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Around the World in the INA: Designating a Country of Removal in Immigration Proceedings
http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/ILA-Newsleter/ILA%202013/vol7no5.pdf
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Study: The evolution of English-French bilingualism in Canada from 1961 to 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130528/dq130528b-eng.pdf
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Immigration Statistics, January to March 2013
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2013/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2013
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Asylum
Removals and Voluntary Departures
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New from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Legal Noncitizens Receive Longest ICE Detention
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/321/
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Decisions on ICE Detainees: State-by-State Details
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/320/
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Where Individuals Enter ICE Custody: State-by-State Details
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/319/
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New from the Migration Policy Institute
1.A Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Coverage Profile of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/CIRbrief-Profile-Unauthorized.pdf
2.Migration and environmental change: Assessing the developing European approach
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/MPIEurope-EnvironmentalMigration.pdf
3.Tuareg Migration: A Critical Component of Crisis in the Sahel
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=953
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New from National Bureau of Economic Research
Immigrant Assimilation into U.S. Prisons, 1900-1930
http://www.nber.org/papers/w19083
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New from the Social Science Research Network
1.Giving Shelter from the Storm: Colombians Fleeing Persecution Based on Sexual Orientation
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2273649
2.Lessons from Gideon
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2273874
3.Trials of People Smugglers in Indonesia: 2007-2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2264696
4.The Citizenship Line: Rethinking Immigration Exceptionalism
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2272827
5.South-South Migration and the Labor Market: Evidence from South Africa
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2271172
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A Continued Humanitarian Crisis at the Border:
http://bmi.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/border_deaths_final_web.pdf
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Unauthorized Mexican Migration and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans
http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/Data/Report/report05132013.pdf
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New Americans in Texas: The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in the Lone Star State
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/new_americans_in_texas_2013_0.pdf
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Immigrants Contributed An Estimated $115.2 Billion More To The Medicare Trust Fund Than They Took Out In 2002–09
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2013/05/20/hlthaff.2012.1223
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South American immigrants in the USA: Education levels, tasks performed and the decision to go back home
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/002/2013/00000040/00000002/art00007
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Migration and labour markets in OECD countries: a panel cointegration approach
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2012.661400#.UbEzDthi3p8
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Welfare participation by immigrants in the UK
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/016/2013/00000034/00000002/art00001
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The use of welfare by migrants in Italy
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/016/2013/00000034/00000002/art00005
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Determinants of immigrants' cash-welfare benefits intake in Spain
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/016/2013/00000034/00000002/art00006
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The remittances framework in Lesotho: Assessment of policies and programmes promoting the multiplier effect
http://www.acpmigration-obs.org/sites/default/files/Remittances-Framework-Lesotho-FINAL.pdf
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Chinese professional immigrants in Australia: a gendered pattern in (re)building their careers
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rijh/2013/00000024/00000013/art00009
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North American Integration: An Institutional Void in Migration, Security and Development
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415823536/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
North American Integration: An Institutional Void in Migration, Security and Development
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Are Human Rights for Migrants?: Critical Reflections on the Status of Irregular Migrants in Europe and the United States
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415619068/centerforimmigra
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415828457/centerforimmigra
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Global Crossings: Immigration, Civilization, and America
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1598131338/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
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To Sin Against Hope: How America Has Failed Its Immigrants: A Personal History
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844679926/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
To Sin Against Hope
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Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0231161441/centerforimmigra
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/023116145X/centerforimmigra
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Human Mobility
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias
English language content
Forced migration: Pastoral Guidelines
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1277-forced-migration-pastoral-guidelines
Refugees from embattled Syrian town report harsh conditions, difficulties in reaching safety
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The refugees describe Qusayr as a ghost town, heavily damaged and rocked by warfare. People are hiding in bunkers or holes dug as shelters. One lady said her family could not leave their hole for a week and had to live off the food they could bring with them.
"One of the few men to have arrived in Lebanon said he had fled after his home was bombed and his 20-year-old son had been killed. He had no belongings with him. All those we spoke to reported great fear of approaching any checkpoint," Fleming said.
UNHCR does not have access to Qusayr and the refugee accounts are hard to verify. "However, we share the concern of others over the serious humanitarian situation and the risks for the civilian population. It is imperative that people seeking a route out of Qusayr, and other unsafe locations, be allowed access to safe areas," Fleming stressed.
UNHCR is also concerned about impediments in the way of people seeking to reach safety in other parts of the region. In Jordan, more than 4,300 people managed to cross from Syria between May 27 and June 2. This compares to 26,600 people in the first 18 days of the month. Refugees continue to report difficulties in accessing the border.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1276-refugees-from-embattled-syrian-town-report-harsh-conditions-difficulties-in-reaching-safety
UN and Japan sign agreement to combat illicit drugs and human trafficking
The United Nations and the Government of Japan today agreed to enhance regional cooperation to fight the trade of illicit narcotics and human trafficking, as well as terrorism and cybercrime in Africa and Southeast Asia.
The Joint Action Plan of Action between the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Japan was signed at the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), which concluded earlier today in Yokohama, Japan.
“The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Government of Japan have a long and fruitful history of cooperation across the globe, in areas ranging from countering illicit narcotic drugs, combating terrorism and strengthening crime prevention and criminal justice. I welcome this new Joint Plan of Action, which will serve to strengthen our efforts still further,” said UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov.
“We know that insecurity and conflict fuel crime while drugs and crime fuel conflict and undermine security. Addressing these threats can contribute to building peace and promoting human security within and across regions,” he added.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1275-un-and-japan-sign-agreement-to-combat-illicit-drugs-and-human-trafficking
European Union (EU) provides over £42 million aid to help refugees fleeing war torn Syria
By Dion Dassanayake
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Jordan has so far taken 489,000 registered refugees from the country embroiled in a civil war, and they expect 1 million in total by the end of 2013.
The aid from the European Commission (EC), the EU's executive arm, will help the education of Syrian children and fund medical treatment.
Štefan Füle from the EC said: "Jordan is playing a vital role in providing support and hospitality to the Syrian refugees in their time of need.
"We realise the burden this creates on Jordan’s resources and the resulting enormous strain the country is put under.
Jordan has received almost half a million refugees from war torn Syria
"The EU remains deeply committed to assisting the Jordanian Government in its response to the refugee crisis."
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1274-european-union-eu-provides-over-42-million-aid-to-help-refugees-fleeing-war-torn-syria
Sex trafficking in U.S. linked to Mexico
By Elizabeth Aguilera
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The men are all from the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, which is within a couple hours drive of Mexico City. It is there, in a town called Tenancingo, that the majority of Mexico’s sex traffickers originate. They are known as romeo traffickers, who lure young women with promises of love, marriage and a better life in the U.S. and then force them into prostitution.
Sex rings across the U.S., including in San Diego County, have been linked to these tiny towns in Mexico's interior. Many that go on to trade women and girls in other cities across the country traveled by car or foot across the southwest border or through ports of entry in San Diego.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1273-sex-trafficking-in-u-s-linked-to-mexico
Evangelical groups launch $250,000 immigration campaign
By Alan Gomez
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The ad buy will feature radio ads and billboards in 13 states featuring pastors urging people to support the ongoing efforts in Congress to pass an immigration bill that would allow the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, strengthen border security and revamp the legal immigration system.
Russell Moore, who will take over as head of the Southern Baptist's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission on Saturday, said they are more aggressive this time around because more immigrants have joined their congregations, giving members a better understanding of who they are. And he said it reflects a broader acceptance of granting citizenship to unauthorized immigrants among conservative Americans that should be embraced by Republican critics in Congress.
"Our involvement signals the fact that we don't see this as a blue state, red state, culture war question," Moore said. "When you have people of courage and goodwill, such as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is heroically working to craft legislation that is fair and just, I think it's very difficult to pigeonhole this into the easy left-right categories we're accustomed to."
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1272-evangelical-groups-launch-250-000-immigration-campaign
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Newsletter CSEM, May 2013
http://csem.org.br
MOST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE CHRISTIANS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
An estimated 83 percent, or 9.2 million, of the 11.1 million people living in the United States illegally are Christians from Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.
The study highlights this and other findings in an examination of recent trends in the geographic origins and religious affiliation of immigrants to the United States.
It also reveals that the share of Christians among undocumented immigrants is slightly higher than the percentage of Christians in the U.S. population as a whole. As of 2010, Christians were estimated to make up just under 80 percent of U.S. residents of all ages.
According to the study, in the last 20 years, the United States has also granted permanent residency status to an average of one million people annually through various means.
In the last two decades, an estimated 600,000 Christian immigrants have been granted permanent resident status annually. And although this figure accounts for the largest share of any religious group, the share of Christians granted permanent resident status has dropped seven points in the last decade.
An estimated 68 percent of legal permanent residents in 1992 were Christians compared with an estimated 61 percent in 2012. This is reflective of the smaller percentage of permanent residents who now originate from Europe and the Americas.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1197-most-undocumented-immigrants-are-christians-from-latin-america-and-caribbean
BETTER HEALTHCARE NEEDED FOR IMMIGRANT MOTHERS-TO-BE
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Lead author of the study and midwifery expert, Hannah Dahlen, said researchers had looked at all women giving birth in the state in an eight-year period until 2008. They found those born in India - now the number one migrant group to Australia - had the highest rate of interventions, such as caesareans and episiotomies. They also had the highest number of low birthweight babies and the highest overall perinatal mortality rates.
Professor Dahlen, from the University of Western Sydney, described the findings as "concerning" and said it was unclear why there were differences in birth outcomes.
"It is certainly not that Indian women are less capable of a normal birth," Professor Dahlen said.
"We need to examine if there is a failure in our health system to provide culturally sensitive and appropriate models of care to women of multicultural backgrounds. We know that if women feel scared, unsupported and isolated, they are much more likely to end up having medical intervention."
Poor English language skills may impact the standard of communication and care received, she said, and make women feel less confident in telling clinicians what they wanted.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1202-better-healthcare-needed-for-immigrant-mothers-to-be
MIGRANT WORKERS FACE TOUGH TIMES IN THAILAND
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Most of these workers are employed on a residential construction site just north of here, where they pour cement, plaster walls, build roofs or install electrical wiring from seven in the morning until six in the evening, seven days a week. They do not have much to show for these gruelling hours on the job, returning home with as little as six dollars a day.
One of this shantytown’s residents, Nang Soi Sat, tells IPS the long working hours and paltry income are not even her biggest concerns: she is more worried about maintaining her legal status in the face of multiple challenges.
Thailand is home to an estimated 2.5 million migrant workers. The country’s economic boom – which has seen an 18.9 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) since 2011 – relies heavily on a constant influx of labour from neighbouring countries. Over 82 percent of the workers hail from Myanmar (Burma), 8.4 percent from Laos and 9.5 percent from Cambodia.
Those from Myanmar say ethnic strife and civil conflict sent them fleeing in search of better opportunities in the region. A network of garment and furniture factories housed in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that dot the Thai-Myanmar border quickly absorb incoming migrants to work for a pittance.
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http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/migrant-workers-face-tough-times-in-thailand/
YOUNG AFRICANS FLOCKING TO DUBAI, JOINING SOUTH ASIANS AS GUEST WORKERS
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Although Kenya has a relatively small population (42 million, far smaller than other African states like Nigeria and Ethiopia), its people are highly educated, ambitious and discouraged by very high jobless figures in their native country (40 percent as of 2008, according to the CIA/World Factbook).
The Standard Digital newspaper of Kenya reports that an estimated 40,000 Kenyan guest workers currently live in the UAE (which includes Dubai), primarily in the construction, hotel and travel industries. (Hundreds of Kenyans work at the Dubai International Airport alone.)
Still, other Kenyans toil as domestic workers, while a handful are affluent business people. “Life is very good in Dubai, much better than what I experienced in Kenya,” Eric Kariuki, a security guard from Nyeri, told the paper.
Indeed, Africans have now joined legions of workers from Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, who have long established themselves in the UAE, and Dubai in particular, as part of the huge foreign worker population.
But Indians and Pakistanis far outnumber Africans -- they account for some two-thirds of Dubai’s entire population of a little more than 2 million.
However, despite Dubai’s riches, immigration laws make it difficult, if not impossible, for Africans and other foreign peoples to settle permanently. The right to stay in the emirate depends on having the continued sponsorship of one’s employers. In addition, low-wage workers are not allowed to bring their families with them.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1221-young-africans-flocking-to-dubai-joining-south-asians-as-guest-workers
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Journal of Refugee Studies
Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2013
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/current
Selected articles:
‘We Are Not Here to Claim Better Services Than Any Other’: Social Exclusion among Men from Refugee Backgrounds in Urban and Regional Australia
By Ignacio Correa-Velez, Ramon Spaaij, and Susan Upham
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/163.abstract
The Housing Resettlement Experience of Refugee Immigrants to Australia
James Forrest, Kerstin Hermes, Ron Johnston, and Michael Poulsen
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/187.abstract.html?etoc
Unpacking the Micro–Macro Nexus: Narratives of Suffering and Hope among Refugees from Burma Recently Settled in Australia
By Mark Brough, Robert Schweitzer, Jane Shakespeare-Finch, Lyn Vromans, and Julie King
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/207.abstract
‘It was the Most Beautiful Country I have Ever Seen’: The Role of Somali Narratives in Adapting to a New Country
By Robyn Ramsden and Damien Ridge
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/226.abstract
Safeguarding a Child Perspective in Asylum Reception: Dilemmas of Children’s Case Workers in Sweden
By Lisa Ottosson, Marita Eastmond, and Isabell Schierenbeck
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/247.abstract
Repatriation and Integration of Liberian Refugees from Ghana: the Importance of Personal Networks in the Country of Origin
By Naohiko Omata
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/265.abstract
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Around the World in the INA: Designating a Country of Removal in Immigration Proceedings
http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/ILA-Newsleter/ILA%202013/vol7no5.pdf
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2.
Study: The evolution of English-French bilingualism in Canada from 1961 to 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130528/dq130528b-eng.pdf
Excerpt
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Immigration Statistics, January to March 2013
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2013/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2013
Excerpt
Asylum
Removals and Voluntary Departures
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New from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Legal Noncitizens Receive Longest ICE Detention
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/321/
Excerpt
Decisions on ICE Detainees: State-by-State Details
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/320/
Excerpt
Where Individuals Enter ICE Custody: State-by-State Details
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/319/
Excerpt
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5.
New from the Migration Policy Institute
1.A Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Coverage Profile of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/CIRbrief-Profile-Unauthorized.pdf
2.Migration and environmental change: Assessing the developing European approach
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/MPIEurope-EnvironmentalMigration.pdf
3.Tuareg Migration: A Critical Component of Crisis in the Sahel
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=953
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New from National Bureau of Economic Research
Immigrant Assimilation into U.S. Prisons, 1900-1930
http://www.nber.org/papers/w19083
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New from the Social Science Research Network
1.Giving Shelter from the Storm: Colombians Fleeing Persecution Based on Sexual Orientation
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2273649
2.Lessons from Gideon
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2273874
3.Trials of People Smugglers in Indonesia: 2007-2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2264696
4.The Citizenship Line: Rethinking Immigration Exceptionalism
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2272827
5.South-South Migration and the Labor Market: Evidence from South Africa
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2271172
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A Continued Humanitarian Crisis at the Border:
http://bmi.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/border_deaths_final_web.pdf
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Unauthorized Mexican Migration and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans
http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/Data/Report/report05132013.pdf
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New Americans in Texas: The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in the Lone Star State
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/new_americans_in_texas_2013_0.pdf
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Immigrants Contributed An Estimated $115.2 Billion More To The Medicare Trust Fund Than They Took Out In 2002–09
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2013/05/20/hlthaff.2012.1223
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South American immigrants in the USA: Education levels, tasks performed and the decision to go back home
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/002/2013/00000040/00000002/art00007
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13.
Migration and labour markets in OECD countries: a panel cointegration approach
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2012.661400#.UbEzDthi3p8
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14.
Welfare participation by immigrants in the UK
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/016/2013/00000034/00000002/art00001
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The use of welfare by migrants in Italy
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/016/2013/00000034/00000002/art00005
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Determinants of immigrants' cash-welfare benefits intake in Spain
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/016/2013/00000034/00000002/art00006
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The remittances framework in Lesotho: Assessment of policies and programmes promoting the multiplier effect
http://www.acpmigration-obs.org/sites/default/files/Remittances-Framework-Lesotho-FINAL.pdf
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18.
Chinese professional immigrants in Australia: a gendered pattern in (re)building their careers
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rijh/2013/00000024/00000013/art00009
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19.
North American Integration: An Institutional Void in Migration, Security and Development
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415823536/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
North American Integration: An Institutional Void in Migration, Security and Development
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20.
Are Human Rights for Migrants?: Critical Reflections on the Status of Irregular Migrants in Europe and the United States
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415619068/centerforimmigra
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415828457/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
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Global Crossings: Immigration, Civilization, and America
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1598131338/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
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To Sin Against Hope: How America Has Failed Its Immigrants: A Personal History
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844679926/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
To Sin Against Hope
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Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0231161441/centerforimmigra
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/023116145X/centerforimmigra
Book Description:
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Human Mobility
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias
English language content
Forced migration: Pastoral Guidelines
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1277-forced-migration-pastoral-guidelines
Refugees from embattled Syrian town report harsh conditions, difficulties in reaching safety
. . .
The refugees describe Qusayr as a ghost town, heavily damaged and rocked by warfare. People are hiding in bunkers or holes dug as shelters. One lady said her family could not leave their hole for a week and had to live off the food they could bring with them.
"One of the few men to have arrived in Lebanon said he had fled after his home was bombed and his 20-year-old son had been killed. He had no belongings with him. All those we spoke to reported great fear of approaching any checkpoint," Fleming said.
UNHCR does not have access to Qusayr and the refugee accounts are hard to verify. "However, we share the concern of others over the serious humanitarian situation and the risks for the civilian population. It is imperative that people seeking a route out of Qusayr, and other unsafe locations, be allowed access to safe areas," Fleming stressed.
UNHCR is also concerned about impediments in the way of people seeking to reach safety in other parts of the region. In Jordan, more than 4,300 people managed to cross from Syria between May 27 and June 2. This compares to 26,600 people in the first 18 days of the month. Refugees continue to report difficulties in accessing the border.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1276-refugees-from-embattled-syrian-town-report-harsh-conditions-difficulties-in-reaching-safety
UN and Japan sign agreement to combat illicit drugs and human trafficking
The United Nations and the Government of Japan today agreed to enhance regional cooperation to fight the trade of illicit narcotics and human trafficking, as well as terrorism and cybercrime in Africa and Southeast Asia.
The Joint Action Plan of Action between the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Japan was signed at the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), which concluded earlier today in Yokohama, Japan.
“The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Government of Japan have a long and fruitful history of cooperation across the globe, in areas ranging from countering illicit narcotic drugs, combating terrorism and strengthening crime prevention and criminal justice. I welcome this new Joint Plan of Action, which will serve to strengthen our efforts still further,” said UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov.
“We know that insecurity and conflict fuel crime while drugs and crime fuel conflict and undermine security. Addressing these threats can contribute to building peace and promoting human security within and across regions,” he added.
. . .
http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1275-un-and-japan-sign-agreement-to-combat-illicit-drugs-and-human-trafficking
European Union (EU) provides over £42 million aid to help refugees fleeing war torn Syria
By Dion Dassanayake
. . .
Jordan has so far taken 489,000 registered refugees from the country embroiled in a civil war, and they expect 1 million in total by the end of 2013.
The aid from the European Commission (EC), the EU's executive arm, will help the education of Syrian children and fund medical treatment.
Štefan Füle from the EC said: "Jordan is playing a vital role in providing support and hospitality to the Syrian refugees in their time of need.
"We realise the burden this creates on Jordan’s resources and the resulting enormous strain the country is put under.
Jordan has received almost half a million refugees from war torn Syria
"The EU remains deeply committed to assisting the Jordanian Government in its response to the refugee crisis."
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1274-european-union-eu-provides-over-42-million-aid-to-help-refugees-fleeing-war-torn-syria
Sex trafficking in U.S. linked to Mexico
By Elizabeth Aguilera
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The men are all from the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, which is within a couple hours drive of Mexico City. It is there, in a town called Tenancingo, that the majority of Mexico’s sex traffickers originate. They are known as romeo traffickers, who lure young women with promises of love, marriage and a better life in the U.S. and then force them into prostitution.
Sex rings across the U.S., including in San Diego County, have been linked to these tiny towns in Mexico's interior. Many that go on to trade women and girls in other cities across the country traveled by car or foot across the southwest border or through ports of entry in San Diego.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1273-sex-trafficking-in-u-s-linked-to-mexico
Evangelical groups launch $250,000 immigration campaign
By Alan Gomez
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The ad buy will feature radio ads and billboards in 13 states featuring pastors urging people to support the ongoing efforts in Congress to pass an immigration bill that would allow the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, strengthen border security and revamp the legal immigration system.
Russell Moore, who will take over as head of the Southern Baptist's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission on Saturday, said they are more aggressive this time around because more immigrants have joined their congregations, giving members a better understanding of who they are. And he said it reflects a broader acceptance of granting citizenship to unauthorized immigrants among conservative Americans that should be embraced by Republican critics in Congress.
"Our involvement signals the fact that we don't see this as a blue state, red state, culture war question," Moore said. "When you have people of courage and goodwill, such as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is heroically working to craft legislation that is fair and just, I think it's very difficult to pigeonhole this into the easy left-right categories we're accustomed to."
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1272-evangelical-groups-launch-250-000-immigration-campaign
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Newsletter CSEM, May 2013
http://csem.org.br
MOST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE CHRISTIANS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
An estimated 83 percent, or 9.2 million, of the 11.1 million people living in the United States illegally are Christians from Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.
The study highlights this and other findings in an examination of recent trends in the geographic origins and religious affiliation of immigrants to the United States.
It also reveals that the share of Christians among undocumented immigrants is slightly higher than the percentage of Christians in the U.S. population as a whole. As of 2010, Christians were estimated to make up just under 80 percent of U.S. residents of all ages.
According to the study, in the last 20 years, the United States has also granted permanent residency status to an average of one million people annually through various means.
In the last two decades, an estimated 600,000 Christian immigrants have been granted permanent resident status annually. And although this figure accounts for the largest share of any religious group, the share of Christians granted permanent resident status has dropped seven points in the last decade.
An estimated 68 percent of legal permanent residents in 1992 were Christians compared with an estimated 61 percent in 2012. This is reflective of the smaller percentage of permanent residents who now originate from Europe and the Americas.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1197-most-undocumented-immigrants-are-christians-from-latin-america-and-caribbean
BETTER HEALTHCARE NEEDED FOR IMMIGRANT MOTHERS-TO-BE
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Lead author of the study and midwifery expert, Hannah Dahlen, said researchers had looked at all women giving birth in the state in an eight-year period until 2008. They found those born in India - now the number one migrant group to Australia - had the highest rate of interventions, such as caesareans and episiotomies. They also had the highest number of low birthweight babies and the highest overall perinatal mortality rates.
Professor Dahlen, from the University of Western Sydney, described the findings as "concerning" and said it was unclear why there were differences in birth outcomes.
"It is certainly not that Indian women are less capable of a normal birth," Professor Dahlen said.
"We need to examine if there is a failure in our health system to provide culturally sensitive and appropriate models of care to women of multicultural backgrounds. We know that if women feel scared, unsupported and isolated, they are much more likely to end up having medical intervention."
Poor English language skills may impact the standard of communication and care received, she said, and make women feel less confident in telling clinicians what they wanted.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1202-better-healthcare-needed-for-immigrant-mothers-to-be
MIGRANT WORKERS FACE TOUGH TIMES IN THAILAND
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Most of these workers are employed on a residential construction site just north of here, where they pour cement, plaster walls, build roofs or install electrical wiring from seven in the morning until six in the evening, seven days a week. They do not have much to show for these gruelling hours on the job, returning home with as little as six dollars a day.
One of this shantytown’s residents, Nang Soi Sat, tells IPS the long working hours and paltry income are not even her biggest concerns: she is more worried about maintaining her legal status in the face of multiple challenges.
Thailand is home to an estimated 2.5 million migrant workers. The country’s economic boom – which has seen an 18.9 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) since 2011 – relies heavily on a constant influx of labour from neighbouring countries. Over 82 percent of the workers hail from Myanmar (Burma), 8.4 percent from Laos and 9.5 percent from Cambodia.
Those from Myanmar say ethnic strife and civil conflict sent them fleeing in search of better opportunities in the region. A network of garment and furniture factories housed in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that dot the Thai-Myanmar border quickly absorb incoming migrants to work for a pittance.
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http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/migrant-workers-face-tough-times-in-thailand/
YOUNG AFRICANS FLOCKING TO DUBAI, JOINING SOUTH ASIANS AS GUEST WORKERS
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Although Kenya has a relatively small population (42 million, far smaller than other African states like Nigeria and Ethiopia), its people are highly educated, ambitious and discouraged by very high jobless figures in their native country (40 percent as of 2008, according to the CIA/World Factbook).
The Standard Digital newspaper of Kenya reports that an estimated 40,000 Kenyan guest workers currently live in the UAE (which includes Dubai), primarily in the construction, hotel and travel industries. (Hundreds of Kenyans work at the Dubai International Airport alone.)
Still, other Kenyans toil as domestic workers, while a handful are affluent business people. “Life is very good in Dubai, much better than what I experienced in Kenya,” Eric Kariuki, a security guard from Nyeri, told the paper.
Indeed, Africans have now joined legions of workers from Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, who have long established themselves in the UAE, and Dubai in particular, as part of the huge foreign worker population.
But Indians and Pakistanis far outnumber Africans -- they account for some two-thirds of Dubai’s entire population of a little more than 2 million.
However, despite Dubai’s riches, immigration laws make it difficult, if not impossible, for Africans and other foreign peoples to settle permanently. The right to stay in the emirate depends on having the continued sponsorship of one’s employers. In addition, low-wage workers are not allowed to bring their families with them.
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http://csem.org.br/csem/noticias/1221-young-africans-flocking-to-dubai-joining-south-asians-as-guest-workers
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Journal of Refugee Studies
Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2013
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/current
Selected articles:
‘We Are Not Here to Claim Better Services Than Any Other’: Social Exclusion among Men from Refugee Backgrounds in Urban and Regional Australia
By Ignacio Correa-Velez, Ramon Spaaij, and Susan Upham
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/163.abstract
The Housing Resettlement Experience of Refugee Immigrants to Australia
James Forrest, Kerstin Hermes, Ron Johnston, and Michael Poulsen
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/187.abstract.html?etoc
Unpacking the Micro–Macro Nexus: Narratives of Suffering and Hope among Refugees from Burma Recently Settled in Australia
By Mark Brough, Robert Schweitzer, Jane Shakespeare-Finch, Lyn Vromans, and Julie King
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/207.abstract
‘It was the Most Beautiful Country I have Ever Seen’: The Role of Somali Narratives in Adapting to a New Country
By Robyn Ramsden and Damien Ridge
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/226.abstract
Safeguarding a Child Perspective in Asylum Reception: Dilemmas of Children’s Case Workers in Sweden
By Lisa Ottosson, Marita Eastmond, and Isabell Schierenbeck
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/247.abstract
Repatriation and Integration of Liberian Refugees from Ghana: the Importance of Personal Networks in the Country of Origin
By Naohiko Omata
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/2/265.abstract
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