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International Data

International Data

Country Migration Profiles
Globecropped

Globally, more than 258 million people are international migrants—a number that continues to rise as advances in transportation and communication have increased the capacity and desire to move. Migration today is more widely distributed across more countries. The data-rich research offered here, based on credible sources, sketches migration flows, the sending of remittances, admission levels, enforcement actions, and more for countries around the world.

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December 1, 2004
South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls
By Young-bum Park
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November 1, 2004
The Challenge of French Diversity
By Kimberly Hamilton, Patrick Simon, Clara Veniard
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September 1, 2004
Mali: Seeking Opportunity Abroad
By Sally E. Findley
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September 1, 2004
Botswana's Changing Migration Patterns
By Kate Lefko-Everett
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August 1, 2004
Albania: Looking Beyond Borders
By Kosta Barjaba
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August 1, 2004
Australia's Continuing Transformation
By Christine Inglis
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July 1, 2004
Germany: Immigration in Transition
By Veysel Oezcan
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June 1, 2004
Greece: A History of Migration
By Charalambos Kasimis, Chryssa Kassimi

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Profile
August 1, 2005
The Czech Republic: From Liberal Policy to EU Membership
After its independence in 1993, the Czech Republic became home to tens of thousands of economic migrants. But as Dušan Drbohlav of Charles University reports, tighter restrictions and new laws in accordance with EU standards have not resolved the problems of illegal and transit migration.
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Profile
July 1, 2005
Israel: Balancing Demographics in the Jewish State
Israel is home to Jews and Jewish immigrants as well as Israeli Arabs, Palestinian refugees, and others. But the arrival of foreign workers in the 1990s has further complicated the country's migration issues, as Martha Kruger reports.
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Profile
June 1, 2005
Shaping Brazil: The Role of International Migration

South America's largest country has experienced waves of immigration and, more recently, emigration. But Brazil has not proactively addressed new migration patterns, including increases in illegal immigrants. Ernesto Friedrich Amaral of the University of Texas at Austin and Wilson Fusco of Universidade Estadual de Campinas report.

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Profile
June 1, 2005
Georgia Looks West, But Faces Migration Challenges at Home
Although Georgia eventually wants to join the European Union, it must first confront its large population of internally displaced persons and high rates of emigration. MPI's Joanne van Selm takes a detailed look at a country in transition.
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Profile
May 1, 2005
Norway: Migrant Quality, Not Quantity
Since the 1970s, Norway has become home to thousands of non-European immigrants and refugees. MPI's Betsy Cooper takes a detailed look at how the country seeks to control migration while keeping the door open to labor from an expanding Europe.

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Articles
December 1, 2004

South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls

Young-bum Park of Hansung University outlines South Korea's response to temporary labor demands and its approach to integrating North Korean refugees.

Articles
November 1, 2004

The Challenge of French Diversity

Since the mid-19th century, French immigration policy has had two aims: to meet the needs of the labor market by introducing migrant workers, and to compensate French demographic deficits by favoring the permanent installation of foreign families, while ensuring their integration. This country profile examines France's approach to migration.

Articles
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.

Articles
September 1, 2004

Mali: Seeking Opportunity Abroad

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

Articles
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.

Articles
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.
Articles
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.

Articles
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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