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Country Migration Profiles

Country Migration Profiles

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Whether as migrant-sending or migrant-receiving locations—or both—many countries have rich, complex international and internal migration histories. MPI's online journal, the Migration Information Source, offers profiles of more than 70 nations. Written by leading scholars, these profiles delve into countries' migration histories, demographics, policymaking, and more.

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April 1, 2003
Fiji Islands: From Immigration to Emigration
By Brij V. Lal
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March 1, 2003
Austria: A Country of Immigration?
By Michael Jandl, Albert Kraler
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February 1, 2003
España: Hacia una nueva política migratoria
By Nieves Ortega Pérez
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February 1, 2003
Spain: Forging an Immigration Policy
By Nieves Ortega Pérez
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January 1, 2003
New Zealand: The Politicization of Immigration
By Richard Bedford
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December 1, 2002
Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration
By Jorge Malheiros
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November 1, 2002
Cape Verde: Towards the End of Emigration?
By Jørgen Carling
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October 1, 2002
Migration Dilemmas Haunt Post-Soviet Russia
By Timothy Heleniak

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Profile
September 1, 2006
Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home

Iran has long connected the great civilizations of Asia, the Near East and the Mediterranean. But since the Islamic Revolution, hundreds of thousands of highly skilled Iranians have emigrated while millions of refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq have entered the country. Shirin Hakimzadeh takes a detailed look at Iran's past and present migration issues.

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Profile
July 1, 2006
Tajikistan: From Refugee Sender to Labor Exporter
One of the poorest countries in Central Asia and a former Soviet Republic, Tajikistan has dealt with Afghan refugees, experienced outward flows of ethnic Russians since its independence, and seen thousands of ethnic Tajiks leave for temporary employment in Russia. MPI’s Aaron Erlich investigates the migration issues facing this understudied country.
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Profile
June 1, 2006
Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism
Although Sweden was once open to labor migrants from across Europe and refugees from all over the world, its policies have become increasingly restrictive over the last 35 years. Today, the country is wrestling with integration issues, as Charles Westin of the Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Stockholm University, explains.
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Profile
May 1, 2006
Burkina Faso: Testing the Tradition of Circular Migration

One of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso is a former French colony in Western Africa that has traditionally sent thousands of seasonal migrants to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Brad Kress of the UK’s Centre for Research into Economic and Social Trends examines the migration issues facing the country today.

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Profile
April 1, 2006
Guatemala: Economic Migrants Replace Political Refugees

Guatemala's long civil war, which spurred large flows of refugees, has given way to high levels of economic migration to the United States and an economy more dependent on remittances. Also, Guatemala’s geography has made it a prime transit country for migrants headed north, as James Smith of Inforpress Centroamericana reports.

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Recent Activity

Articles
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.
Articles
March 1, 2003

Austria: A Country of Immigration?

Recent policies — some more restrictive, some more liberal — reflect Austria's continuing ambivalence about immigration.
Articles
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.
Articles
February 1, 2003

España: Hacia una nueva política migratoria

En la última mitad de la década de los 90, la inmigración llegó a ser un tema de vital importancia para los políticos y el público español.

Articles
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.

Articles
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.

Articles
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.
Articles
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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