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Farm to Table: The Role of Immigrants in U.S. Farm Labor in 2016
A discussion featuring data on immigration trends and farm labor that could help inform future reform debates, including what adjustments farm employers are making, including increased mechanization, improved wages and benefits, and the increased use of the H-2A program.
Maid in Hong Kong: Protecting Foreign Domestic Workers
Hong Kong's foreign domestic workers are excluded from the minimum wage law and permanent residency, while structural policies limit their ability to report abuse.
Development through Diversity: Engaging Armenia’s New and Old Diaspora
Armenia’s diverse old and new diasporas fuel investment, remittances, and refugee support, yet their dispersion both advances and constrains development.
The Germany-Turkey Migration Corridor: Refitting Policies for a Transnational Age
Migration along the Germany-Turkey corridor has become circular and transnational—a shift both governments should embrace.
With Little Debate, Congress Enacts Broad Range of Immigration Changes in Spending Bill
Congress used a must‑pass 2016 spending bill to quietly reshape visas, enforcement, and Central America aid, hinting at a new path for U.S. immigration reform.
Shortage Amid Surplus: Emigration and Human Capital Development in the Philippines
The Philippines' labor export policy has fueled remittances but also has created domestic skill shortages in STEM, medicine, and aviation.
The Southeast Asia-Australia Regional Migration System: Some Insights into the “New Emigration”
The Australia-Southeast Asia migration system is far more multidirectional and complex than the standard destination-sending country framing suggests.
A Discussion on the Effects of Asian Labor Migration on the Health of Left-Behind Children
This event explores the social and health impacts of international labour migration on the children who remain at home when one or both their parents emigrate.
What's New in Farm Labor? Immigration and the Agricultural Sector
An expert discussion on the findings of the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) related to immigrants, along with an overview of farm labor in 2015 and discussion on how current and possible future immigration policies might impact immigrant workers in the agricultural sector.
Business as Usual? Regularizing Foreign Labor in Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s 2010 migration reforms seek to regularize Nicaraguan workers, but high costs and weak institutions keep many in precarious jobs.
