Country Profiles
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Spain: Forging an Immigration Policy
Spain has evolved from a sending to receiving country; by 2001, foreign residents numbered 1.1 million and accounted for 2.5 percent of the population.
New Zealand: The Politicization of Immigration
About 20 percent of New Zealand’s population was foreign born as of 2002, but high immigration from Asia was driving a backlash.
Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration
By 2002, Portugal hosted 350,000 registered foreigners, many from Eastern Europe.
Cape Verde: Towards the End of Emigration?
Cape Verde's diaspora exceeds its home population, although tighter policies in Europe and the United States are curbing emigration and threatening the sending of remittances that made up much of the economy.
Migration Dilemmas Haunt Post-Soviet Russia
Post-Soviet Russia faces four migration pressures: brain drain, diaspora return, Siberian depopulation, and unauthorized immigration, as demographic decline deepens.
Italy's Southern Exposure
Since becoming a net immigrant receiver in the 1980s, Italy has passed four regularization programs and multiple laws as immigration flows have grown and diversified.
