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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
1. House testimony on the AZ border surveillance technology plan
2. House testimony on asylum fraud
3. Latest issue of DOJ EOIR Immigration Law Advisor
4. DHS OIG report on ICE's worksite enforcement inspection process
5. CRS report on the visa waiver program
6. GAO report on the student and exchange visitor program and AZ border surveillance technology plan
7. U.K.: Quarterly immigration statistics
8. Netherlands: Population statistics
9. Australia: Monthly statistics on overseas arrivals and departures
REPORTS, ARTICLES, ETC.
10. Two new reports from FAIR
11. Nine new working papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor
12. Three new reports and features from the Migration Policy Institute
13. New working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research
14. Nine new papers from the Social Science Research Network
15. New report from the International Organization for Migration
16. New report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
17. "E Visas for New Zealand Bring Jobs and Investment to the U.S."
18. "Children on the Run: Unaccompanied Children Leaving Central America and Mexico and the Need for international Protection"
19. U.K.: Three new reports from MigrationWatch UK
20. "Diasporic Music in Transition: Turkish Immigrant Performers on the Stage of 'Multikulti' Berlin"
21. "Gendered Stories of Adaptation and Resistance: a Feminist Multiple Case Study of Immigrant Women"
22. "Open Borders and the Old Lady of Nyon"
BOOKS
23. US Education in a World of Migration: Implications for Policy and Practice
24. Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion: Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action
25. Toward A Theology of Migration: Social Justice and Religious Experience
26. The EU, Migration and the Politics of Administrative Detention
27. Migrant Workers in Contemporary Japan: An Institutional Perspective on Transnational Employment
JOURNALS
28. Citizenship Studies
29. CSEM Newsletter
30. Journal of Comparative Migration Studies
31. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
32. Journal of Refugee Studies
33. Refugee Survey Quarterly
34. Resenha
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House Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-arizona-border-surveillance-technology-plan-and-its-impact-border
The Arizona Border Surveillance Technology Plan and its Impact on Border Security
Opening Statement:
Rep. Candice Miller, Chairman
[Video at link]
Witness testimony:
Mark Borkowski, Assistant Commissioner
Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition
Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM11/20140312/101820/HHRG-113-HM11-Wstate-BorkowskiM-20140312.pdf
Rebecca Gambler, Director
Homeland Security and Justice Issues
U.S. Government Accountability Office
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM11/20140312/101820/HHRG-113-HM11-Wstate-GamblerR-20140312.pdf
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House Committee on the Judiciary
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings?ID=4B00641F-3944-4308-BF89-F68AA9FF4653
Enforcing the President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws
Opening Statement:
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman
Excerpt: From Obamacare to welfare and education reform, to our nation’s drug enforcement and immigration laws, President Obama has been picking and choosing which laws to enforce. But the Constitution does not confer upon the President the “executive authority” to disregard the separation of powers and write, or rewrite, Acts of Congress. It is a bedrock principle of constitutional law that the President must “faithfully execute” the laws. The President has no authority to bypass Congress and unilaterally waive, suspend, or amend the laws based on his policy preferences.
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The Members of Congress on our first witness panel have all introduced legislation to attempt to check presidential failures to faithfully execute the law. These proposals include: requiring the Executive Branch to report to Congress any time it adopts a policy to refrain from enforcing federal law; and requiring the administration to eliminate a position within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that Congress has already defunded.
Witness testimony:
Rep. Diane Black
http://judiciary.house.gov/_cache/files/93bd0743-f81b-4940-8bde-850519c54761/black-testimony.pdf
Excerpt: While this Administration’s lawlessness has been most widely noticed with President Obama’s implementation of Obamacare, it applies to areas far beyond health care.
For instance, in February 2012, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointed a so-called “Public Advocate” to act as a lobbyist for illegal and criminal aliens within the agency. This lobbyist disrupted detention procedures and undermined the hardworking men and women who have dedicated their careers to securing our borders and protecting the American people. In fact, Chris Crane, the President of the National ICE Council -- the ICE employees union -- called this position “nothing but waste, fraud, and abuse.”
On December 12, 2013, following months of evasion and failure to respond by ICE, I introduced H.R. 3732, the Immigration Compliance Enforcement Act, legislation that would force the agency to comply with the law by shutting down any form of this illegal alien lobbyist.
Specifically, the ICE Act would defund both positions and prohibit the creation of any new position within ICE that would allow the agency to ignore the law and continue its pro-illegal immigration activities.
Rep. Tom Rice
http://judiciary.house.gov/_cache/files/3352ba90-3854-40ba-8dc4-0441cb06c304/rice-testimony.pdf
Excerpt: While President Obama’s actions regarding the ACA are troublesome, those are only two examples of his overreach. What if the President unilaterally decided to open our nation's borders to whomever, whenever, without the need for background checks, visas or green cards? When President Obama’s Administration legislated via memorandum Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), he approved special treatment for a specified class of immigrants. While President Obama has prosecutorial discretion, he does not have the authority to exempt a specified class of up to 1.76 million individuals. DACA also resembled efforts of the DREAM Act, legislation that has failed in Congress. To be very clear, President Obama’s Administration granted temporary status to illegal immigrants who entered the United States without involving Congress.
Jonathan Turley
George Washington University Law School
http://judiciary.house.gov/_cache/files/6e6b1b93-8c14-4ddd-a89b-d36ada121352/turley-testimony.pdf
Excerpt: I recently testified before this Committee on the history and function of the separation of powers in our system.1 I also discussed how, in my view, President Obama has repeatedly violated this doctrine in the circumvention of Congress in areas ranging from health care to immigration law to environmental law. I will not repeat that discussion here because this hearing is not about the existence of such violations but the possible corrective measures that can be taken in light of those violations.
Congress can take meaningful action to require congressional review and approval of major regulations like the greenhouse regulations and immigration regulations. For that reason, the change proposed in H.R. 3973 would have the benefit of forcing greater disclosure and discussion on new policies of nonenforcement. The law already establishes this duty for the Justice Department and would extend it more broadly. It would also extend the grounds for such reports beyond constitutional objections by the Executive Branch to the enforcement of a law. Obviously, enforcement of this law as currently written, let alone in its amended form, remains a problem. The Justice Department has already shown a willingness to block contempt cases against Administration officials.
Elizabeth Price Foley
Florida International University College of Law
http://judiciary.house.gov/_cache/files/432a1954-fb9d-4029-a10a-0ea1fd1a98ea/foley-testimony.pdf
Excerpt: In a lawsuit challenging the President's failure to faithfully execute the law, injury asserted would be as follows: By failing to faithfully execute the law (an assertion that is assumed to be true at the preliminary stage of a motion to dismiss), the President has completely nullified that portion of the law with which he is refusing to comply. If Congress passes a law that declares "X" and the President takes action that declares "not X," then X has been nullified.
Imagine, for example, that Congress passes a law that says that "[a]ny alien... shall ... be removed" if the alien was inadmissible at the time of entry into the U.S.23 Then imagine that the President declares that—as a matter of policy that cannot be plausibly characterized as an exercise of law enforcement discretion—a large category of illegal immigrants may obtain deferral of deportation and obtain employment authorization to remain in the country indefinitely. Imagine further that this executive suspension of immigration law is virtually identical to legislative reform proposals that had been debated extensively by Congress, but ultimately rejected.25 Under such circumstances, is there any doubt that: (1) congressional power to define the contours of amnesty has been severely curtailed; (2) existing immigration law—mandating deportation for those who entered the country illegally—has been nullified; and (3) congressional rejection of amnesty for such individuals also has been nullified?
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Not Seeing Eye to Eye on Social “Visibility”
By Josh Lunsford
Immigration Law Advisor, Vol. 8 No. 2, February 2014
http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/ILA-Newsleter/ILA%202014/vol8no2.pdf
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Worksite Enforcement Administrative Inspection Process
Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, OIG-14-33, February 14, 2014
http://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2014/OIG_14-33_Feb14.pdf
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New from the Congressional Research Service
Visa Waiver Program
By Alison Siskin
February 12, 2014
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/222088.pdf
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New from the General Accountability Office
Arizona Border Surveillance Technology Plan: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Management and Assess Effectiveness Government Accountability Office, GAO-14-368, March 3, 2014
Report - http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-368
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/661298.pdf
Student and Exchange Visitor Program: DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight of Foreign Students with Employment Authorization
Government Accountability Office, GAO-14-356, February 27, 2014
Report - http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-356
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/661191.pdf
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Immigration statistics, October to December 2013
U.K. Home Office, February 27, 2014
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2013
Summary:
Asylum: There was an 8% increase in asylum applications in 2013 (23,507) compared with 2012 (21,843), although well below the peak number of applications in 2002 (84,132). The increase in 2013 was particularly driven by rises from Syria (+681), Eritrea (+649) and Albania (+507). While Syria saw the largest increase in applications, it remains fourth for overall numbers of asylum applications.
Visitor visas issued (Before Entry): 1.9 million visitor visas were issued in 2013, 14% more (+245,093) than in 2012. Increases were seen for a range of nationalities, including Chinese (+81,575), Russian (+35,658), Kuwaiti (+25,324), Indian (+17,973) and Saudi Arabian (+15,227) nationals.
Work: There were 7% more work-related visas issued (to 154,860 in 2013) . The increase was largely accounted for by higher numbers for skilled workers (Tier 2, +18%), and for Youth mobility and temporary workers (Tier 5, +7%). The increases in Tier 2 and in Tier 5 was offset by fewer visas issued for high value workers (Tier 1) which fell by 35%. There were 13% fewer work-related extensions (falling to 122,451 in 2013) and 5% fewer permissions to stay permanently (falling to 59,249 in 2013).
Study: Study-related visas issued rose by 4% (to 218,773 in 2013). The increase includes higher numbers for Chinese, Brazilian and Malaysian nationals and falls for other nationalities, including Pakistan and India. There was a similar number of sponsored study visa applications (210,103 main applicants in 2013). There was a 7% rise in sponsored visa applications for the university sector, and falls in the further education sector (-34%), English language schools (-2%) and independent schools (-2%).
Family: There were 33,690 family route visas issued in 2013, a fall of 18%. Family-related grants to stay permanently rose by 26% (to 59,638 in 2013), although they were still lower than in 2009 (72,239). The increase was driven by an increase in grants to spouses.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285031/immigration-q4-2013snr.pdf
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Births and marriages both fall in 2013
Statistics Netherlands, February 6, 2014
http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/bevolking/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2014/2014-006-pb.htm
Excerpt: Immigration increases marginally, emigration remains stable
In 2013, 162 thousand immigrants arrived in the Netherlands, 4 thousand more than in 2012. The number of emigrants remained stable at 144 thousand. The largest group of emigrants came from Poland. Net immigration from Poland was nearly 10 thousand in 2013. Immigration form the PIGS countries (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) also continued in 2013.
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Overseas Arrivals and Departures - Australia, January 2014
Australian Bureau of Statistics, March 11, 2014
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/3401.0
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New from the Federation for American Immigration Reform
The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on North Carolinians (2014)
By Jack Martin
March 2014
http://www.fairus.org/DocServer/research-pub/NorthCarolinaCostStudy_2014-rev2.pdf
Generation Jobless: The Unemployment Crisis of Millennials
By Eric A. Ruark
February 2014
http://www.fairus.org/DocServer/research-pub/Generation-Jobless_Feb2014_rev.pdf
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New from the Institute for the Study of Labor
1. Culture and Household Decision Making: Balance of Power and Labor Supply Choices of US-born and Foreign-born Couples
By Sonia Oreffice
Discussion Paper No. 7997, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7997
2. How Do E-Verify Mandates Affect Unauthorized Immigrant Workers?
By Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
Discussion Paper No. 7992, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7992
3. The Slump and Immigration Policy in Europe
By Timothy J. Hatton
Discussion Paper No. 7985, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7985
4. Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
By Catia Batista and Janis Umblijs
Discussion Paper No. 7984, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7984
5. When Do Remittances Facilitate Asset Accumulation? The Importance of Remittance Income Uncertainty
By Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo
Discussion Paper No. 7983, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7983
6. Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility
By Alicia Adsera and Ana Ferrer
Discussion Paper No. 7982, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7982
7. The Formation of Migrant Networks
By Margherita Comola and Mariapia Mendola
Discussion Paper No. 7981, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7981
8. The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic
By Toman Omar Mahmoud, Hillel Rapoport, Andreas Steinmayr, and Christoph Trebesch
Discussion Paper No. 7980, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7980
9. Brain Drain, Educational Quality and Immigration Policy: Impact on Productive Human Capital in Source and Host Countries, with Canada as a Case Study
By Maurice Schiff
Discussion Paper No. 7955, February 2014
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7955
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New from the Migration Policy Institute
Global Remittances Guide
MPI Data Hub, February 2014
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/global-remittances-guide
Internal Labor Migration in India Raises Integration Challenges for Migrants
MPI Migration Information Source, March 3, 2014
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/migration-information-source
A Treacherous Journey
Child Migrants Navigating the U.S. Immigration System
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), February 2014
http://cgrs.uchastings.edu/our-work/treacherous-journey
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New from the National Bureau of Economic Research
The Labor Market Effects of Reducing Undocumented Immigrants
By Andri Chassamboulli and Giovanni Peri
NBER Working Paper No. 19932, Febuary 2014
http://www.nber.org/papers/w19932
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New from the Social Science Research Network
1. The Swiss Vote Against Mass Immigration and International Law: A Preliminary Assessment
Vincent Chetail, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI)
Global Migration Policy Brief, #1-3 March 2014, Global Migration Centre
2. Multidimensional Poverty in Immigrant Households: A Comparative Analysis within the Europe 2020 Framework
By Rosa Martinez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Jesus Ruiz-Huerta, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
CIRANO - Scientific Publications 2014s-18
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2403972
3. Immigration and the Changing Nature of Homicide in U.S. Cities, 1980-2010
By Graham C. Ousey, College of William and Mary and Charis E. Kubrin, University of California, Irvine
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s10940-013-9210-5
4. Detention of Undocumented Immigrants and the Judicial Impact of the CJEU's Decisions in France
By Ana Beduschi, University of Exeter
International Journal of Refugee Law, Vol. 26, No. __, 2014, Forthcoming
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2402609
5. LGBTI Migrants in Immigration Detention: A Global Perspective
By Shana Tabak, American University Washington College of Law and Rachel Levitan, HIAS - Refugees and Migration
Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2014
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2402044
6. Justice on the Fly: The Danger of Errant Deportations
By Fatma E. Marouf, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law; Michael Kagan, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law; and Rebecca Gill, UNLV
Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 75, 2014 Forthcoming
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2399673
7. Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms
By Sari Pekkala Kerr, Wellesley College (WCW); William R. Kerr, Harvard University Entrepreneurial Management Unit; and William Fabius Lincoln, Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 1071
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2399640
8. Can U.S. Immigration Law Be Reconciled with the Protection of Public Health?
By Polly J. Price, Emory University School of Law
Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-272
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2397524
9. An Immigration Crisis in a Nation of Immigrants: Why Amending the Fourteenth Amendment Won't Solve Our Problems
By Alberto Gonzales, Belmont University College of Law
Minnesota Law Review, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2405204
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New from the International Organization for Migration
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Handbook for the North African Region
February 2014
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/AVRR_Handbook.pdf
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New from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States
By Julia Jauer, Thomas Liebig, John P. Martin, and Patrick Puhani
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 155, January 2014
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/5jzb8p51gvhl.pdf?expires=1394134851&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=52235164EE449FC10A0545E0E8C94672
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E Visas for New Zealand Bring Jobs and Investment to the U.S.
By David Inserra
The Heritage Foundation, January 29, 2014
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/01/e-visas-for-new-zealand-bring-jobs-and-investment-to-the-us
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Children on the Run: Unaccompanied Children Leaving Central America and Mexico and the Need for international Protection
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, March 2014
http://www.unhcrwashington.org/sites/default/files/UAC_UNHCR_Children%20on%20the%20Run_Full%20Report.pdf
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Supreme Court Cases on Asylum
MigrationWatch UK, February 2014
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/pdfs/BP8_75.pdf
International Students: The Case for Refining their Visa Regime
MigrationWatch UK Briefing Paper 2.26, February 2014
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/pdfs/BP2_26.pdf
18 Bogus Arguments for Mass Immigration
MigrationWatch UK Briefing Paper 12.4, January 2014
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/pdfs/BP12_4.pdf
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Diasporic Music in Transition: Turkish Immigrant Performers on the Stage of “Multikulti” Berlin
By Serhat Guney, Cem Pekman, and Bulent Kabas
Popular Music & Society
Vol. 37, No. 2, March 2014
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rpms/2014/00000037/00000002/art00002
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Gendered Stories of Adaptation and Resistance: a Feminist Multiple Case Study of Immigrant Women
By Oksana yakushko and Melissa Morgan-Consoli
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
Vol. 36, No. 1, March 2014
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/adco/2014/00000036/00000001/art00006
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Open Borders and the Old Lady of Nyon
By Yves Genier and Kemal Kirisci
The National Interest, February 25, 2014
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/open-borders-the-old-lady-nyon-9943
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US Education in a World of Migration: Implications for Policy and Practice
By Jill Koyama and Mathangi Subramanian
Routledge, 286 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0415734290, $120.75
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415734290/centerforimmigra
Kindle, 856 KB, ASIN: B00IZE835M, $112.00
Book Description: Given the protracted, varied, and geographically expansive changes in migration over time, it is difficult to establish an overarching theory that adequately analyzes the school experiences of immigrant youth in the United States. This volume extends the scholarly work on these experiences by exploring how immigrants carve out new identities, construct meanings, and negotiate spaces for themselves within social structures created or mediated by education policy and practice. It highlights immigrants that position themselves within global movements while experiencing the everyday effects of federal, state, and local education policy, a phenomenon referred to as glocal (global-local) or localized global phenomena.
Chapter authors acknowledge and honor the agency that immigrants wield, and combine social theories and qualitative methods to empirically document the ways in which immigrants take active roles in enacting education policy. Surveying immigrants from China, Bangladesh, India, Haiti, Japan, Colombia, and Liberia, this volume offers a broad spectrum of immigrant experiences that problematize policy narratives that narrowly define notions of "immigrant," "citizenship," and "student."
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Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion: Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action
By Merlin Schaeffer
Ashgate Pub Co., 180 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1409469387, $92.97
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1409469387/centerforimmigra
Kindle, 6861 KB, ASIN: B00I5JNYQ0, $87.96
Book Description: Exploring the debate within social sciences on the consequences of ethnic diversity for social cohesion and the production of public goods, this book draws on extensive survey data from Germany to engage with questions surrounding the relationship between ethnic diversity and issues such as welfare provision and the erosion of public trust and civic engagement in Europe. It moves away from the question of whether there is in fact a universal correlation between ethnic diversity and social cohesion in order to focus on the reasons for which people's reciprocity and trust might be reduced in more ethnically diverse areas. Drawing attention to the importance of peoples' perceptions of diversity in explaining levels of social cohesion, Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion shows how specific types of perceived diversity can help explain the reasons for which ethnic diversity is associated with declines in social cohesion, and the contexts and conditions in which this occurs. The book also outlines potential courses of action, revealing the important roles of residential segregation, children and interethnic partners in overcoming barriers of language, values and cognitive bias. A rigorous, timely study of ethnic diversity and its relation to liberal democracy as a form of deliberative conflict that requires certain levels of trust, shared values and engagement, Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion will be of interest to policy makers, sociologists and political scientists working in the fields of race and migration, ethnic diversity and community cohesion.
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Toward A Theology of Migration: Social Justice and Religious Experience
By Gemma Tulud Cruz
Palgrave Macmillan, 276 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1137400765, $85.50
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1137400765/centerforimmigra
Book Description: At no other time in the history of the world is the movement of people at such a large scale that scholars consider the current period as the age of migration. Beyond the density, velocity, and multi-directionality, however, the often conflicting and tragic nature of contemporary global migration makes a compelling case for theological reflection. The book explores the problems and possibilities that the experience of migrants brings to Christian theology by reflecting on the religious dimension as well as the social justice implications of the migrant experience. More specifically, the book reflects on the Christian vision of 'one bread, one body, one people' in view of the gifts and challenges of contemporary global migration to Christian systematic theology, social ethics, spirituality, mission, ministry, and inculturation based on the experience of refugees, unauthorized poor migrants, migrant workers, and migrant women.
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The EU, Migration and the Politics of Administrative Detention
By Michela Ceccorulli and Nicola Labanca
Routledge, 256 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0415816890, $133.81
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415816890/centerforimmigra
Book Description: Migration is now regarded as a security issue, both in public debate and government policies. In turn, the phenomenon of detention as a governance practice has emerged, and the developing presence of camps in Europe for migrants has given rise to a tangle of new and complex issues.
This book examines the phenomenon of irregular immigration, and provides a comprehensive picture of the practices and the implications of detention of migrants within and on the borders of the European Union. It analyses ‘detention’ as a tool of governance and in doing so explores several key themes:
* The security threat for Europe.
* The security governance processes enacted to handle irregular immigration.
* The forms of detention in different geographical contexts.
* The effectiveness of the EU’s approach to the issue.
The EU, Migration and the Politics of Administrative Detention will be of interest to students and scholars of the EU’s external relations, migration, human rights, European politics and security studies.
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Migrant Workers in Contemporary Japan: An Institutional Perspective on Transnational Employment
By Kiyoto Tanno and Teresa Castelvetere
Trans Pacific Press, 408 pp., Hardcover, $85.45
Paperback, ISBN: 1920901604, $31.46
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1920901604/centerforimmigra
Book Description: With a focus on Brazilian migrant workers in Japan, this study produces a comprehensive picture of the forces driving transnational labor migration, both in the countries of origin of foreign workers and within Japan. How are Japan's labor institutions changing under globalization? What are the implications of these changes for the lives of people in Japan? Asking these and other questions, the book demonstrates how Japan's labor shortage has established a 'trans-national employment system' and shows that globalization is 'the very cause of the breaking up of Japan as a middle class society.' It also discusses the impact of concepts of nationality and family registration on the lives of foreign-born workers of Japanese descent within Japan.
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Citizenship Studies
Vol. 18, No. 1, 2014
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccst20/current
Selected articles:
Encounters with the clandestino/a and the nomad: the emplaced and embodied constitution of non-citizenship
By Kate Hepwortha
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13621025.2014.865889#.UyIWeM58rp8
Statelessness, identity cards and citizenship as status in the case of the Nubians of Kenya
By Samantha Balaton-Chrimes
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13621025.2014.865892#.UyIWXc58rp8
(Im)possible citizens: Canada's ‘citizenship bonanza’ and its boundaries
By Elke Winter
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13621025.2012.707010
Becoming citizens in late modernity: a global-national comparison of young people in Japan and the UK
By Christopher Gifford, Andrew Mycock, and Junichi Murakami
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13621025.2013.820393#.UyIV1858rp8
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CSEM Newsletter
March 2014
http://csem.org.br/
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LAWMAKERS EXPLORE EFFORTS TO STOP CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING
U.S. lawmakers are exploring ways to combat child sex trafficking, a crime that child safety advocates estimate is affecting several hundred thousand American children each year.
Law enforcement officials, child safety groups and a victim shared their views on the problem with members of a House Appropriations subcommittee at a recent hearing.
Lawmakers heard from Stephanie Vu, a human trafficking survivor who now works with the Shared Hope International and Youth for Tomorrow anti-trafficking groups.
Vu told lawmakers that at the age of 12, she was "chosen."
She said an older boy that she met at a party lured her away from her family and into a life that included stripping at a club.
Vu said that later, the boy threw her out of his house on a bitterly cold night after she refused his demand to "sell herself for sex." She said she spent several hours outdoors shivering and pacing the streets before finally deciding to climb into a "buyer's" car.
"That moment changed my life forever," said Vu. "There were three men that night and at the end of it, I couldn't stop vomiting," she said.
The Polaris Project, a Washington-based group that fights global human trafficking, said U.S. sex trafficking has been found in a wide variety of venues, including residential brothels, fake massage businesses and online escort services.
In a statement, the group said the average entry age into the commercial sex industry is between 12 and 14. It said children who become victims of sex trafficking sometimes encounter challenges that include isolation, criminalization and a lack of social services to help them recover from their trauma.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/2276-lawmakers-explore-efforts-to-stop-child-sex-trafficking
ZIMBABWE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL GAZETTED
Government gazetted the Trafficking in Persons Bill yesterday that seeks to domesticate the protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially of women and children.The Bill now awaits to be tabled before Parliament for debate.
The Bill would provide for the prohibition, prevention and prosecution of the crime of trafficking in persons and the protection of victims.
It also seeks to appoint a committee on trafficking in persons with a mandate to formulate and implement a national plan of action against trafficking in persons.
There is also provision of an enabling framework for establishment and operation of centres for victims of trafficking.
Clause three of the Bill creates the crime of trafficking in persons and specifies certain instances in which the offence is to be considered as committed in aggravating circumstances.
"Penalties for the crime will vary in gravity depending on whether the accused person is the actual trafficker himself or herself, or simply an associate or assistant to the trafficker," reads the preamble to the Bill.
In the first case a mandatory sentence of 10 years' imprisonment without an option of a fine is legislated. In the other case, the courts are given a broader discretion to impose fines, imprisonment or both.
"However, an associate or assistant to a trafficker will also be liable to the mandatory sentence of 10 years' imprisonment if he or she is aware of the existence of certain aggravating features of the crime in the course of its commission," reads the Bill.
Clause four provides for the powers of law enforcement agents that include the police, customs and immigration officers to question, search and detain persons entering or leaving Zimbabwe as well as seize property of suspected persons where there exists a reasonable suspicion that the crime of trafficking in persons is being or is about to be committed.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/2283-zimbabwe-human-trafficking-bill-gazetted
HONG KONG NEEDS A DEDICATED ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW
"You may choose to look the other way," said William Wilberforce, "but you can never say again that you did not know." Human trafficking is a dreadful offence, often associated with organised crime.
Twenty-first century slavery, unfortunately, is very real, with the International Labour Organisation estimating that about 21 million people are trapped in forced labour, of whom 11.7 million are in Asia.
In January, when Liberty Asia, a Hong Kong-based anti-slavery group, announced plans to launch an anti-trafficking hotline for victims, it explained that modern slavery is not just about shackles, but involves more subtle means of control, including "debt bondage, coercion, threats, deceptions and other means of psychological restraint".
The UN has estimated that about 2.45 million people, half of them children, are trafficked each year, with many ensnared in forced labour or the sex trade. No country is immune, and most play some role, whether as a source of trafficked people, transit point or destination, and it would be naive to imagine that Hong Kong is unaffected.
In mainland China, after all, child trafficking is a huge problem, partly because of the one-child policy, and Charlie Custer, co-director of Living with Dead Hearts, a documentary on Chinese child trafficking, estimates that between 20,000 and 40,000 children are stolen each year, with a healthy baby boy fetching anywhere between 40,000 yuan (HK$51,000) and 60,000 yuan.
Of late, international efforts to combat human trafficking have prioritised programmes to protect victims, especially women and children.
Although Hong Kong is not a party to the UN Trafficking in Persons Protocol, the Security Bureau nonetheless insists that existing laws are adequate, that it is committed to combating human trafficking, and that trafficking cases, though rare, are taken seriously.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/2286-hong-kong-needs-a-dedicated-anti-trafficking-law
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SOMALI JOURNALIST SEEKING ASYLUM RECORDS REFUGEES' PLIGHT IN HONG KONG
By Danny Lee
When investigative journalist Maahir and his television crew went undercover into a refugee camp in East Africa to investigate allegations of soldiers raping women, it was the start of a nightmare he has yet to wake up from.After interviewing the women the soldiers kidnapped them.
"When they found out we were journalists they seized all our gear and took us to a detention centre," Maahir said. "I was blindfolded" and endured 20 days of torture and interrogation.
He said he was given just a cup of milk and a few biscuits every day.
More than a year later, Maahir is now claiming asylum in Hong Kong and has decided to turn his camera on the city's demoralised and downtrodden refugees.
"Many people think of this city as New York - rich with golden opportunities - but it's not," the Somalian said.
"Now I am working on my own project to talk about the real life of refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong.
Armed with a digital camera, he said: "I want to share my feelings and other people's experiences because every single picture has a story to tell."
Maahir, 26, said he wanted to keep his identity hidden to protect his family back home. He believes that his captors think he is dead.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/2248-somali-journalist-seeking-asylum-records-refugees-plight-in-hong-kong
FUNDING TO BENEFIT NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IMMIGRANT WOMEN
The federal government has open its wallet to dole out cash to help immigrant women in Northumberland County.
Northumberland-Quinte West MP, Rick Norlock, along with Dr. Kellie Leitch, the Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, announced on Feb. 19 the Northumberland United Way will receive $165,730 over two years, which will bring together county women and partners to evaluate how well services throughout Northumberland County meet the needs of immigrant women.
“This investment will position women who are newcomers to Canada to seize economic opportunities as they arise, enhance their prosperity and strengthen the economy,” said Mr. Norlock.
Northumberland United Way CEO, Lynda Kay, said the funding will allow her organization to examine the services now available in the County and where to invest money where the needs are.
The United Way will now develop a community action plan and form an Immigrant Women’s Council to continue the project’s work over the longer term.
Northumberland County was selected for the funds through the federal government’s recent call for proposals through the Opening Doors: Economic Opportunities for Women program.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/2252-funding-to-benefit-northumberland-county-immigrant-women
FORMER FORENSIC TECH TALKS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CAMBODIA
By Mariam Baldeh
On Feb. 13, a former RCMP forensic scientist came to UBC to speak about human trafficking in Cambodia.
Brian McConaghy began with a brief overview of Cambodian history. According to McConaghy, Cambodia has a graphic history of child abuse and domestic violence.
“No country exists in a vacuum — there’s always a reason for why it is the way it is,” said McConaghy. “The psychology of this country is unique in terms of what it’s been exposed to.”
In the early 1990s, McConaghy said, Cambodia was AIDS-free as a result of the country being sealed from in-or-out migration for three years. According to McConaghy, the arrival of UN troops to reconstruct the nation resulted in the proliferation of the AIDS epidemic in the country as the troops sought after the young girls, offering them higher pay than their poverty-stricken families were making at the time.
McConaghy, who said he broke the UN embargo to smuggle in two suitcases of medical supplies to Cambodia, said kids as young as five can be forced to work in brothels.
“If you’re going to execute warrants to rescue such children, you need the participation of [the police] … but [the police] are part owners of and frequent the brothels,” said McConaghy. “So when you’re sitting across the table engaging in negotiations with these people, you’re really sitting across the enemy.”
McConaghy founded the NeeSong Rehabilitation Centre, which he said offers medical intervention and intensive therapy.
“When you rescue a girl from the brothels, you have stolen product, and the traffickers will be coming after you to retrieve it. It’s not pretty,” said McConaghy.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/2256-former-forensic-tech-talks-human-trafficking-in-cambodia
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Journal of Comparative Migration Studies
Vol. 1, No. 1, 2013
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/issue/view/38/showToc#.UyH1Js58rp9
Articles:
Comparative Migration Studies: an introduction
By Sawitri Saharso and Peter Scholten
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/407#.UyH2ns58rp8
Comparisons in Migration Studies
By Marco Martiniello
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/408#.UyH2ys58rp8
Naturalization Dynamics in Immigrant Families
By Alex Street
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/31#.UyH2-c58rp8
Immigrants and civil rights in cross-national perspective
By Irene Bloemraad and Doris Marie Provine
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/34#.UyH3Hs58rp8
Migration, Development, Gender and the ‘Black Box’ of Remittances: Comparative Findings from Albania and Ecuador
By Russell King, Diana Mata Codesal, and Julie Vullnetari
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/38#.UyH3Vs58rp8
Are unequal societies more migratory?
By Mathias Czaika
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/32#.UyH3mc58rp8
The Making and Unmaking of Religious Boundaries: Comparing Turkish and Moroccan Muslim minorities in Western Europe
By Karen Phalet, Mieke Maliepaard, Fenella Fleischmann, and Derya Gungor
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/33#.UyH30858rp8
The Effects of Islam, Religiosity, and Socialization on Muslim-Canadian Opinions about Same-Sex Marriage
By Christopher Cochrane
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/35#.UyH4Fc58rp8
Venue-Shopping and the Role of NGOS and Civil Society in the Development of the EU Asylum Policy
By Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard, and Ulrike Hoffmann
https://aupjournals.nl/index.php/CMS/article/view/46#.UyH4T858rp8
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Vol. 40, No. 6, 2014
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjms20/current
Selected articles:
International Organisations and the Politics of Migration
By Martin Geiger and Antoine Pecoud
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.855071#.UyIa5c58rp8
The Politics and Discourse of Migrant Return: The Role of UNHCR and IOM in the Governance of Return
By Anne Koch
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.855073#.UyIbLc58rp8
Refugee Protection Meets Migration Management: UNHCR as a Global Police of Populations
By Stephan Scheel and Philipp Ratfisch
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.855074?src=recsys#.UyIb7M58rp8
Migration Management and Humanitarian Protection: The UNHCR's ‘Resettlement Expansionism’ and Its Impact on Policy-making in the EU and Australia
By Adele Garnier
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.855075#.UyIbds58rp8
Managing the International Migration of Health Workers: The Development of the WHO Code of Practice
By Clemence Merçay
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2013.855076#.UyIbp858rp8
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Journal of Refugee Studies
Vol. 27, No. 1, March 2014
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1?etoc
Articles:
‘We are All the Same, Coz Exist Only One Earth, Why the BORDER EXIST’: Messages of Migrants on their Way
By Ilse Derluyn, Charles Watters, Cindy Mels, and Eric Broekaert
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1/1.abstract.html?etoc
Irregular Networks: Bangkok Refugees in the City and Region
By Pei A. Palmgren
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1/21.abstract.html?etoc
(Un)Governable Subjects: The Limits of Refugee Participation in the Promotion of Gender Equality in Humanitarian Aid
By Elisabeth Olivius
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1/42.abstract.html?etoc
A Pressing Need for the Reform of Interpreting Service in Asylum Settings: A Case Study of Asylum Appeal Hearings in South Korea
By Jieun Lee
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1/62.abstract.html?etoc
The Causes of Mistrust amongst Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Insights from Research with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors Living in the Republic of Ireland
By Muireann Ní Raghallaigh
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1/82.abstract.html?etoc
The Israeli Roots of Article 3 and Article 6 of the 1951 Refugee Convention
By Gilad Ben-Nun
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1/101.abstract.html?etoc
Civic and Ethno Belonging among Recent Refugees to Australia
By Farida Fozdar and Lisa Hartley
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/1/126.abstract.html?etoc
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Refugee Survey Quarterly
Vol. 33, No. 1, March 2014
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1?etoc
Articles:
Australia’s Little Known In-Country Programme in Latin America
By Claire Higgins
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/8.abstract.html?etoc
“Our Refugee Policy is Generous”: Reflections on the Importance of a State’s Self-Image
By Rebecca Stern
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/25.abstract.html?etoc
Who Shall We Help? The Refugee Definition in a Chinese Context
By Lili Song
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/44.abstract.html?etoc
Lessons Learned from Refugee Return Settlement Policies: A Case Study on Burundi’s Rural Integrated Villages
By Sonja Fransen and Katie Kuschminder
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/59.abstract.html?etoc
Refugee Cities: Reflections on the Development and Impact of UNHCR Urban Refugee Policy in the Middle East
By Patricia Ward
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/77.abstract.html?etoc
Media Perceptions: Mainstream and Grassroots Media Coverage of Refugees in Kenya and the Effects of Global Refugee Policy
By Colleen Kaleda
http://rsq.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/94.abstract.html?etoc
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Resenha
Ano 24, No. 93, November 2013
http://csem.org.br/images/downloads/resenhas/Resenha_n__93_-_Novembro_2013.pdf
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Women Fuel Rise in Remittances From the Gulf
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Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — send more than $50 billion in remittances back to their home countries annually, with more than 100 percent year-to-year growth in remittances over the past decade, according to 2012 data from Western Union, a global money-transfer company. The rise in remittances from the Gulf reflects the significant presence of foreign workers in the region, with an increasing number of female migrant workers each year. ?The G.C.C. is one of the highest remittance outflow areas globally, with Saudi Arabia coming in second in the world after the United States,? said George Naufal, an assistant professor of economics at the American University of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, who co-authored a report on the topic last month. Data from Western Union show that $27 billion in remittances were sent from Saudi Arabia in 2010, compared with $40 billion from the United States. The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait had remittance outflows of $8.7 billion and $11.7 billion, respectively, that year, holding top-ten spots for global remittance levels.
In terms of migration, one of the main changes is the increased representation of women who are working abroad to support families at home,? Dr. Naufal said. ?In the early 80s, it was more common for men to leave home to make enough money to return, or in the hope of bringing families later to host countries. But women are now taking this role more often.
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http://www.csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/1379-women-fuel-rise-in-remittances-from-the-gulf
Colombian women migrants say “life is not so easy” in Brazil
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL: Known throughout the world as a „welcoming? country, Brazil in the last decade has opened its doors to more than 286,000 immigrants.
By Luisa Pascoareli
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There are challenges in a new country for women migrants. Not knowing the native Portuguese language in Brazil is one of them. It can be one of the biggest problems for Colombian women who are trying to get refugee status. The other problem for women from Colombia is their gender.
While male migrants from Colombia may find jobs once they become documented, like Ricardo*, a former policeman from Colombia who‘s love of wine helped get him a solid job in the hospitality industry in Brazil, women are often excluded from job opportunities that are higher paying under discrimination.
For Alexandra Aparicio, Latin American Manager at Refugees United, an institution that helps to search for refugees around the world who have lost touch with their families, women migrants face a distinct problem in the labor market today in Brazil. The prejudice for Colombian women migrants is pernicious and twofold.
The refugee woman is a survivor, says Aparicio. She has a huge desire to integrate into a new country so she can take care of her family.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/637-colombian-women-migrants-say-life-is-not-so-easy-in-brazil -
Internal displacement: The feminisation of a world-wide crisis
From guiding principles to humanitarian laws, women continue to be impacted by internal displacement in the Americas.
By Janvieve Williams Comrie
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While it has been documented that anyone who is displaced can experience trafficking, kidnapping, homicides, detentions, forced recruitment and even slavery, women are subjected to massive gender-specific violations in the form of sexual violence such as rape, forced impregnation, forced abortions, trafficking and forced prostitution. The disproportionate numbers of women who are internally displaced and the lack of an institutional mechanism in place to provide protection to the special needs of women who become displaced have feminised this phenomenon in unique ways. This is especially true for the Americas, where displacement and its gender component intersect with race and ethnicity.
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http://www.csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/927-internal-displacement-the-feminisation-of-a-world-wide-crisis
London's new female immigrants 'inspired' to lead
A new project in east London is training newly arrived migrant women to become leaders and mentors in their community.
The 'Lead to Inspire' project, run by The Arbour charity in Tower Hamlets, gives the women intensive training over six months at the end of which they have to organise a community event.
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http://csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/618-london-s-new-female-immigrants-inspired-to-lead
Do Women Have More to Lose If Immigration Reform Dies?
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Studies show that immigrant women experience higher rates of gender-based violence than those born in the U.S. Statistics are hard to come by because undocumented women often live in the shadows. According to the advocacy organization Breakthrough, immigrant women are three to six times more likely to experience domestic violence than U.S.-born women. Between 34 to 49 percent of non-citizen women experience domestic violence in their lives, which increases to 60 percent for those who are married and to 77 percent for those who are dependent on spouses for immigration status.
Pramila Jayapal, is the co-chair of the We Belong Together campaign, which recently organized a Washington D.C. demonstration where more than 100 women were arrested. She has been critical of immigration reform efforts in the past because she says they don‘t adequately address the needs of women.
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http://www.csem.org.br/index.php/csem/noticias/1836-do-women-have-more-to-lose-if-immigration-reform-dies
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