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September 1, 2004
Mali: Seeking Opportunity Abroad

Sally E. Findley of Columbia University examines Malians' age-old solution to their economic difficulties: migration.

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September 1, 2004
Botswana's Changing Migration Patterns

Botswana has rapidly evolved from a migrant sending country to a migrant receiving country, according to Kate Lefko-Everett of the Southern Africa Migration Project.

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August 1, 2004
Australia's Continuing Transformation
Christine Inglis provides an update on the competing economic, political, and cultural forces that are challenging Australia's migration policy makers.
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August 1, 2004
Albania: Looking Beyond Borders

Albania is traveling a bumpy road from totalitarianism to democracy, with sharp twists and turns in migration flows along the way, according to Kosta Barjaba.

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July 1, 2004
Germany: Immigration in Transition

Since the 1990s, analysts have pointed to Germany's ongoing need for immigrants to bolster economic development and maintain a dynamic workforce, given the rapid aging of the country's population. However, a process of policy review that began in 2001 with a government commission's report on immigration and integration policy only recently overcame legislative gridlock.

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June 1, 2004
Greece: A History of Migration
Greece, once known for outward migration, has become a receiver of migrants and a permanent immigrant destination according to Charalambos Kasimis and Chryssa Kassimi.
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May 1, 2004
East Timor: Old Migration Challenges in the World's Newest Country
In May, following a UN withdrawal, East Timor's government will have more responsibility for dealing with thorny migration issues.
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April 1, 2004
China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant

Ronald Skeldon of the University of Sussex maps out the migration patterns and policies of China, the source of tens of millions of migrants around the globe.

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February 1, 2004
Chile: Moving Towards a Migration Policy

Chile's economic growth, political stability, and increased immigration are spurring the development of a new migration policy, according to Cristián Doña and Amanda Levinson.

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February 1, 2004
Tonga: Migration and the Homeland
Cathy Small of Northern Arizona University outlines how past changes in the Kingdom of Tonga, as well as the current challenges, are intimately tied to migration.
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January 1, 2004
Cook Islands: Migrating from a Micro-State

Paul Spoonley describes a massive economic and cultural shift caused by emigration from the Cook Islands to New Zealand.

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December 1, 2003
Moldova Seeks Stability Amid Mass Emigration
Moldova is a small country facing huge emigration spurred mainly by economic hardships, according to Michael Jandl.
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November 1, 2003
Hungary: Transit Country Between East and West

Judit Juhasz of examines the forces that have made Hungary into a sending, transit, and destination country for migration.

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November 1, 2003
Turkey: A Transformation from Emigration to Immigration

Long a country of emigration, immigration, and asylum, Turkey has also become a country of transit for immigrants, according to Kemal Kirisci of Boagazici University.

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October 1, 2003
Belgium's Immigration Policy Brings Renewal and Challenges
Marco Martiniello and Andrea Rea examine how immigration has made Belgium a multicultural society in perpetual renewal.
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August 1, 2003
Kenya: What Role for Diaspora in Development?
Kenya is looking to its educated diaspora to meet development goals and achieve global competitiveness, according to MPI’s Ken Okoth.
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July 1, 2003
The Federated States of Micronesia: The "Push" to Migrate
Waves of emigrants from the Federated States of Micronesia are building new lives abroad, according to MPI Data Manager Elizabeth Grieco.
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April 1, 2003
Fiji Islands: From Immigration to Emigration
Brij V. Lal of the Australian National University explains the link between Fiji's recent political turbulence and the increasing numbers of Fijian emigrants.
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March 1, 2003
Austria: A Country of Immigration?
Recent policies — some more restrictive, some more liberal — reflect Austria's continuing ambivalence about immigration.
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February 1, 2003
Spain: Forging an Immigration Policy
In the mid-1990s, immigration became a matter of vital importance to Spain's political elites and in the eyes of the public.
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January 1, 2003
New Zealand: The Politicization of Immigration

Immigration has been a significant factor in New Zealand's history since the mid-19th century, and recently net migration gains have reached the highest levels ever recorded. Richard Bedford of the University of Waikato looks at the challenges ahead.

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December 1, 2002
Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration

Portugal, long a land of seafarers and emigrants, is now witnessing increasingly diverse immigration flows, country-wide settlement, and rising immigrant skill levels. Jorge Malhieros of the University of Lisbon takes an in-depth look at the changes.

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November 1, 2002
Cape Verde: Towards the End of Emigration?
Very few countries have experienced emigration on a scale approaching that of Cape Verde. Jorgen Carling of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) examines migration's effects on the country's past and present, as well as its implications for the future.
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October 1, 2002
Migration Dilemmas Haunt Post-Soviet Russia

As Russia enters the 21st century, it is confronting a set of migration issues unimaginable just a decade ago. Timothy Heleniak of the World Bank and Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies maps out the complex past and difficult present of the world's largest country.

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May 1, 2002
Italy's Southern Exposure
Italy has struggled to find the right tone and approach toward immigration. In this newly updated profile, Managing Editor Kim Hamilton tackles the dilemmas facing Italian policymakers today.

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