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Best Free Reference
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| Photo by Jan Howard, USAID |
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Evidence from the Great Recession Is In: Migration Flows Dropped, Unemployment Among Certain Immigrants Rose (pictured above)
- The writing was on the wall by late 2009, but 2010 confirmed the migration trends glimpsed months earlier in major immigrant-receiving countries:
the global recession that began in late 2007 caused migration flows to drop, halting rapid immigrant population growth, and it pushed
unemployment levels for some immigrants far higher than those of the native born. |
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The Arizona Effect: When National Governments Fail, Others React - Arizona's simmering frustration with the federal immigration system — which has failed to stop illegal immigration through Arizona's border with Mexico — officially boiled over when the state legislature passed and Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 in April 2010. |
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Painful Cuts to Integration Budgets — Even in Places Committed to Immigrant Integration - There's no getting around the fact that integrating immigrants costs money. That explains why recession-battered European countries, as well as a
number of US states, made cuts to programs affecting immigrants in 2009 and again in 2010. |
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Europe, Wary of Immigration and Immigrants, Reaches an Inflection Point - A number of events in 2010 across the continent, and particularly in places long seen as moderate, seem to indicate a larger shift away from openness. |
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United States Still Stalled on Immigration Reform, Republican Victories in Midterm Elections Change Landscape - Anyone who expected 2010 would bring comprehensive immigration reform did not account for the Obama administration's priorities of passing
health-care reform and improving the economy — essentially the same issues that guided the president in 2009. |
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Remittances Rebound After Recession - The worst is over, but the outlook remains grim. This seemed to be the general storyline for economic activity in developed countries during 2010
and is largely true for remittance flows as well. |
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When All Else Fails, Leave: Emigration from Europe's New Destinations on the Rise - Although non-Irish nationals, particularly those from Eastern Europe, led the exodus, Irish nationals now make up a sizeable proportion of those
leaving, and Greece appears poised to become a net exporter of people as well. |
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Not Just the Highly Skilled — Only the Best and Brightest, Please - In these lean times, countries still want the talent — key to their long-term competitiveness — but a handful want more assurance
they're getting the cream of the cream, as well as skills they don't have already. |
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Crackdown on Illegal Migration Makes Greece Main Entry Point to Europe - When there's a will, there's a way — migrants seeking illegal entry have proven the old proverb true countless times as they and their
smugglers have adapted to enforcement strategies. The latest development in the cat-and-mouse game comes not from the United States, but from
Europe. |
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Natural Disasters in Haiti and Pakistan Highlight Diaspora Response - Haiti and Pakistan were an unlikely pair until 2010, when horrific natural disasters made it impossible for the world to ignore their devastation. |
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Midterm Elections Generate Rush of Immigration Measures
December 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti, Claire Bergeron, and Kristen McCabe report on
the passage of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act in the House, Supreme Court oral arguments on the
Legal Arizona Workers Act, the record number of diversity visa applicants, and more.
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Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
December 9 — Interested in information on annual naturalization trends, illegal
immigration, the geographical distribution of immigrants in the United
States, current and historical shares, and a host of other topics?
MPI's Jeanne Batalova and Aaron Terrazas have assembled the latest, most
interesting data on immigrants and immigration into one easy-to-use
resource.
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The Chinese foreign born accounted for over one-quarter of all those granted asylum in the United States in 2009.
See our Spotlight on Chinese Immigrants for more statistics.
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