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Immigrant Voting Rights Receive More Attention
With an estimated 12 million legal permanent residents barred from voting in 2004, U.S. cities revived noncitizen suffrage, a practice common in the country's first 150 years.
Saudi Arabia's Plan for Changing Its Workforce
Saudi Arabia enforces "Saudiization" to curb reliance on foreign workers, who comprised 95 percent of private-sector workforce as of 2003.
Transnational Migrants: When "Home" Means More Than One Country
Transnational migrants maintain ties to both origin and host countries—a reality that demands new policy frameworks.
Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia
Post-Cold War migration in Northeast Asia, driven by Chinese economic pressures and North Korean hardship, is reshaping host societies and regional policy frameworks.
Understanding the Importance of Remittances
Remittances to developing countries exceeded $93 billion in 2003, but fees averaging 13 percent, data gaps, and weak financial infrastructure limited their development impact.
Liberia: The Challenges of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Civil war left 350,000 Liberian refugees and 500,000 internally displaced as of mid-2004, with stalled ex-combatant reintegration threatening the peace process.
Darfur: Beyond the Brink of Disaster
Conflict in Darfur displaced 1.2 million internally and put 2.2 million at risk as of mid-2004, while sovereignty concerns left the UN Security Council slow to respond.
International Migration in Africa: An Analysis Based on Estimates of the Migrant Stock
Despite population growth, Africa's share of global migrants fell to 9 percent by 2000, with refugee flows accounting for many of the continent's migrant stock.
Changing Configurations of Migration in Africa
Feminization, commercialization, brain drain, and HIV/AIDS were among the forces transforming migration patterns across Africa.
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Rights of Non-Citizen Detainees
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2004 rulings gave noncitizens at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detention, rejecting sweeping executive claims.