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Country Migration Profiles

Country Migration Profiles

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Whether as migrant-sending or migrant-receiving locations—or both—many countries have rich, complex international and internal migration histories. MPI's online journal, the Migration Information Source, offers profiles of more than 70 nations. Written by leading scholars, these profiles delve into countries' migration histories, demographics, policymaking, and more.

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May 1, 2005
Norway: Migrant Quality, Not Quantity
By Betsy Cooper
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February 1, 2005
Switzerland Faces Common European Challenges
By Denise Efionayi, Josef Martin Niederberger, and Philippe Wanner
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January 1, 2005
Nepal's Dependence on Exporting Labor
By David Seddon
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December 1, 2004
South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls
By Young-bum Park
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November 1, 2004
The Challenge of French Diversity
By Kimberly Hamilton, Patrick Simon, Clara Veniard
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September 1, 2004
Mali: Seeking Opportunity Abroad
By Sally E. Findley
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September 1, 2004
Botswana's Changing Migration Patterns
By Kate Lefko-Everett
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August 1, 2004
Australia's Continuing Transformation
By Christine Inglis

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October 15, 2009
Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India

The world's second most populous country also has a vast diapora spread across nearly every continent. Daniel Naujoks provides a broad overview of Indian migration flows and major populations worldwide, and discusses India's diaspora policies, refugees and asylum seekers from the region, and illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

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September 1, 2009
Ireland: From Rapid Immigration to Recession
Ireland's economy and openness to labor migration from new EU Member States fueled immigration flows, including return migration, over the past few years. But the global recession has hit the country hard, and unemployment among both foreigners and Irish nationals is rising. Emma Quinn of the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin updates the Ireland country profile with a look at recent trends, policies, and data.
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July 21, 2009
United Kingdom: A Reluctant Country of Immigration

Recent immigration to the United Kingdom is larger and more diverse than at any point in its history. This updated profile examines how the global recession is affecting migration flows, the latest immigration and asylum data, and overviews of new immigration and integration policies.

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July 28, 2008
South Africa: Policy in the Face of Xenophobia
South Africa is struggling to define a post-apartheid migration policy that is responsive to its changing role in Africa, the relationship between migration and development, and the country's rampant xenophobia, seen most graphically in May 2008. Jonathan Crush of the Southern African Migration Project reports on the latest developments.
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January 7, 2008
North Korea: Understanding Migration to and from a Closed Country

Economic, social, and political conditions have pushed North Koreans to illegally leave their country and migrate to South Korea, China, Russia, and elsewhere. MPI's Hiroyuki Tanaka examines humanitarian and economic migration flows from North Korea, and the situation of North Koreans living abroad.

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May 1, 2005

Norway: Migrant Quality, Not Quantity

Since the 1970s, Norway has become home to thousands of non-European immigrants and refugees. MPI's Betsy Cooper takes a detailed look at how the country seeks to control migration while keeping the door open to labor from an expanding Europe.
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February 1, 2005

Switzerland Faces Common European Challenges

Denise Efionayi, Josef Martin Niederberger and Philippe Wanner of the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies explain how Switzerland, with one of the highest percentages of foreigners in Europe, is responding to a variety of migration challenges.

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January 1, 2005

Nepal's Dependence on Exporting Labor

David Seddon of the University of East Anglia explains why so many Nepalis have migrated and why the government was slow to realize migration's benefits.

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December 1, 2004

South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls

Young-bum Park of Hansung University outlines South Korea's response to temporary labor demands and its approach to integrating North Korean refugees.

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November 1, 2004

The Challenge of French Diversity

Since the mid-19th century, French immigration policy has had two aims: to meet the needs of the labor market by introducing migrant workers, and to compensate French demographic deficits by favoring the permanent installation of foreign families, while ensuring their integration. This country profile examines France's approach to migration.

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September 1, 2004

Botswana's Changing Migration Patterns

Botswana has rapidly evolved from a migrant sending country to a migrant receiving country, according to Kate Lefko-Everett of the Southern Africa Migration Project.

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September 1, 2004

Mali: Seeking Opportunity Abroad

Sally E. Findley of Columbia University examines Malians' age-old solution to their economic difficulties: migration.

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August 1, 2004

Albania: Looking Beyond Borders

Albania is traveling a bumpy road from totalitarianism to democracy, with sharp twists and turns in migration flows along the way, according to Kosta Barjaba.

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