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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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March 29, 2007
Ecuador: Diversidad en Migración
By Brad Jokisch
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March 1, 2007
Immigration in Luxembourg: New Challenges for an Old Country
By Serge Kollwelter
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January 1, 2007
Singapore: Hungry for Foreign Workers at All Skill Levels
By Brenda S.A. Yeoh
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November 1, 2006
Japanese Immigration Policy: Responding to Conflicting Pressures
By Chikako Kashiwazaki, Tsuneo Akaha
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November 1, 2006
Denmark: Integrating Immigrants into a Homogeneous Welfare State
By Ulf Hedetoft
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September 1, 2006
Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home
By Shirin Hakimzadeh
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July 1, 2006
Tajikistan: From Refugee Sender to Labor Exporter
By Aaron Erlich
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June 1, 2006
Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism
By Charles Westin

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April 16, 2013
Immigration in the United States: New Economic, Social, Political Landscapes with Legislative Reform on the Horizon

Immigration has contributed to many of the economic, social, and political processes that are foundational to the United States as a nation since the first newcomers arrived over 400 years ago. After brushes with immigration reform that began in 2001 and continued in 2006 and 2007, the United States seems to be on the threshold of overhauling the legal immigration system in the most substantive way since 1965. This article provides a comprehensive overview of major legislation and events affecting U.S. immigration throughout history, legal and illegal immigration flows, postrecession immigration trends, and more.

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April 11, 2013
Honduras: The Perils of Remittance Dependence and Clandestine Migration

Honduras has a population of just over 8 million and an economy primarily driven by exports—propped up in no small way by remittances. This article examines the history of modern Honduran migration, tracing the rise of emigration to the United States as a dominant economic force, and exploring migration trends, policies, and impacts on Honduran society.

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November 15, 2012
Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration

Belgium is often overlooked as a country of immigration because of its size and its less known history of immigration. Yet over the last three decades Belgium has become a permanent country of settlement for many different types of migrants. Our updated Belgium profile delves into modern migration flows and policies in Belgium which are inching away from a piecemeal approach towards a well-needed, long-term strategy.

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June 6, 2012
Chile: A Growing Destination Country in Search of a Coherent Approach to Migration

Unaccustomed to a large number of migrants, Chile has seen an increase in migrants in the past three decades. Cristián Doña-Reveco and Amanda Levinson examine how the country, still wedded to its dictator-era migration framework, is balancing shifting migration patterns with a piecemeal approach to migration policy.

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May 2, 2012
Lesotho: From Labor Reserve to Depopulating Periphery?

Jim Cobbe of Florida State University discusses how the close ties between Lesotho (ethnically, almost wholly Basotho) and South Africa (with an even larger Basotho population) are expressed in a history of economic migration, and how new immigrants from China are changing the face of modern-day Lesotho.

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Articles
March 29, 2007

Ecuador: Diversidad en Migración

La diversidad geográfica del Ecuador es casi comparable a los varios modelos migratorios que tiene este mismo país. A pesar de su tamaño, este pequeño país andino de aproximadamente 13,3 millones de habitantes tiene un gran porcentaje de emigrantes. En efecto, los ecuatorianos constituyen uno de los grupos migratorios más grandes localizado en la ciudad de Nueva York y el segundo más grande en España.

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March 1, 2007

Immigration in Luxembourg: New Challenges for an Old Country

Luxembourg's stable, prosperous economy would not be possible without foreign workers, most of whom come from other EU countries. But this small country has also struggled to cope with asylum seekers from the former Yugoslavia and to integrate children of immigrants, as Serge Kollwelter explains.
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January 1, 2007

Singapore: Hungry for Foreign Workers at All Skill Levels

Historically a diverse country, Singapore since the 1980s has become a top destination for Asian and Western professionals as well as low-skilled migrants from across the region. Brenda S.A. Yeoh of the National University of Singapore reports.
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November 1, 2006

Denmark: Integrating Immigrants into a Homogeneous Welfare State

As Ulf Hedetoft of Aalborg University and the Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark explains, the question of how to handle cultural and religious differences has come to dominate the Danish political agenda.
Articles
November 1, 2006

Japanese Immigration Policy: Responding to Conflicting Pressures

Social and economic factors are pushing Japan toward a more open immigration policy, while other concerns are prompting the country to adopt stricter immigration controls. Chikako Kashiwazaki of Keio University and Tsuneo Akaha of the Monterey Institute of International Studies provide an overview of Japan’s migration issues.

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September 1, 2006

Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home

Iran has long connected the great civilizations of Asia, the Near East and the Mediterranean. But since the Islamic Revolution, hundreds of thousands of highly skilled Iranians have emigrated while millions of refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq have entered the country. Shirin Hakimzadeh takes a detailed look at Iran's past and present migration issues.

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July 1, 2006

Tajikistan: From Refugee Sender to Labor Exporter

One of the poorest countries in Central Asia and a former Soviet Republic, Tajikistan has dealt with Afghan refugees, experienced outward flows of ethnic Russians since its independence, and seen thousands of ethnic Tajiks leave for temporary employment in Russia. MPI’s Aaron Erlich investigates the migration issues facing this understudied country.
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June 1, 2006

Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism

Although Sweden was once open to labor migrants from across Europe and refugees from all over the world, its policies have become increasingly restrictive over the last 35 years. Today, the country is wrestling with integration issues, as Charles Westin of the Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Stockholm University, explains.

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