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Fiji Islands: From Immigration to Emigration
Three coups from 1987 to 2000 triggered mass emigration from Fiji.
Iraqi Immigrants in the United States
The 2000 census counted roughly 90,000 Iraqi-born immigrants in the United States, double the 1990 figure.
Austria: A Country of Immigration?
Austria's foreign-born population reached 12.5 percent in 2001, surpassing U.S. levels, yet official policy still rejects the notion of the country as an immigration country.
Sex Ratios of the Foreign Born in the United States
The U.S. foreign-born population had a balanced sex ratio of 101 in 2002, but ratios ranged from 138 (India) to 64 (Germany), shaped by migration type and length of stay.
Women Immigrants in the United States
Women immigrants face distinct legal and social barriers—from domestic violence to post-9/11 policies—yet remain understudied despite being the majority of legal arrivals.
Census 2010 and the Foreign Born: Averting the Data Crisis
With the proposed end of the U.S. Census Bureau’s decennial long form in 2010, what are the implications for the study of immigrant populations?
España: Hacia una nueva política migratoria
España pasó de emisora a receptora; en 2001 los residentes extranjeros sumaron 1,1 millones, impulsando reformas que culminaron en la Ley 4/2000 y el Plan Greco, lanzado en 2001.
Foreign-Born Hispanics in the United States
Between 1990 and 2000, the U.S. foreign-born Hispanic population grew 81 percent.
Hispanos nacidos en el extranjero que viven en los Estados Unidos
La población hispana de EE.UU. creció de 22 millones a 35,3 millones entre 1990 y 2000; los hispanos nacidos en el extranjero, el 40 por ciento del total, crecieron un 81 por ciento.
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.
