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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
1. Senate testimony on the student visa system and sham educational institutions
2. House testimony on immigration attorneys and the effects of fraud
3. House testimony on HHS, international agreements, and intelligence
4. House testimony on official English
5. House testimony on DHS oversight
6. CRS report on criminal aliens
7. Latest issues of DOJ EOIR Immigration Law Advisor
8. GAO reports on refugee resettlement, TSA monitoring of foreign flight students, and criminal alien removals
9. Dept. of Education report on new Americans in postsecondary education
REPORTS, ARTICLES, ETC.
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Two new reports from TRAC
11. New report from FAIR
12. Five new papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor
13. Eight new reports and features from the Migration Policy Institute
14. New report from the National Bureau of Economic Research
15. Ten new papers from the Social Science Research Network
16. Four new reports from the International Organization for Migration
17. NCSL report on immigration-related laws and resolutions in the states
18. "No Americans Need Apply: 100 Want Ads Exclude Americans From US-Based High-Tech Jobs"
19. "Reforming Immigration Law to Allow More Foreign Student Entrepreneurs to Launch Job-Creating Ventures in the United States"
20. "The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas"
21. "Geography of H-1B Workers" - transcript
22. "Report of the Special Committee on Immigration Representation"
23. "Who and Where the DREAMers Are"
24. Canada: New working paper from CERIS
BOOKS
25.
Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control
26. Migration and Insecurity: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era
27. Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India and Israel
28. Climate Change and Displacement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
29. The Criminal Refugee: the Treatment of Asylum Seekers with a Criminal Background in International and Domestic Law
30. Migration, Family and the Welfare State: Integrating Migrants and Refugees in Scandinavia
JOURNALS
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Citizenship Studies
32. Ethnic and Racial Studies
33. European Journal of Migration and Law
34. International Journal of Refugee Law
35. International Migration
36. International Migration Review
37. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
38. Mobilities
39. Resenha
1.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=2b53f9fbe82f752…
"Strengthening the Integrity of the Student Visa System by Preventing and Detecting Sham Educational Institutions
Member Statements
Sen. Chuck Grassley
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/pdf/12-7-24GrassleyStatement.pdf
Witness Testimony:
John Woods, Assistant Director for National Security Investigations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/pdf/12-7-24WoodsTestimony.pdf
Rebecca Gambler, Director, Homeland Security and Justice
Government Accountability Office
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=2b53f9fbe82f752…
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House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/hear_07242012.html
"The Aftermath of Fraud by Immigration Attorneys"
Witness Testimony:
Waldemar Rodriguez, Deputy Assistant Director
Transnational Crime and Public Saftey Division
Homeland Security Investigations
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Rodriguez%200724201…
Sarah M. Kendall, Associate Director
Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Kendall%2007242012…
Chris Cane, President
National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118
American Federation of Government Employees
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Lichter%2007242012…
Laura Lichter, President
American Immigration Lawyers Association
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Lichter%2007242012…
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House Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 30, 2012
Buffalo, NY 14202
http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-field-hearing-beyond-bor…
"Beyond Borders: Are the Department of Homeland Security’s International Agreements Ensuring Actionable Intelligence to Combat Threats to the U.S. Homeland?
Witness Testimony:
Deborah Meyers, Director, Canadian Affairs
Office of International Affairs
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20-%…
Daniel J. Neaverth, Jr., Commissioner
Department of Emergency Services
Erie County (NY)
http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20Ne…
James Voutour, Sheriff
Niagara County (NY)
http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20Vo…
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House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution
Thursday, August 2, 2012
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/hear_08022012.html
"English Language Unity Act of 2011"
Witness Testimony:
Rep. Steve King
Member of Congress
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/King%2008022012.pdf
Rosalie Pedalino Porter, Chairman
ProEnglish National Board of Directors
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Porter%2008022012.p…
Rene Garcia, Senator
Florida State Senate
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Garcia%2008022012.p…
Mauro E. Mujica, Chairman and CEO
U.S. English, Inc.
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Mujica%2008022012.p…
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House Committee on the Judiciary
Thursday, July 19, 2012
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/hear_07192012.html
"Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security"
Chairman Lamar Smith's Statement:
http://judiciary.house.gov/news/Statement%20DHS%20Oversight%2007192012…
Witness Testimony:
Janet Napolitano, Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/Napolitano%20071920…
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CRS Report on Criminal Aliens
Prepared by the House Judiciary Committee, July 27, 2012
http://judiciary.house.gov/news/pdfs/Criminal%20Aliens%20Report.pdf
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The Continuing Struggle To Define “Admission” and “Admitted” in the Immigration and Nationality Act
By Daniel Cicchini and Joseph Hassell
Immigration Law Advisor, Vol. 6 No. 6, June, 2012
http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/ILA-Newsleter/ILA%202012/vol6no6.pdf
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New report from the General Accountability Office
Refugee Resettlement - Greater Consultation with Community Stakeholders Could Strengthen Program
Government Accountability Office, GAO-12-729, July 25, 2012
Report - http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/592975.pdf
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-729
TSA's Process for Ensuring Foreign Flight Students Do Not Pose a Security Risk Has Weaknesses
Government Accountability Office, GAO-12-900T, July 18, 2012
Report - http://gao.gov/assets/600/592598.pdf
Highlights - http://gao.gov/products/GAO-12-900T
Criminal Alien Removals Increased, but Technology Planning Improvements Needed
Government Accountability Office, GAO-12-708, Jul 13, 2012
Report - http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/592415.pdf
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-708
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New Americans in Postsecondary Education
A Profile of Immigrant and Second-Generation American Undergraduates
By Sandra Staklis and Laura Horn
Stats in Brief, U.S. Department of Education, July 2012
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012213.pdf
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New from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Drop in ICE Deportation Filings in Immigration Court
July 30, 2012
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/289/
Excerpt: Impact on Actual Deportations. Because of the Immigration Court backlog and long wait times before cases are heard and decided by Immigration Judges, this year's decline in new filings will not immediately show up as a decline in actual ICE deportations. Further, under some circumstances, ICE can bypass the Immigration Courts and deport individuals without the Court's express authorization. Thus, court records will not track every individual who ultimately ends up being deported.
ICE Prosecutorial Discretion as of June 28, 2012
July 23, 2012
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/287/
Excerpt: As of June 28, 2012 a total of 5,684 cases were closed under a special Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program announced in August 2011. The stated goal of the program is to reduce the massive backlog of pending matters in the Immigration Courts by identifying those that could be dismissed or put on hold through the exercise of prosecutorial discretion (PD). The number of PD closures was up from 4,585 cases closed as of the end of May; however, it still amounted to only 1.9 percent of the 298,173 cases that had been pending before the Immigration Courts as of the end of last September.
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President Obama's Record of Dismantling Immigration Enforcement
Federation for American Immigration Reform, July 2012
http://www.fairus.org/DocServer/Obama_Record_072312.pdf
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New from the Institute for the Study of Labor
1. Kick It Like Ozil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap
By Annabelle Krause, Ulf Rinne, and Simone Schuller
Discussion Paper No. 6696, June 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
2. Overeducation among Immigrants in Sweden: Incidence, Wage Effects and State-Dependence
By Pernilla Andersson Joona, Nabanita Datta Gupta, and Eskil Wadensjo
Discussion Paper No. 6695, June 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
3. Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas
By Aimee Chin, N. Meltem Daysal, and Scott A. Imberman
Discussion Paper No. 6694, June 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
4. Immigrants in Risky Occupations
By Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
Discussion Paper No. 6693, June 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
5. Immigration and Structural Change: Evidence from Post-War Germany
By Sebastian Braun and Michael Kvasnicka
Discussion Paper No. 6690, June 2012
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id…
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New from the Migration Policy Institute
1. Shaping Citizenship Policies to Strengthen Immigrant Integration
By Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan
Migration Information Source, August 2, 2012
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=902
2. European Immigrants in the United States
By Joseph Russell and Jeanne Batalova
Migration Information Source, July 2012
3. Relief from Deportation: Demographic Profile of the DREAMers Potentially Eligible Under the Deferred Action Policy
By Jeanne Batalova and Michelle Mittelstadt
Immigration Facts, August 2012
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=901
4. Understanding Mexico’s Economic Underperformance
By Gordon H. Hanson
August 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/RMSG-MexicoUnderperformance.pdf
5. Central American Development: Two Decades of Progress and Challenges for the Future
By Hugo Beteta
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, August 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/RMSG-CentAmDevelopment.pdf
6. Contested Ground: Immigration in the United States
By Michael Jones-Correa
July 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/TCM-UScasestudy.pdf
7. Understanding ‘Canadian Exceptionalism’ in Immigration and Pluralism Policy
By Irene Bloemraad
July 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/CanadianExceptionalism.pdf
8. Asian Labour Migrants and Humanitarian Crises: Lessons from Libya
By Brian Kelly and Anita Jawadurovna Wadud
July 2012
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/LibyanMigrationCrisis.pdf
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New from the National Bureau of Economic Research
The Effect of Trade and Migration on Income
By Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri
NBER Working Paper No. 18193, June 2012
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18193
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New from the Social Science Research Network
1. Getting to Work: Why Nobody Cares About E-Verify (And Why They Should)
By Juliet P. Stumpf, Lewis & Clark Law School
2 UC Irvine Law Review 381 (2012)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2125232
2. Immigration, Asylum, and Citizenship: A More Holistic Approach
By Julian Lim, Washington University in St. Louis
Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-08-03
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2126014
3. Sexual Minorities, Migration, and the Remaining Boundaries of Canadian Immigration and Refugee Laws
By Nicole LaViolette
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Common Law), 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2122577
4. Why a Wall?
By Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Santa Clara University School of Law
2 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 147 (2012)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2122818
5. Altruism to Strangers for Our Own Sake: Domestic Effects from Immigration
By Annie Tubadji, and Peter Nijkamp, VU University of Amsterdam Department of Spatial Economics
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 12-079/3
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2120014
6. Citizenship Under Fire: The Forging of the New Americans
Shruti Rana, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 47, 2012
U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-44
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2119984
7. The Institutional Structure of Immigration Law
Eric A. Posner, University of Chicago - Law School
University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 607
U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 395
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2120759
8. Rethinking the Role of Federalism in United States Patent Law
By Camilla Alexandra Hrdy
July 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2119681
9. Weighing the Constitutionality of State Immigration Verification Laws in the Wake of Arizona v. United States
By Patrick J. Charles, Government of the United States of America - Air Force
Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development, Vol. 27, 2013
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2119809
10. Abolishment of Human Trafficking: A Distant Dream
By Joshua Aston and Vinay N. Paranjape, Symbiosis Law School, Pune
May 18, 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2112455
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New from International Organization for Migration
1. Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Annual Report of Activities 2011
August 2012
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/AVRR_Report_2011_FINAL.pdf
2. Labour Migration and Human Development - 2011 Annual Report
August 2012
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/LHDAnnualReport9Aug12.pdf
3. Migration Policy Practice
Volume II, No. 3, June-July 2012
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MigrationPolicyPracticeJourn…
4. HIV and Bangladeshi Women Migrant Workers - An assessment of vulnerabilities and gaps in services
By Bindhya Pradhan Priesner
June 2012
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/BangladeshiHIVreportweb.pdf
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2012 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States
(January 1 – June 30, 2012)
National Council of State Legislatures Immigrant Policy Project, August 6, 2012
http://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/immig/2012ImmigrationReportJuly…
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No Americans Need Apply: 100 Want Ads Exclude Americans From US-Based High-Tech Jobs
By Donna Conroy
Bright Future Jobs, June 27, 2012
http://brightfuturejobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/No-Americans-Nee…
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Reforming Immigration Law to Allow More Foreign Student Entrepreneurs to Launch Job-Creating Ventures in the United States
By Anthony Luppino, John Norton, and Malika Simmons, University of Missouri—Kansas City
The Ewing and Marion Kauffman Foundation, August 2012
http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/DownLoadableResources/KauffmanImm…
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The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
By Neil G. Ruiz, Jill H. Wilson, and Shyamali Choudhury
The Brookings Institute, July 2012
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2012/7/18%20h1b…
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Geography of H-1B Workers
The Brookings Institute, July 18, 2012
Transcript of Proceedings
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2012/7/18%20h1b%20workers/20120…
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Report of the Special Committee on Immigration Representation
New York State Bar Association, June 23, 2012
http://www.nysba.org/Content/NavigationMenu90/SpecialCommitteeonImmigra…
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Who and Where the DREAMers Are
A Demographic Profile of Immigrants Who Might Benefit from the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action Initiative
Immigration Policy Center, July 31, 2012
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/who-and-where-dreamers-are
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New from Canada’s Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)
Transitioning Temporary Foreign Workers to Permanent Residents: A Case for Better Foreign Credential Recognition
By Sophia J. Lowe
CERIS Working Paper Series No. 91, July 2012
http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/pdf/research_publica…
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Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control
By Alexandra Hall
Pluto Press, 224 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0745327249, $95.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0745327249/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 0745327230, $33.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0745327230/centerforimmigra
Kindle, 469 KB, ASIN: B008HRM61Y, $18.15
Book Description: Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or 'illegal' immigrants? In this bold and original intervention, Alexandra Hall shows that immigration detention centres offer a window onto society's broader attitudes towards immigrants.Despite periodic media scandals, remarkably little has been written about the everyday workings of the grassroots immigration system, or about the people charged with enacting immigration policy at local levels. Detention, particularly, is a hidden side of border politics, despite its growing international importance as a tool of control and security. This book fills the gap admirably, analysing the everyday encounters between officers and immigrants in detention to explore broad social trends and theoretical concerns.This highly topical book provides rare insights into the treatment of the 'other' and will be essential for policy makers and students studying anthropology and sociology.
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Migration and Insecurity: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era
By Niklaus Steiner, Robert Mason, and Anna Hayes
Routledge, 208 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0415665493, $135.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415665493/centerforimmigra
Book Description: This book presents an inter-disciplinary investigation into contemporary migration and social inclusion through an examination of migrant and refugee experience.
In this edited volume, contributors discuss new understandings of individual and community security in a world where legal borders and definitions of citizenship no longer adequately capture the reality of migration. Distinguished contributors approach questions of social belonging and inclusion from diverse perspectives. Drawing its primary examples from Australia, Migration and Insecurity is framed by the wider experience of the Global North, with examples from Europe, the United Kingdom and United States woven throughout the collection. An inter-disciplinary approach to migration studies, this book integrates local, national and transnational spaces in its discussion of new constructs of inclusion and security. It considers questions of historical memory, ontological security, transnational communities, the role of civic institutions and social relationships in local spaces to guide the reader towards the wider conceptual questions of migration studies using expertise from the fields of sociology, gender, historical and political studies
Migration and Insecurity will be of interest to students and scholars of transnationalism, migration politics and international relations.
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Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India and Israel
By Reece Jones
Zed Books, 224 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1848138245, $99.94
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848138245/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 1848138237, $26.92
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848138237/centerforimmigra
Book Description: Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are leading democracies like the United States, India, and Israel building massive walls and fences on their borders? Despite predictions of a borderless world through globalization, these three countries alone have built an astonishing combined total of 5,700 kilometers of security barriers. In this groundbreaking work, Reece Jones analyzes how these controversial border security projects were justified in their respective countries, what consequences these physical barriers have on the lives of those living in these newly securitized spaces, and what long-term effects the hardening of political borders will have in these societies and globally.
Border Walls is a bold, important intervention that demonstrates that the exclusion and violence necessary to secure the borders of the modern state often undermine the very ideals of freedom and democracy they are meant to protect.
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Climate Change and Displacement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
By Jane McAdam
Hart Publishing, 274 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 1849460388, $94.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1849460388/centerforimmigra
Paperback, ISBN: 1849463565, $72.26
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1849463565/centerforimmigra
Book Description: Environmental migration is not new. Nevertheless, the events and processes accompanying global climate change threaten to increase human movement both within States and across international borders. The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted an increased frequency and severity of climate events - such as storms, cyclones, and hurricanes, as well as longer-term sea level rise and desertification - which will impact upon people's ability to survive in certain parts of the world. This book brings together a variety of disciplinary perspectives on the phenomenon of climate-induced displacement. The book is a rigorous, holistic analysis of this phenomenon, which can better inform academic understanding and policy development alike. Governments have not been prepared to take a leading role in developing responses to the issue, in large part due to the absence of strong theoretical frameworks from which sound policy can be developed. Each chapter identifies key issues that need to be considered in shaping domestic, regional, and international responses, including the complex causes of movement, the conceptualization of migration responses to climate change, the terminology that should be used to describe those who move, and attitudes to migration that may affect decisions to stay or leave. Climate Change and Displacement will help to facilitate the creation of principled, research-based responses, and to establish climate-induced displacement as an important aspect of both the climate change and global migration debates.
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The Criminal Refugee: the Treatment of Asylum Seekers with a Criminal Background in International and Domestic Law
By Joseph Rikhof
Republic of Letters, 638 pp
Hardcover, ISBN: 9089791116, $72.26
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9089791116/centerforimmigra
Book Description: After the Second World War human rights law became entrenched in legal discourse as witnessed by a proliferation of human rights treaties. While the right of asylum was recognized as an fundamental right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it has never been an absolute right but always restricted in various ways, the most important ones being that asylum should not be conferred on criminals and that refugees with a criminal background could be removed from the country of refuge. This book examines the extensive jurisprudence at the international and domestic level, which has attempted to balance the right of asylum for an individual versus the right of the state of refuge to restrict this right in situations of criminality.
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Migration, Family and the Welfare State: Integrating Migrants and Refugees in Scandinavia
By Karen Fog Olwig, Birgitte Romme Larsen and Mikkel Rytter
Routledge, 184 pp.
Hardcover, ISBN: 0415507596, $125.00
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415507596/centerforimmigra
Book Description: Migration, Family and the Welfare State explores understandings and practices of integration in the Scandinavian welfare societies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden through a comprehensive range of detailed ethnographic studies. Chapters examine discourses, policies and programs of integration in the three receiving societies, studying how these are experienced by migrant and refugee families as they seek to realize the hopes and ambitions for a better life that led them to leave their country of origin. The three Scandinavian countries have had parallel histories as welfare societies receiving increasing numbers of migrants and refugees after World War II, and yet they have reacted in dissimilar ways to the presence of foreigners, with Denmark developing tough immigration policies and nationalist integration requirements, Sweden asserting itself as a relatively open country with an official multicultural policy, and Norway taking a middle position. The book analyses the impact of these differences and similarities on immigrants, refugees and their descendants across three intersecting themes: integration as a welfare state project; integration as political discourse and practice; and integration as immigrants’ and refugees’ quest for improvement and belonging.
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Citizenship Studies
Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2012
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccst20/16/2
Selected articles:
Abject citizens: Italian ‘Nomad Emergencies’ and the deportability of Romanian Roma
By Kate Hepworth
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2012.683256
At the temporary–permanent divide: how Canada produces temporariness and makes citizens through its security, work, and settlement policies
By Deepa Rajkumar, Laurel Berkowitz, Leah F. Vosko, Valerie Preston, and Robert Latham
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2012.683262
Governing immigrants and citizenship regimes: the case of France, 1950s–1990s
By Walter Nichollsa
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2012.683263
A local welcome? Narrations of citizenship and nation in UK citizenship ceremonies
By Bridget Byrne
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2012.683265
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Ethnic and Racial Studies
Vol. 35, No. 9, 2012
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/current
Selected articles:
Beyond the playing field: Experiences of sport, social capital, and integration among Somalis in Australia
By Ramon Spaaij
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.592205
Memories of ethnic violence in Sri Lanka among immigrant Tamils in the UK
By Laavanyan M. Ratnapalan
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.592595
Researching ethnicity, identity, subjectivity: anything but the four-lettered word
By Elizabeth Challinor
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.593641
Gender and the dynamics of mobility: reflections on African migrant mothers and ‘transit migration’ in Morocco
By Inka Stock
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.594175
Trans-Kemalism: the politics of the Turkish state in the diaspora
By Banu Senay
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.595807
Health migration from Norway to Spain – ambiguous belonging
By Jan-Kåre Breivik
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.599403
From ‘Norwegian citizens’ via ‘citizens plus’ to ‘dual political membership’? Status, aspirations, and challenges ahead
By Anne Julie Semb
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.604131
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European Journal of Migration and Law
Vol. 14, No. 2, 2012
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003
Articles:
Fighting Statelessness and Discriminatory Nationality Laws in Europe
By Laura van Waas
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003/a…
UNHCR's Mandate and Activities to Address Statelessness in Europe
By Mark Manly
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003/a…
Statelessness in the EU Framework for International Protection
By Gabor Gyulai
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003/a…
Minorities, Citizenship and Statelessness in Europe
By Claude Cahn
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003/a…
Nationality, Statelessness and ECHR's Article 8: Comments on Genovese v. Malta
By Rene de Groot and Olivier Vonk
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003/a…
The Human Rights of Stateless Persons in Europe - Interview with Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg
By Amal de Chickera
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003/a…
Guidelines to Protect Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention: Introduction
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/emil/2012/00000014/00000003/a…
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International Journal of Refugee Law
Volume 24, Issue 2, May 2012
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/2.toc
Articles:
States’ Obligations under Human Rights Law towards Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Positive Developments in Positive Obligations
By Ryszard Piotrowicz
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/2/181.abstract
Institutionalizing Statelessness: The Revocation of Residency Rights of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
By Danielle C Jefferis
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/2/202.abstract
Uganda’s Invocation of Cessation Regarding its Rwandan Refugee Caseload: Lessons for International Protection
By Kelly E McMillan
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/2/231.abstract
Invisible Refugees and/or Overlapping Refugeedom? Protecting Sahrawis and Palestinians Displaced by the 2011 Libyan Uprising
By Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/2/263.abstract
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International Migration
Vol. 50, No. 4, August 2012
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imig.2012.50.issue-4/issuetoc
Articles:
When Do Papers Matter? An Institutional Analysis of Undocumented Life in the United States
By Shannon Gleeson and Roberto G. Gonzales
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00726.x/abs…
Migration Intentions among Mexican Adolescents
By David Becerra
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00770.x/abs…
Analysing US State Legislative Resolutions on Immigrants and Immigration: The Role of Immigration Federalism
By Alexandra Filindra and Melinda Kovács
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00658.x/abs…
Managing Migration, Managing Motherhood: The Moral Economy of Gendered Migration
By Ricardo Contreras and David Griffith
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00771.x/abs…
Social Capital Investment and Immigrant Economic Trajectories: A Case Study of Punjabi American Taxi Drivers in New York City
By Diditi Mitra
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00567.x/abs…
The Human Capital Characteristics and Household Living Standards of Returning International Migrants in Eastern and Southern Africa By Kevin J. A. Thomas
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00541.x/abs…
The Causes and Impact of the Brain Drain in Institutions of Higher Learning in Zimbabwe
By Almon Shumba and Douglas Mawere
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00749.x/abs…
Micro-Level Determinants of Remittances from Recent Migrants to Canada
By Per Unheim and Dane Rowlands
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00718.x/abs…
Remittances and the Maintenance of Dual Social Worlds: The Transnational Working Lives of Migrants in Greater London
By Adina Batnitzky, Linda McDowell and Sarah Dyer
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00731.x/abs…
Remittance Activity among Brazilians in the US and Canada
By Franklin Goza and Igor Ryabov
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00590.x/abs…
Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to Nepal: Evidence from the Nepal Living Standard Survey
By Udaya R. Wagle
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00727.x/abs…
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International Migration Review
Volume 46, Issue 2, Summer 2012
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imre.2012.46.issue-2/issuetoc
Articles:
How does Conflict in Migrants’ Country of Origin Affect Remittance-Sending? Financial Priorities and Transnational Obligations Among Somalis and Pakistanis in Norway
By Jorgen Carling, Marta Bivand Erdal and Cindy Horst
In and Out of the Ethnic Economy: A Longitudinal Analysis of Ethnic Networks and Pathways to Economic Success across Immigrant Categories
By Wendy D. Roth, Marc-David L. Seidel, Dennis Ma and Eiston Lo
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00889.x/abs…
The Dynamics of Repeat Migration: A Markov Chain Analysis
By Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00890.x/abs…
Foreign Workforce in the Arab Gulf States (1930–1950): Migration Patterns and Nationality Clause
By Gennaro Errichiello
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00891.x/abs…
Juridical Framings of Immigrants in the United States and France: Courts, Social Movements, and Symbolic Politics
By Leila Kawar
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00892.x/abs…
Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: Effects of Post-Tiananmen Immigration Policy
By Pia Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny and Emily Kerr
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00893.x/abs…
Spurred to Action or Retreat? The Effects of Reception Contexts on Naturalization Decisions in Los Angeles
By David A. Cort
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00894.x/abs…
Negotiating Languages in Immigrant Families
By Maria Medvedeva
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00895.x/abs…
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Vol. 38, No. 8, September 2012
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjms20/current
Articles:
The Roma in the New EU: Policies, Frames and Everyday Experiences
By Nando Sigona and Peter Vermeersch
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689174
Reframing the Roma: EU Initiatives and the Politics of Reinterpretation
By Peter Vermeersch
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689175
Between Competing Imaginaries of Statehood: Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) Leadership in Newly Independent Kosovo
By Nando Sigona
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689177
Immigrant and Native Romani Women in Spain: Building Alliances and Developing Shared Strategies
By Teresa Sordé Martí, Ariadna Munté, Ana Contreras, and Òscar Prieto-Flores
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689179
From ‘Making a Living’ to ‘Getting Ahead’: Roma Women's Experiences of Migration
By Maria-Carmen Pantea
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689185
‘Going up to England’: Exploring Mobilities among Roma from Eastern Slovakia
By Jan Grill
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689187
Socio-Economic Mobility and Neo-Liberal Governmentality in Post-Socialist Europe: Activation and the Dehumanisation of the Roma
By Huub van Baar
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689189
Beyond ‘Choice or Force’: Roma Mobility in Albania and the Mixed Migration Paradigm
By Julie Vullnetari
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689191
From Silent Marginality to Spotlight Scapegoating? A Brief Case Study of France's Policy Towards the Roma
By Alexandra Nacu
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2012.689192
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Mobilities
Volume 7, Issue 2, 2012
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmob20/current
Selected articles:
Gendered Mobility and Morality in a South-Eastern Mexican Community: Impacts of Male Labour Migration on the Women Left Behind
By Jamie McEvoy, Peggy Petrzelka, Claudia Radel, and Birgit Schmook
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17450101.2012.655977
Migration and Innovation at the Bottom End: Understanding the Role of Migrant Managers in Small Hotels in the Global City
By Anna Paraskevopoulou, Eugenia Markova, Allan Williams, and Gareth Shaw
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17450101.2012.662359
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Resenha
Ano 22, No. 87, July 2012
http://www.csem.org.br/images/downloads/resenhas/Resenha_n__87_-_Julho_…
English language content:
Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing
By Rosemary D'Amour
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105021
Human trafficking: another name for slave trading
By Fr. Jun Mercado Omi
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/263451/opinion/blogs/human-traffic…
Sex trafficking snares hundreds of thousands of American children
By Beena Sarwar
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/rights/sex-traffi…
Trafficking: a human rights abuse, not an immigration offence
By Jenny Moss
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/jenny-moss/trafficking-human-rights-a…
Modern-day slavery decried
By Annette Jiménez
http://www.catholiccourier.com/in-depth/current-topic/respect-life-2011…
Human and child trafficking on the rise
By Lisa Collacott
http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/trilakes/news/human-and-child-traffickin…
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