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International Data

International Data

Country Migration Profiles
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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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Fact Sheets
November 2003
U.S.-Canada-Mexico Fact Sheet on Trade and Migration
By  Deborah W. Meyers and Maia Jachimowicz
Articles
November 1, 2003
Hungary: Transit Country Between East and West
By Judit Juhász
Articles
November 1, 2003
Turkey: A Transformation from Emigration to Immigration
By Kemal Kirisci
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Articles
October 1, 2003
Belgium's Immigration Policy Brings Renewal and Challenges
By Marco Martiniello, Andrea Rea
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Articles
August 1, 2003
Kenya: What Role for Diaspora in Development?
By Kenneth Okoth
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Articles
July 1, 2003
The Federated States of Micronesia: The "Push" to Migrate
By Elizabeth Grieco
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Articles
April 1, 2003
Fiji Islands: From Immigration to Emigration
By Brij V. Lal
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Articles
March 1, 2003
Austria: A Country of Immigration?
By Michael Jandl, Albert Kraler

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Profile
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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Profile
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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Profile
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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Profile
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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Profile
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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Recent Activity

Articles
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.

Articles
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.

Fact Sheets
November 2003

U.S.-Canada-Mexico Fact Sheet on Trade and Migration

Canada and Mexico’s importance to the United States is more than simply a border-state phenomenon. The trading relationship between United States and Canada represents the largest bilateral flow of income, goods, and services in the world. Meanwhile, Mexico is the United States’ second largest trading partner.

Articles
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.
Articles
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.
Articles
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.
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.

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