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1. DOJ report on EOIR management of immigration cases and appeals
2. Latest issue of DOJ EOIR Immigration Law Advisor
3. Canada: Report on the country's linguistic characteristics
REPORTS, ARTICLES, ETC.
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New report from TRAC
5. Eleven new papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor
6. Three new reports and features from the Migration Policy Institute
7. Two new reports from the National Bureau of Economic Research
8. Nine new papers from the Social Science Research Network
9. Two new reports from the International Organization for Migration
10. "A Safe and Smart Border: The Ongoing Quest in U.S.-Canada Relations"
11. Ireland: "Migrants and the Irish Economy"
12. Belgium:"The Law Was Against Me"
BOOKS
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Causes and Consequences of Human Migration
14. Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church
15. Borderline Slavery: Mexico, United States, and the Human Trade
16. Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church
17. Making Sense of Public Opinion: American Discourses About Immigration and Social Programs
18. Immigrant Integration in Federal Countries
JOURNALS
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Citizenship Studies
20. Human Mobility
21. International Migration
22. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
23. Migration News
24. Rural Migration News
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Management of Immigration Cases and Appeals by the Executive Office for Immigration Review
U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, I-2013-001, October 2012
http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/2012/e1301.pdf
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A Split Among the Circuits: Taking Opposing Sides on Silva-Trevino
By Bria DeSalvo
Immigration Law Advisor, Vol. 6 No. 9, October, 2012
http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/ILA-Newsleter/ILA%202012/vol6no9.pdf
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Linguistic Characteristics of Canadians
Statistics Canada, October 2012
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-314-x/98-31…
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New from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Latest Immigration Court Numbers, as of September 2012
October 15, 2012
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/latest_immcourt/
Excerpt: ICE Requests for Deportation Orders Steady Last Month, Down Overall for Year
The latest available data from the Immigration Courts show that during September 2012 the government reported 17,276 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filings seeking deportation orders. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is little changed compared to filings in the previous month.
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New from the Institute for the Study of Labor
1. Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation: Cause or Effect?
By Gabriel Felbermayr, Volker Grossmann, and Wilhelm Kohler
Discussion Paper No. 6975, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
2. Socioeconomic Assimilation and Wealth Accumulation of Migrants in Australia
By Matias Vaira-Lucero, Daehoon Nahm, and Massimiliano Tani
Discussion Paper No. 6969, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
3. The Determinants of Rural Migrants' Employment Choice in China: Results from a Joint Estimation
By Yuling Cui, Daehoon Nahm, and Massimiliano Tani
Discussion Paper No. 6966, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
4. Immigration, Growth and Unemployment: Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
By Ekrame Boubtane, Dramane Coulibaly, and Christophe Rault
Discussion Paper No. 6966, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
5. The Impact of Language Proficiency on Immigrants' Earnings in Spain
By Santiago Budría and Pablo Swedberg
Discussion Paper No. 6957, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
6. Muslims in France: Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium
By Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, and Marie-Anne Valfort
Discussion Paper No. 6953, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
7. Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade
By Mariya Aleksynska and Giovanni Peri
Discussion Paper No. 6941, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
8. The Economics of Circular Migration
By Amelie F. Constant, Olga Nottmeyer, and Klaus F. Zimmermann
Discussion Paper No. 6940, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
9. Do Ethnic Enclaves Impede Immigrants' Integration? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Social-Interaction Approach
By Alexander M. Danzer, Firat Yaman
Discussion Paper No. 6939, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
10. Does Immigration Policy Affect the Education-Occupation Mismatch? Evidence from Australia
By Massimiliano Tani
Discussion Paper No. 6937, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
11. Immigrants' Time Use: A Survey of Methods and Evidence
By David C. Ribar
Discussion Paper No. 6931, October 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
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New from the Migration Policy Institute
1. Border Insecurity in Central America’s Northern Triangle
By Ralph Espach and Daniel Haering
November 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/RMSG-NorthernTriangle.pdf
2. Green Card Holders and Legal Immigration to the United States
By Joseph Russell and Jeanne Batalova
Migration Information Source, October 2012
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?ID=911
3. Refugee Resettlement Needs Outpace Growing Number of Resettlement Countries
By Mike Nicholson
Migration Information Source, November 2012
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=912
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New from the National Bureau of Economic Research
Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes
By Francine D. Blau
NBER Working Paper No. 18515, November 2012
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18515
Understanding the Long-Run Decline in Interstate Migration
By Greg Kaplan and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl
NBER Working Paper No. 18507, November 2012
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18507
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New from the Social Science Research Network
1. What Drives Immigration Amnesties?
By Alessandra Casarico, Bocconi University; Giovanni Facchini, University of Nottingham; and Tommaso Frattini, University of Milan
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3981
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2171695
2. Changing Claims and Changing Frames in the Politics of Migration in Western Europe, 1995-2009
By Joost Berkhout, University of Amsterdam
SOM Working Papers No. 2012-09
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2168713
3. Immigration, Crime, and Victimization: Rhetoric and Reality
By Marjorie S. Zatz, Arizona State University (ASU) and Hilary Smith, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 8, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2169193
4. Persons Who Are Not the People: The Changing Rights of Immigrants in the United States
By Geoffrey Heeren, Valparaiso University Law School
Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2013, Forthcoming
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2168354
5. Trafficking Romanian Children in EU
By Aura Preda, Romanian Academy; Spiru Haret University
October 29, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2168103
6. The Implications of the Failed 'Malaysian Solution': The Australian High Court and Refugee Responsibility Sharing at International Law
By Michelle Foster, Melbourne Law School
Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2012
U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 611
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2166668
7. Macroeconomic Impacts of Canadian Immigration: Results from a Macro-Model
By Peter Dungan; Tony Fang, York University Atkinson School of Administrative Studies; Morley Gunderson, and University of Toronto Department of Economics
Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2165434, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2165434
8. Immigration as a Human Right
By Kieran Oberman, University College Dublin
October 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2164939
9. Can Brain Drain Justify Immigration Restrictions?
By Kieran Oberman, University College Dublin
October 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2164893
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New from International Organization for Migration
Migration Policy Practice
Vol. II, No. 5, October-November 2012)
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MigrationPolicyPracticeJourn…
Mexico: Public Policies Benefiting Migrants
November 2012
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/OIM_PP_EN.pdf
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A Safe and Smart Border: The Ongoing Quest in U.S.-Canada Relations
Christopher Sands and Laura Dawson
The Woodrow Wilson Center, September 2012
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/cis.org/files/CI_120828_One%20Issue%2…
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Migrants and the Irish Economy
By Jim Power and Peter Szlovak
The Integration Centre, October 2012
http://www.integrationcentre.ie/getattachment/b3adea11-a0f7-4983-86b1-4…
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“The Law Was Against Me”
Migrant Women’s Access to Protection for Family Violence in Belgium
Human Rights Watch, November 8, 2012
http://www.hrw.org/embargo/node/111164?signature=9524bc2dc859b8eb938055…
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Causes and Consequences of Human Migration
By Michael H. Crawford, Benjamin C. Campbell, Michael H. Crawford, and Benjamin C. Campbell
Cambridge University Press, 568 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1107012864, $92.78
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0230341756/centerforimmigra
Kindle, ASIN: B009ZC1J1I, $63.20
Book Description: Migration is a widespread human activity dating back to the origin of our species. Advances in genetic sequencing have greatly increased our ability to track prehistoric and historic population movements and allowed migration to be described both as a biological and socioeconomic process. Presenting the latest research, Causes and Consequences of Human Migration provides an evolutionary perspective on human migration past and present. Crawford and Campbell have brought together leading thinkers who provide examples from different world regions, using historical, demographic and genetic methodologies, and integrating archaeological, genetic and historical evidence to reconstruct large-scale population movements in each region. Other chapters discuss established questions such as the Basque origins and the Caribbean slave trade. More recent evidence on migration in ancient and present day Mexico is also presented. Pitched at a graduate audience, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in human population movements.
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Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church
By Susanna Snyder
Ashgate Publishing Company, 310 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1409422992, $119.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1409422992/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 140942300X, $34.81, 256 pp.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/140942300X/centerforimmigra
Kindle, ASIN: B009T6KCIG, 16991 KB, $19.22
Book Description: Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church addresses one of the most pressing issues confronting contemporary society: how we engage with migrants. Drawing on studies of church engagement with asylum-seekers in the UK and critical immigration and refugee issues in North America, Snyder presents an extended theological reflection on both the issue of asylum-seeking and the fears of established populations surrounding immigration.This book outlines ways in which churches are currently supporting asylum seekers, encouraging closer engagement with people seen as 'other' and more thoughtful responses to newcomers. Creatively exploring biblical and theological traditions surrounding the 'stranger', Snyder argues that as well as practising a vision of inclusive community churches would do well to engage with established population fears. Trends in global migration and the dynamics of fear and hostility surrounding immigration are critically and creatively explored throughout the book. Inviting more complex, nuanced responses to asylum seekers and immigrants, this book offers invaluable insights to those interested in Christian ethics, practical theology, faith and social action and mission, as well as those working in the field of migration.
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Borderline Slavery: Mexico, United States, and the Human Trade
By Susan Tiano, Moira Murphy-Aguilar, and Brianne Bigej
Ashgate Pub Co., 240 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1409439682, $99.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1409439682/centerforimmigra
Kindle, ASIN: B009T6JZKC, 782 KB, $79.96
Book Description: Exploring human trafficking in the US-Mexico borderlands as a regional expression of a pressing global problem, "Borderline Slavery" sheds light on the contexts and causes of trafficking, offering policy recommendations for addressing it that do justice to border communities' complex circumstances. This book focuses on both sexual and labor trafficking, proceeding thematically from global to regional levels to provide an empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and policy-relevant approach, which examines the problem through the eyes of scholars and researchers from various fields, as well as journalists, public officials, law enforcement personnel, victims' advocates and NGO representatives. Discussing the multinational networks, global economics, and personal motives that fuel a multibillion dollar trade in human beings as cheap labor, "Borderline Slavery" suggests future directions for effective policies and law enforcement strategies to prevent the advance of human trafficking. As such, it will be of interest to both policy makers and scholars across the social sciences working in the fields of migration, exploitation and trafficking.
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Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church
By Susanna Snyder
Ashgate Publishing Company, 310 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1409422992, $119.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1409422992/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 140942300X, $34.81
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/140942300X/centerforimmigra
Kindle, ASIN: B009T6KCIG, 16991 KB, $19.22
Book Description: Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church addresses one of the most pressing issues confronting contemporary society: how we engage with migrants. Drawing on studies of church engagement with asylum-seekers in the UK and critical immigration and refugee issues in North America, Snyder presents an extended theological reflection on both the issue of asylum-seeking and the fears of established populations surrounding immigration.This book outlines ways in which churches are currently supporting asylum seekers, encouraging closer engagement with people seen as 'other' and more thoughtful responses to newcomers. Creatively exploring biblical and theological traditions surrounding the 'stranger', Snyder argues that as well as practising a vision of inclusive community churches would do well to engage with established population fears. Trends in global migration and the dynamics of fear and hostility surrounding immigration are critically and creatively explored throughout the book. Inviting more complex, nuanced responses to asylum seekers and immigrants, this book offers invaluable insights to those interested in Christian ethics, practical theology, faith and social action and mission, as well as those working in the field of migration.
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Making Sense of Public Opinion: American Discourses About Immigration and Social Programs
By Claudia Strauss
Cambridge University Press, 435 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1107019923, $99.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1107019923/centerforimmigra
Kindle, ASIN: B009P2EMBM, 4026 KB, $63.20
Book Description: Questions about immigration and social welfare programs raise the central issues of who belongs to a society and what its members deserve. Yet the opinions of the American public about these important issues seem contradictory and confused. Claudia Strauss explains why: public opinion on these issues and many others is formed not from liberal or conservative ideologies but from diverse vernacular discourses that may not fit standard ideologies but are easy to remember and repeat. Drawing on interviews with people from various backgrounds, Strauss identifies and describes 59 conventional discourses about immigration and social welfare and demonstrates how we acquire conventional discourses from our opinion communities. Making Sense of Public Opinion: American Discourses about Immigration and Social Programs explains what conventional discourses are, how to study them, and why they are fundamental elements of public opinion and political culture.
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Immigrant Integration in Federal Countries
By Christian Joppke and F. Leslie Seidle
Mcgill Queens Univ Press, 280 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0773540334, $95.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0773540334/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 0773540342, $34.95
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0773540342/centerforimmigra
Book Description: Immigrant integration has become a prominent issue in contemporary political debates and public policy analysis. The objective of facilitating newcomers' participation in the economic, social, and political life of receiving societies presents particular challenges in federal countries. The multidimensional nature of immigrant integration means that policies and programs often become issues of multilevel governance. In federations with one or more national minorities, newcomers can alter the linguistic balance and affect sub-national communities' efforts to obtain greater autonomy. This volume analyzes immigrant integration policies and the implications for governance in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Leading experts review recent developments in their respective countries and current public policies and programs in three categories: selection/admission, economic and social integration, and civic and political integration (including naturalization). These analyses show that the integration of immigrants is an ongoing process that extends beyond the initial years of settlement in a new country, involving the actions of different governments, non-governmental organizations and others. By examining a range of policy and governance issues from the perspective of federalism, this volume fills a gap in the literature on immigrant integration. It will interest not only academics and researchers but also political representatives and public servants concerned with these important topics.
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Citizenship Studies
Volume 16, Issue 7, 2012
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccst20/current
Selected articles:
Biometric citizenship
By Btihaj Ajana
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13621025.2012.669962
Naturalization ceremonies and the role of immigrants in the American nation
By Sofya Aptekara
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13621025.2012.716211
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Human Mobility
Boletim 90, Ano IX, October 2012
http://www.csem.org.br/images/downloads/boletins/Boletim_Mobilidade_Hum…
English language content:
Palestinian immigrants make impressive mark in Chile
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/341-palestinian-immigrants-make-impres…
Relaxing immigration could generate billions for global economy
Relaxing immigration rules by just 3% in developed countries would generate more than $150bn for the world’s economy.
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/393-relaxing-immigration-could-generat…
Is Germany growing more open to immigrants?
Studies show that increasing numbers of highly skilled immigrants are coming to Germany. They face a number of hurdles, but there are positive signs in the country's changing attitudes toward them.
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/403-is-germany-growing-more-open-to-im…
Asylum seekers a view from the inside
Europe should rethink its criteria for immigration, according to a worker at an asylum seeker reception centre on the Swiss-Italian border, which deals with almost 5,000 applicants a year.
By Stefania Summermatter
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/447-asylum-seekers-a-view-from-the-ins…
Syrian refugee daughters question unwanted offers of marriage Exposing the increasing plight of young refugee women leaving Syria
An October 10 blog post by Global Voices – the award-winning web-based global community of 500+ bloggers and citizen journalists – has brought the voices of Syrian women into the foreground.
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/387-syrian-refugee-daughters-question-…
One in four UK births are to immigrant women
Hundreds of thousands more female immigrants arrived in Britain over the past 10 years than was believed – and have created a mini baby boom.
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/426-one-in-four-uk-births-are-to-immig…
Nationalists criticize idea of building more mosques in Russia
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/430-nationalists-criticize-idea-of-bui…
Syrian and Lebanese Christian migrant wave expected after attacks
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/440-syrian-and-lebanese-christian-migr…
33% rise in human traffic victims to UK
The number of people being trafficked into the UK is rising, the Government warned today.
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/411-33-rise-in-human-traffic-victims-t…
The truth about trafficking: it's not just about sexual exploitation
Feminist and faith groups define trafficking as forced sex work – a simplification that hinders help for victims of coerced labour
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/445-the-truth-about-trafficking-it-s-n…
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International Migration
Vol. 50 Issue 6, December 2012
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imig.2012.50.issue-6/issuetoc
Selected articles:
EUROPE
The Flag or the Pocketbook: To What are Immigrants a Threat
By Deniz Aksoy
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00685.x/abs…
Back to the South: Social and Political Aspects of Latin American Migration to Southern Europe
By João Peixoto
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00537.x/abs…
The Effect of Networks on the Selection of Migrants and Destinations: Colombians in Galicia (Spain)
By Carmen Lamela, Antía Pérez-Caramés, and Belén Fernández-Suárez
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00580.x/abs…
Return Migration: The Experience of Eastern Europe
By Reiner Martin and Dragos Radu
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00762.x/abs…
Economic Transnationalism and its Ambiguities: The Case of Romanian Migration to Italy
By Cornel Ban
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00556.x/abs…
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The Determinants of Human Trafficking: A US Case Study
By Alicja Jac-Kucharski
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00777.x/abs…
Albanian Entrepreneurial Practices in Human Smuggling and Trafficking: On the Road to the United Kingdom via Brussels, 1995–2005
By Johan Leman and Stef Janssens
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00654.x/abs…
Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia and the Emirates: Trafficking Victims?
By Antoinette Vlieger
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00785.x/abs…
HEALTH
Children and Families Seeking Asylum in Northern Norway: Living Conditions and Mental Health
By Camilla Lauritzen and Hilde Sivertsen
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00774.x/abs…
Psychosocial Factors of Migration: Adaptation and Application of the Health Belief Model
By George Groenewold, Bart de Bruijn and Richard Bilsborrow
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00781.x/abs…
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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Volume 31, Issue 4, Fall 2012
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.2012.31.issue-4/issuetoc
Selected articles:
The Economics of U.S. Immigration Policy
By Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.21653/abstract
The Elusive Goal: the Quest for a Credible Immigration Policy
By Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.21656/abstract
Credible Immigration Policy Reform: a Response to Briggs
By Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.21654/abstract
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Migration News
Volume 19 No. 4, October 2012
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/
THE AMERICAS
DREAM, States, Elections
DREAM. President Obama ordered DHS to stop deporting unauthorized foreigners who arrived in the US before age 16, have lived illegally in the US at least five years and were under 31 on June 15, 2012, and are enrolled in school or have a high school diploma, or are honorably discharged veterans. Obama said that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) would "lift the shadow of deportation from these young people."
DHS: Border, Interior
Border. The US Border Patrol apprehended 340,000 foreigners just inside US borders in FY11, including 96 percent apprehended on the Mexico-US border. The number of Border Patrol apprehensions has been declining from 1.6 million in FY00. There were 21,400 Border Patrol agents at the beginning of 2012, of whom 86 percent were on the Mexico-US border.
Labor, H-1B
US employers added more than 114,000 jobs in September 2012, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent. Job growth averaged 146,000 a month in the first nine months of 2012, and total employment is again at the level of January 2009. President Obama noted that almost five million of the nine-million private sector jobs lost during the recession have returned.
Foreign-Born, Ed, Health
The US had 40 million foreign-born residents in 2010, including 17 million who were naturalized US citizens, 12 million who were legal immigrants and temporary visitors, and 11.2 million who were unauthorized. About 20 percent of the 50 million K-12 public school students were from immigrant households.
Canada, Mexico
Canada. Canada is an exception among the major immigration destinations. It has high levels of immigration, generous social welfare programs, and significant public satisfaction with immigration policies. Many analysts trace this satisfaction to Canada's point system, under which foreigners seeking to immigrate are assessed on the basis of their education, youth, work experience and knowledge of English or French.
Latin America: Migrants
The US is apprehending more Central Americans just inside the US border with Mexico. Net Mexico-US migration has slowed toward zero, as the number of Mexicans returning home equals new arrivals. However, migration from Central America to the US is rising, reflecting lagging economic growth and rising crime in El Salvador and Honduras.
EUROPE
EU: Migrants, Unemployment
Eurostat reported that 33.3 million foreign citizens lived in the EU-27 member states in 2011, including 12.8 million EU nationals living in another EU member country and 20.5 million non-EU foreign citizens. There were 48.9 million foreign-born persons in the EU-27 countries, including 32.4 million born outside the EU-27 countries. The population of the EU 27 countries was 502 million in 2011.
UK: Migration, Students
Mark Harper replaced Damian Green as UK immigration minister on September 5, 2012. Green in August 2012 criticized the previous Labor government, asserting that it had allowed 3.5 million foreigners to settle in the UK between 1997 and 2010, including many from Poland and other Central European countries.
France, Germany
France. Roma from Eastern Europe travel to Western European countries each summer to fill casual jobs, beg and, in some cases, steal. France's previous conservative government expelled Roma in 2010, drawing complaints from the EU and French socialists, some of whom compared expelling the Roma to Nazi deportations during WWII. The current socialist government offered E300 ($370) and free airfare home to Roma willing to return voluntarily, and expulsion for those who overstayed.
Southern Europe
Greece. Greek authorities in August 2012 rounded up 6,000 suspected illegal migrants in central Athens and detained 1,400. Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias called unauthorized migration a "bomb" and said: "The immigration problem is perhaps even greater than the financial one." PM Antonis Samaras said "Illegal immigrants have taken over Athens" leading to a "public health problem" and more crime.
Denmark, Sweden, Russia
Denmark. Denmark has high income taxes and high barriers to immigrants. About 6.2 percent of Danish residents are immigrants, compared with an average 6.6 percent in the EU-27 nations. The anti-immigration Danish People's Party, the country's third largest, has pushed for policies to restrict immigration. Opinion polls suggest that 70 percent of Danes want very restrictive immigration policies.
ASIA
China: Migrants
The number of rural-urban migrants appears to be stabilizing at 250 million. The National Bureau of Statistics reported 242 million migrants in 2010 and 253 million in 2011, but noted that shrinking cohorts of youth promise less rural-urban migration in the future. About 60 percent of Chinese are expected to live in cities by 2020.
Japan, Korea
The 2.2 million foreigners living in Japan are about 1.7 percent of the 127 million residents of Japan. About 1.2 million are considered to be
Southeast Asia
The 10-nation ASEAN plans a common market and freedom of movement by 2015. The main labor flows are from Burma, Cambodia and Laos to Thailand, Indonesia to Malaysia and Singapore, and Filipinos to other ASEAN nations and around the world.
South Asia, Middle East
Bangladesh. Bangladesh hopes to resume the large-scale deployment of workers to Malaysia under a government-to-government agreement that would limit the cost to 40,000 ($490) to 50,000 taka ($610) or less. However, the 1,200-member Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) has protested the G-to-G plan, saying that BAIRA members are the authorized agents to send Bangladeshi workers abroad. Most BAIRA recruiters charge each migrant $1,500 to $2,500 for a contract, health checks and visa costs, and travel to the foreign job.
OTHER
Australia, New Zealand
Australia in August 2012 reverted to the previous Pacific Solution to deal with asylum seekers who arrive by boat from Indonesia. Afghanis, Sri Lankans, and Iranians fly to Indonesia and find fishing boats to take them to Australia's Christmas Island, which is closer to Indonesia than to the Australian mainland.
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Rural Migration News
Volume 18 No. 4, October 2012
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/
IMMIGRATION
Labor Shortages, Congress
California farmers reported labor shortages in summer and fall 2012. FLC Brad Goehring in San Joaquin county said 2012 is "the worst year that I've ever experienced in labor," with 40 percent fewer workers than desired. Some coastal strawberry growers reported that workers who can earn more harvesting tree fruit are leaving for the San Joaquin Valley, forcing them to scramble for pickers who are quick to jump to other growers who offer higher piece rates or better yields.
H-2A, H-2B, Braceros
The US admits about 200,000 foreign workers with H-visas each year. In 2010, the US Department of State issued 55,900 H-2A visas, 47,400 H-2B visas, and 117,400 H-1B visas. In addition, DOS issued 74,700 L-1 visas for intra-company transfers, 320,800 J-1 visas for exchange visitors, and 385,200 F-1 visas to foreign students.
Canada, ANZ
TFWP. The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) allows Canadian farm employers to hire workers from the Caribbean and Mexico for up to eight months a year. (www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/foreign_workers/ei_tfw/sawp_tfw.sht…) The SAWP brings workers from the Caribbean and Mexico to Canada. The Globe and Mail in September 2012 highlighted the operation of the SAWP on 400 farms in British Columbia, noting that the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in 2011 alleged that the Mexican government and its Vancouver consulate blacklisted Mexican SAWP workers who engaged in union activities in Canada so that they could not return.
RURAL AMERICA
Meat, Dalton, Siler City
RICO. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act of 1970 has been used to sue employers who knowingly hired at least 10 unauthorized workers during a 12-month period whom the employer knew were brought into the US illegally for unauthorized employment. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in July 2012 dismissed a RICO suit filed by five legal Perdue Farms' workers alleging that Perdue conspired to hire unauthorized workers in order to depress their wages.
The workers' RICO suit, filed in March 2010 in Alabama and later transferred to Maryland, was dismissed by a federal judge, prompting the workers to appeal. The Court of Appeals said that the workers failed to show that Perdue hired at least 10 unauthorized workers within one year and show that Perdue knew these workers were unauthorized.
Dalton. The Georgia city known as the carpet capital of the world hired thousands of migrants during the housing boom, when Dalton's unemployment rate dipped below four percent. Today, Dalton's unemployment rate is 12 percent, and many of the factories that once hired migrants have automated. Local development experts tout Dalton's "nonunion, hard-working manufacturing community" to potential investors.
FARM WORKERS
Midwest, Northeast, Northwest
Arizona. Yuma, a city of 93,000 on the Mexican border, had the highest unemployment rate among US metro areas in May 2012, 29 percent, reflecting layoffs of seasonal farm workers.
Yuma-area farmers near the Mexican border complained about the H-2A program's requirement that they must provide housing for guest workers. These growers say that their legal Mexican workers prefer to live in Mexico, so that the housing they provide in the US for H-2A workers is vacant. Some border-area growers fear that tougher enforcement will require them to hire more guest workers. They want an exception to the housing requirement so that the H-2A workers they hire can live in Mexico and commute daily to US jobs.
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