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Canada Bucks the Trend and Keeps Immigration Targets Steady
Canada held immigration levels steady during the 2009 recession while others cut back.
The World Is Talking about Climate Change and Migration
With displacement estimates ranging from 25 million to 1 billion by 2050, focus on climate-induced migration grew ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Buyer's Remorse on Immigration Continues
The 2009 recession drove governments in Europe, Asia, and North America to tighten immigration rules.
Pay to Go: Countries Offer Cash to Immigrants Willing to Pack Their Bags
Pay-to-go programs in Japan, Spain, and the Czech Republic attracted fewer participants than planned in 2009.
Committed to the Diaspora: More Developing Countries Setting Up Diaspora Institutions
Governments in dozens of developing countries have diaspora institutions, but translating potential into measurable development gains is easier said than done.
Wedding Bells Are Ringing: Increasing Rates of Intermarriage in Germany
In Germany, Turkish immigrants the low intermarriage rates, though second-generation men are closing the gap.
EU Mobility Partnerships: Expression of a New Compromise
EU mobility partnerships aim to reframe migration as a development tool.
Moving to the Land of Milk and Cookies: Obesity among the Children of Immigrants
Among children of immigrants in the United States, the newest arrivals face the greatest obesity risk.
Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region
Asia's migration systems tend to offer limited rights, but long-term stays are emerging in some places.
Switzerland's Non-EU Immigrants: Their Integration and Swiss Attitudes
Non-EU/EFTA immigrants in Switzerland faced higher unemployment than Swiss nationals and immigrants from the European bloc in 2007.