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Wandering Souls: Protestant Migrations in America, 1630-1865
By S. Scott Rohrer

The University of North Carolina Press, 328 pages

Hardcover, ISBN: 080783372X, $39.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/080783372X/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Popular literature and frontier studies stress that Americans moved west to farm or to seek a new beginning. Scott Rohrer argues that Protestant migrants in early America relocated in search of salvation, Christian community, reform, or all three.

In Wandering Souls, Rohrer examines the migration patterns of eight religious groups and finds that Protestant migrations consisted of two basic types. The most common type involved migrations motivated by religion, economics, and family, in which Puritans, Methodists, Moravians, and others headed to the frontier as individuals in search of religious and social fulfillment. The other type involved groups wanting to escape persecution (such as the Mormons) or to establish communities where they could practice their faith in peace (such as the Inspirationists). Rohrer concludes that the two migration types shared certain traits, despite the great variety of religious beliefs and experiences, and that "secular" values infused the behavior of nearly all Protestant migrants.

Religion's role in transatlantic migrations is well known, but its importance to the famed mobility of Americans is far less understood. Wandering Souls demonstrates that Protestantism greatly influenced internal migration and the social and economic development of early America.
Popular literature and frontier studies stress that Americans moved west to farm or to seek a new beginning. Scott Rohrer argues that Protestant migrants in early America relocated in search of salvation, Christian community, reform, or all three.

In Wandering Souls, Rohrer examines the migration patterns of eight religious groups and finds that Protestant migrations consisted of two basic types. The most common type involved migrations motivated by religion, economics, and family, in which Puritans, Methodists, Moravians, and others headed to the frontier as individuals in search of religious and social fulfillment. The other type involved groups wanting to escape persecution (such as the Mormons) or to establish communities where they could practice their faith in peace (such as the Inspirationists). Rohrer concludes that the two migration types shared certain traits, despite the great variety of religious beliefs and experiences, and that "secular" values infused the behavior of nearly all Protestant migrants.

Religion's role in transatlantic migrations is well known, but its importance to the famed mobility of Americans is far less understood. Wandering Souls demonstrates that Protestantism greatly influenced internal migration and the social and economic development of early America.


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Divided by Borders: Mexican Migrants and Their Children
By Joanna Dreby

University of California Press, USA, 336 pp.

Hardcover, ISBN: 0520266609, $55.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520266609/centerforimmigra

Paperback, ISBN: 0520260902, $15.80
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520260902/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds is that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Yet, paradoxically, these hardships reinforce family members' commitments to each other. A story both of adversity and the intensity of family ties, Divided by Borders is an engaging and insightful investigation of the ways Mexican families struggle and ultimately persevere in a global economy.


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Britain's First Muslims: Portrait of an Arab Community
By Fred Halliday

I. B. Tauris, 192 pp.

Paperback, ISBN: 1848852991, $27.50
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848852991/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Fear of the terrorist threat provoked by radical Islam has generated heated debates on multiculturalism and the integration of Muslim migrant communities in to Britain. Yet little is known about Britain’s first Muslims, the Yemenis. Yemenis began settling in British port towns at the beginning of the 20th century, and afterwards became part of the immigrant labour force in Britain’s industrial cities. Fred Halliday's ground-breaking research, based in Yemen and Britain, provides a fascinating case study for understanding the dynamics of immigrant cultures and the complexities of Muslim identity in Britain. Telling the stories of sailor communities in Cardiff and industrial workers in Sheffield, Halliday tracks the evolution of community organizations and the impact of British government policy on their development. He analyzes links between the diaspora and the homeland, and looks at how different migrant groups in Britain relate to eachother under the Muslim umbrella. In a fascinating new introduction to his classic study, Halliday explains how it can help us understand British Islam in an age which has produced both al Qaeda and the Yemeni-born boxer Prince Naseem.


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Remaking Citizenship: Latina Immigrants and New American Politics
By Kathleen Coll

Stanford University Press, 248 pp.

Hardcover, ISBN: 0804758212, $65.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804758212/centerforimmigra

Paperback, ISBN: 0804758220, $22.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804758220/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Standing at the intersection of immigration and welfare reform, immigrant Latin American women are the target of special scrutiny in the United States. Both the state and the media often present them as scheming "welfare queens" or long-suffering, silent victims of globalization and machismo. This book argues for a reformulation of our definitions of citizenship and politics, one inspired by women who are usually perceived as excluded from both.

Weaving the stories of Mexican and Central American women with history and analysis of the anti-immigrant upsurge in 1990s California, this compelling book examines the impact of reform legislation on individual women's lives and their engagement in grassroots political organizing. Their accounts of personal and political transformation offer a new vision of politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights.


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Migration and Human Rights: The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights
By Ryszard Cholewinski, Paul de Guchteneire, and Antoine Pecoud

Cambridge University Press, 472 pp. (450 pp. paperback)

Hardcover, ISBN: 0521199468, $91.49
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521199468/centerforimmigra

Paperback, ISBN: 0521136113, $37.57
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521136113/centerforimmigra

Book Description: The UN Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights is the most comprehensive international treaty in the field of migration and human rights. Adopted in 1990 and entered into force in 2003, it sets a standard in terms of access to human rights for migrants. However, it suffers from a marked indifference: only forty states have ratified it and no major immigration country has done so. This highlights how migrants remain forgotten in terms of access to rights. Even though their labour is essential in the world economy, the non-economic aspect of migration - and especially migrants' rights - remain a neglected dimension of globalisation. This volume provides in-depth information on the Convention and on the reasons behind states' reluctance towards its ratification. It brings together researchers, international civil servants and NGO members and relies upon an interdisciplinary perspective that includes not only law, but also sociology and political science.


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Smuggling: Prison, Border, Law, Illegal Drug Trade, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Emigration, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion, Contraband
By Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, and Susan F. Marseken

Betascript Publishing, 224 pp.

Paperback, ISBN: 6130362862, $82.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6130362862/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Smuggling is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. There are various motivations to smuggle. These include the participation in illegal trade, such as drugs, illegal immigration or emigration, tax evasion, providing contraband to a prison inmate, or the theft of the items being smuggled. Examples of non-financial motivations include bringing banned items past a security checkpoint (such as airline security) or the removal of classified documents from a government or corporate office.


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25.
South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity
Edited by Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach, and Steven Vertovec

Cambridge University Press, 396 pp.

Paperback, ISBN: 0521129656, $45.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521129656/centerforimmigra

Book Description: The South Asian diaspora came into being with the end of slavery in the British Empire. Huge numbers of labourers were recruited in the Indian sub-continent for indentured labour schemes, notably in Southeast Asia, South and East Africa, Mauritius, Fiji and the Caribbean, and also in French colonies. Later there were waves of 'free' immigration to these and other countries, including, in the last generation, Britain itself and North America. This set of essays by scholars from several different disciplines offers detailed accounts of the experience of the migrant communities, and the editors contribute valuable overviews. Originally published in 1990, it is an indispensable resource for scholars interested in the diaspora, or concerned with problems of migration.


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Australia's Immigration Revolution
By James Jupp and Peter McDonald

Allen & Unwin, 172 pp.

Paperback, ISBN: 1741757088, $15.61
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1741757088/centerforimmigra

Book Description: How well is Australia handling immigration at a time of increased international and ethnic tensions? Immigration and Australia's Future examines the social impact of the huge increase in Australia's immigration program over the past decade. Rates of immigration to Australia nearly doubled under Howard and have increased to record levels under Rudd. These new immigrants join the 6.5 million who have arrived in Australia since 1945 from the UK, Europe, and Asia. How well are newer immigrants faring? Are they able to readily obtain education and jobs? Are immigrants from some backgrounds doing better than others? Drawing on major surveys of social cohesion, as well as demographic and other data, Andrew Markus examines how well newer immigrants are being accepted by the wider Australian community. He shows that despite Australia's controversial asylum policies and certain incidents, actually Australia's immigration program is relatively successful by international standards.


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27.
International Migration in Cuba: Accumulation, Imperial Designs, and Transnational Social Fields
Margarita Cervantes-RodrÃguez

Pennsylvania State University Press, 328 pp.

Hardcover, ISBN: 0271035382, $75.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0271035382/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Since the arrival of the Spanish conquerors at the beginning of the colonial period, Cuba has been hugely influenced by international migration. Between 1791 and 1810, for instance, many French people migrated to Cuba in the wake of the purchase of Louisiana by the United States and turmoil in Saint-Domingue. Between 1847 and 1874, Cuba was the main recipient of Chinese indentured laborers in Latin America. During the nineteenth century, more Spanish people migrated to Cuba than anywhere else in the Americas, and hundred of thousands of slaves were taken to the island during that century. The first decades of the twentieth century saw large numbers of immigrants and temporary workers from various societies arrive in Cuba. And since the revolution of 1959, a continuous outflow of Cubans toward many countries has taken place, with lasting consequences.

In this book, the most comprehensive study of international migration in Cuba ever undertaken, Margarita Cervantes-Rodríguez aims to elucidate the forces that have shaped international migration and the involvement of the migrants in transnational social fields since the beginning of the colonial period. Drawing on Fernand Braudel's concept of longue durée, transnational studies, perspectives on power, and other theoretical frameworks, the author places her analysis in a much wider historical and theoretical perspective than has previously been applied to the study of international migration in Cuba, making this a work of substantial interest to social scientists as well as historians.


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28.
Surviving on the Move: Migration, Poverty and Development in Southern Africa
Edited by Jonathan Crush and Bruce Frayne

The Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 252 pp.

Paperback, ISBN: 1920409092, $29.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1920409092/centerforimmigra

Book Description: Since the collapse of apartheid, there have been major increases in migration flows within, to and from the Southern African region. Cross-border movements are at an all-time high across the region and internal migration is at record levels. The implications of greater mobility for areas of origin and destination have not been systematically explored. Migration is most often seen as a negative phenomenon, a result of increased poverty and the failure of development. More recently, the positive relationship between migration and development has been emphasised by agencies such as the Global Commission on International Migration, the Global Forum on Migration and Development, the United Nations Development Programme and the African Union. The chapters in this publication are all based on primary research and examine various facets of the relationship between migration, poverty and development, including issues that are often ignored in the migration-development debate like migration and food security and migration and vulnerability to HIV. The book argues that the development and poverty reduction potential of migration is being hindered by national policies that fail to recognise and build on the positive aspects and potential of migration. As a result, as these studies show, migrants are often pushed to the margins where they are forced to "survive on the move". Their treatment violates labour laws and basic human rights and compromises the potential of migration as a means to create sustainable livelihoods, reduce poverty and food insecurity, mitigate the brain drain and promote the productive use of remittances. This book shows that migrant lives and livelihoods should be at the centre of international and African debates about migration, poverty and development.


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29.
Mexican Migration and the U.S. Economic Crisis: A Transnational Perspective
Edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David Fitzgerald, Pedro Lewin Fischer, and Leah Muse-orlinoff

Center for Comparative Immigration, 269 pp.

Hardcover, ISBN: 0980056047, $65.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0980056047/centerforimmigra

Paperback, ISBN: 0980056055, $29.50
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0980056055/centerforimmigra

Book Description: How has the US economic crisis that erupted in 2007 affected flows of Mexican migrants to and from the United States? In this follow-up to "Mayan Journeys", the authors provide ample evidence that the lack of assured jobs in the US - and not concerns with tougher border enforcement - is driving decisions to postpone (though not permanently forgo) migration. They also show that neither the economic crisis nor workplace raids are inducing migrants already in the US to return home. Drawing on responses to more than 1,000 surveys and some 500 hours of in-depth interviews in both the Yucatan and the US, the authors document the economic coping strategies of migrants and their families, how migrant workers navigate the US job market, and how health, education, and community participation are being shaped by the economic crisis. There is a groundbreaking chapter that explores how a 'youth culture of migration' develops in a migrant sending community. This title explores the impact of the US economic crisis on flows of Mexican migrants to and from the United States.


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30.
Antipode
Vol. 42, No. 1, January 2010
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/anti/2010/00000042/00000001

Selected articles:

Immigrant “Illegality” as Neoliberal Governmentality in Leadville, Colorado
By Nancy Hiemstra
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/anti/2010/00000042/00000001/a…

The Crisis of Social Reproduction among Migrant Workers: Interrogating the Role of Migrant Civil Society
By Nina Martin
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/anti/2010/00000042/00000001/a…


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31.
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Vol. 33, No. 3, 2010
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g919434932~tab=toc

Selected articles:

Introduction: Muslim Minorities in Western Europe
By Martin Bulmer and John Solomos
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a919429416

Young people's attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden
By Pieter Bevelander and Jonas Otterbeck
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a901808496

Democracy and denomination: democratic values among Muslim minorities and the majority population in Denmark
By Peter Gundelach
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a913108442

Generational differences in ethnic and religious attachment and their interrelation. A study among Muslim minorities in the Netherlands
By Mieke Maliepaard, Marcel Lubbers, and Mérove Gijsberts
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a916266213

From running amok to eating dogs: a century of misrepresenting Filipino Americans in Hawai‘i
By Jonathan Y. Okamura
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a914088671

Ethnic migration and memory: disputes over the ethnic origins of Japanese Brazilians in Japan
By Ernani Oda
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a914451316

Curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey: an empirical assessment of pro-Islamic and socio-economic approaches
By Zeki Sarigil
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a914654834


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International Journal of Refugee Law
Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2010
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl

Selected articles:

The Marine I Case: a Comment
By Kees Wouters and Maarten Den Heijer
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/1/1

A Legal History: the Emergence of the African Resettlement Candidate in International Refugee Management
By Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/1/20

Muslim Women's Claims to Refugee Status Within the Context of Child Custody Upon Divorce Under Islamic Law
By Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/1/48

A Comparative Analysis of the Response of the UNHCR and Industrialized States to Rapidly Fluctuating Refugee Status and Asylum Applications: Lessons and Best Practices for RSD Systems Design and Administration
By James C. Simeon
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/1/72


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International Migration
Vol. 48, No. 2, April 2010
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002

Articles

Luanda - Holanda: Irregular Migration from Angola to the Netherlands
By Joris van Wijk
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002/a…

The Role of Support Networks in the Initial Stages of Integration: The Case of West African Newcomers in the Netherlands
By Magali Chelpi-den Hamer and Valentina Mazzucato
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002/a…

Integration, Participation, Identity: Immigrant Associations in the Province of Milan
By Marco Caselli
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002/a…

Dealing with the Dilemmas: Integration at the Street-level in Norway
By Anniken Hagelund
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002/a…

Moving Through Social Networks: The Case of Armenian Migrants in the Czech Republic
By Radka Klvanva
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002/a…

Serb Returnees in Croatia - the Question of Return Sustainability
By Milan Mesic and Dragan Bagic
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002/a…

Re-Thinking Migrants' Networks and Social Capital: A Case Study of Iranians in Turkey
By Sebnem Koser Akcapar
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/imig/2010/00000048/00000002/a…