Country Profiles
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The Challenge of French Diversity
France's 2004 ban on religious symbols in public schools exposed tensions between secular traditions and integrating a growing immigrant population.
Mali: Seeking Opportunity Abroad
Mali's centuries-long migration tradition has resulted in an estimated 4.4 million abroad by 2000, though factors such as Ivory Coast’s instability and European restrictions constrain options.
Botswana's Changing Migration Patterns
After independence, Botswana became a migrant-receiving country, but unauthorized Zimbabwean arrivals since 2000 prompted new restrictions.
Australia's Continuing Transformation
Skills-based migration reshaped Australia after the White Australia Policy ended, but asylum deterrence and security concerns now drive the immigration debate.
Albania: Looking Beyond Borders
By 2004, roughly 25 percent of Albanians had emigrated, generating remittances but also severe brain drain and rising unauthorized migration.
Germany: Immigration in Transition
Germany passed a 2004 immigration law expanding integration and asylum rules but scrapped a points-based system for skilled worker recruitment.
Greece: A History of Migration
Greece shifted from a major emigration country to a leading immigrant destination after 1989, but two regularization programs fell short and integration plans had stalled as of 2004.
East Timor: Old Migration Challenges in the World's Newest Country
East Timor's 1999 independence was followed by mass displacement, wage distortions, porous borders, and an immigration law requiring constitutional revision.
China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant
China's overseas population grew from 22 million in 1985 to 33 million by 2000, as economic reforms drove skilled migration to North America, Australasia, and Europe.
Chile: Moving Towards a Migration Policy
Though immigrants accounted for just over 1 percent of Chile's population in 2000, growing flows from Peru and Argentina have pressed the country to replace its 1975 migration law.