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As Colombia Emerges from Decades of War, Migration Challenges Mount
Colombia's 2016 peace deal marked historic progress, but displacement, Venezuelan migration pressures, and irregular transit flows pose major challenges.
As Its Population Ages, Japan Quietly Turns to Immigration
Immigration is quietly growing as Japan's society ages. Yet the government avoids public acknowledgment of this trend, with many Japanese expressing resistance to diversity.
South Korea Carefully Tests the Waters on Immigration, With a Focus on Temporary Workers
South Korea has quietly built one of Asia's most structured guest-worker systems, after having no temporary labor framework at all until 2003.
The New Reality: Germany Adapts to Its Role as a Major Migrant Magnet
Germany long denied being a country of immigration, even as it became the world's second-largest immigrant destination; landmark reforms since 2000 on citizenship, labor migration, and integration formalized a major shift.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Migration History Marked by Crises and Restrictions
Crises have turned DR Congo from a regional migration magnet into a major source of refugees and long-term emigrants across Africa and the wider world.
Embracing Emigration: The Migration-Development Nexus in Albania
Albania’s high emigration, post-2008 returns, and recent dynamics have tested efforts to turn migration into a driver of development.
Revolution and Political Transition in Tunisia: A Migration Game Changer?
Tunisia’s 2011 revolution turned a longstanding emigration country into a key transit state, testing new migration and asylum policies.
From Humanitarian to Economic: The Changing Face of Vietnamese Migration
Vietnam's migration patterns shifted from refugee outflows to labor export, as remittances inflows climbed to an estimated $12 billion in 2014.
Ecuador: From Mass Emigration to Return Migration?
Ecuador juggles a large diaspora, rising return migration, and growing refugee and lifestyle inflows as it moves beyond its era of mass emigration.
Maroc: Préparer le Terrain pour Devenir un Pays de Transition Migratoire?
Principal pays d'émigration, le Maroc fait face à une immigration croissante d'Afrique et d'Europe que son identité nationale et son cadre juridique n'ont pas encore intégrés.
