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November 1, 2002
Refugees: Risks and Challenges Worldwide

The term "refugee," like the people it describes, can cover a lot of ground. Sharon Stanton Russell, Research Scholar at MIT, maps out out who qualifies for refugee status, as well as the most pressing issues facing the community of institutions tasked to protect them.

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October 1, 2002
Top German Parties Back Islamic Education
Germany's two biggest political parties have come out in favor of Islamic education for the country's estimated 350,000 Muslim schoolchildren.
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October 1, 2002
Immigrant Integration: Building to Opportunity
What does integration mean in a dynamic and culturally diverse socio-political context? MPI Policy Analyst Brian Ray examines the difficulties that lie ahead for policy makers.
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October 1, 2002
Russia Beckons, But Diaspora Wary

Will President Putin realize his dream of a mass return of the Russian diaspora? Timothy Heleniak of the World Bank and Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies assesses Russia's migration dilemma.

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October 1, 2002
Malaysia Wavers on Labor Crackdown
Tough new laws aimed at curbing influxes of undocumented immigrants have prompted hundreds of thousands of workers to exit Malaysia — but the solution has brought its own problems.
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October 1, 2002
Fostering Cooperation Between Source and Destination Countries
Cultivating sustained cooperation between source and destination states is essential to migration management. Susan Martin, director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University; Philip Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis; and Patrick Weil, senior research fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), tackle this issue.
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September 1, 2002
Refugee Resettlement in Transition

Change is sweeping the systems that govern refugee resettlement. MPI Co-Director Kathleen Newland examines the most important trends and their implications.

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September 1, 2002
German Immigration Law Clears Final Hurdle
Following a bitterly contested vote in Parliament, Germany's president has signed the nation's first immigration law.
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September 1, 2002
Education May Boost Fortunes of Second-Generation Latino Immigrants
As the U.S.-born children of Latino immigrants reach adulthood, new data suggest that they will fare better than their immigrant peers. Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate at the Pew Hispanic Center, explains why.
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September 1, 2002
Options Dwindle for Asylum Seekers in France
Fewer opportunities may await asylum seekers in France, where stricter policies are overlapping with strained resources.
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August 1, 2002
Immigration and Security Post-Sept. 11
Resolving complex legal, social, and security issues after Sept. 11 will not be easy. But what does immigration have to do with it? Muzaffar Chishti, MPI Senior Policy Analyst, explains.
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August 1, 2002
Immigrants and Welfare Reform: Glossary

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC): Authorized under the Social Security Act of 1935, AFDC provided financial assistance to families with children who were deprived of support due to the unemployment, death, disability, or absence of at least one parent. AFDC was replaced by PRWORA in 1996.

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August 1, 2002
Immigrants, Welfare Reform and the Coming Reauthorization Vote
U.S. lawmakers are preparing to vote on reauthorizing the 1996 legislation that limited immigrant access to federally funded welfare benefits. Audrey Singer, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, maps out what is at stake for all sides in the debate.
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July 1, 2002
Converging Realities of the U.S.-Mexico Relationship

Large-scale migration from Mexico to the United States is expected to continue well into the next decade. MPI Co-Director Demetrios Papademetriou looks at attempts to move the U.S.-Mexico migration relationship from one mired in problems and recriminations to one yielding important and reciprocal economic and national security benefits.

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July 1, 2002
Economy Prompts Australia to Welcome More Migrants
Australia plans to increase its 2002-2003 immigration program to the highest annual intake since the end of the 1980s.
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July 1, 2002
Interview with UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd

The Palestinian refugee population is one of the world's oldest and largest, and poses enduring challenges to international aid organizations. The Source asked Karen Koning AbuZayd, who has been UNRWA's Deputy Commissioner-General since August 2000, to give her perspective on the current crisis.

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July 1, 2002
French Voters Rebuff Immigration's Resurgent Foes
Though roundly defeated in the French presidential elections, the extreme right may continue to influence French immigration policy.
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July 1, 2002
Churches Help Sink German Anti-Discrimination Bill
The Green Party has been blocked from pushing through new anti-discrimination legislation, mainly by religious groups.
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May 22, 2002
The Internally Displaced in Perspective
Uprooted from their homes, but still living on their native soil, the world's 20-25 million "internally displaced persons" present a dual challenge to concepts of national sovereignty and humanitarian action. Monette Zard, Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, provides the basic facts about what now amounts to a global crisis.
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May 22, 2002
Japan's Resilient Demand for Foreign Workers

Despite Japan's decade-long economic downturn, recent patterns of immigration suggest that some sectors still have a persistent demand for foreign workers. Chikako Kashiwazaki, Associate Professor at Keio University, explains why.

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May 22, 2002
Competing Futures: The Children of America's Newest Immigrants

Diverse origins. Diverse opportunities. Rubén G. Rumbaut, Professor of Sociology and co-director of the Center for Research on Immigration, Population, and Public Policy at the University of California Irvine, takes a closer look at the trajectories and adaptation of first and second-generation youth in the United States. Over a decade of longitudinal data provide early clues to the cohesive and the centrifugal forces shaping America's immigrant future. Will the achievements that characterize today's immigrant youth follow them through to adulthood?

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May 22, 2002
New Estimates of the Undocumented Population in the United States
About 8.5 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States according to new estimates. Jeffrey Passel, Principal Research Associate at the Urban Institute, provides new insight into the numbers and the methodology.

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