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Immigrant Integration: Building to Opportunity
Integration is a sustained, multigenerational process; U.S. second-generation immigrants can face blocked mobility due to an hourglass economy and limited local support.
Russia Beckons, But Diaspora Wary
President Vladimir Putin hopes diaspora return will stem Russia's demographic decline, but net migration has fallen sharply since 1994.
German Immigration Law Clears Final Hurdle
Germany's first immigration law, signed June 2002, creates points-based and skills-based entry, restructures residency permits, and mandates integration courses.
Statistics on Forced Migration
Refugee and asylum data are more complete than general migration statistics.
Education May Boost Fortunes of Second-Generation Latino Immigrants
First-generation Latino teens in the United States out-earned peers in 2000, but second-generation Latinos who focus on school surpass them in earnings and attainment by adulthood.
Options Dwindle for Asylum Seekers in France
France's asylum applications rose 53 percent from 1999 to 2001.
Head of INS Submits Resignation
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Commissioner James Ziglar announced he would resign in August 2002.
Refugee Resettlement in Transition
Post-9/11 security cut U.S. refugee resettlement to fewer than 30,000 in 2002 against a 70,000 ceiling, spurring Europe to reconsider its own resettlement role.
Immigration and Security Post-Sept. 11
Post-9/11 U.S. security measures targeting noncitizens—including mass detention, secret hearings, and registration—sparked a major civil liberties debate.
Immigrants and Welfare Use
The 1996 U.S. welfare reform cut about 935,000 noncitizens from government benefits.