Lives on the Line Worldwide, nongovernmental organizations are bracing for a possible war in Iraq that could create millions of refugees. The Source spoke about preparations for this crisis with Jim Bishop, Director of Humanitarian Response for InterAction, a coalition of some 160 US-based relief and development NGOs. Full Story Latino Remittances Swell Despite US Slump Director of the Pew Hispanic Center, Roberto Suro, looks at how the flagging US economy has not kept Latino immigrants from sending money back to their homelands. Full Story Sangatte Shutdown Signals New Anglo-French Cooperation New measures by the United Kingdom to control illegal immigration, coupled with France's closure of a center long used as a base for asylum seekers trying to slip into the UK, signal fresh cooperation between London and Paris. Full Story Detention Center Fires Spark Renewed Debate on Australian Refugee Program In the wake of a string of arson fires at five Australian detention centers with large populations of asylum seekers, the government has begun new discussions about its much-debated refugee and humanitarian program. Full Story Germany's High Court Strikes Down Planned Immigration Law The German Constitutional Court has blocked a landmark immigration law scheduled to take effect at the beginning of 2003, temporarily ending a running dispute between the ruling and opposition parties. Full Story

The Source's new data resource Find out where groups of foreign born live in the United States. Choose a country, continent, or region of origin. Country of Origin   Afghanistan   Argentina   Armenia   Australia   Austria   Bangladesh   Barbados   Belarus   Bolivia   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Brazil   Cambodia   Canada   Chile   China (excluding Taiwan)   Colombia   Costa Rica   Cuba   Czechoslovakia   Dominican Republic   Ecuador   El Salvador   Egypt   Ethiopia   France   Germany   Ghana   Greece   Guatemala   Guyana   Haiti   Honduras   Hong Kong   Hungary   India   Indonesia   Iran   Iraq   Ireland   Israel   Italy   Jamaica   Japan   Jordan   Korea   Laos   Lebanon   Malaysia   Mexico   Netherlands   Nicaragua   Nigeria   Pakistan   Panama   Peru   Philippines   Poland   Portugal   Romania   Russia   Sierra Leone   South Africa   Spain   Sweden   Syria   Taiwan   Thailand   Trinidad and Tobago   Turkey   Ukraine   United Kingdom   Venezuela   Vietnam   Yugoslavia ------------------------- Continent or Region of Origin -------------------------  Africa    Eastern Africa    Middle Africa    Northern Africa    Southern Africa    Western Africa  Americas    Latin America      Caribbean      Central America      South America    Northern America  Asia    Eastern Asia    South Central Asia    South Eastern Asia    Western Asia  Europe    Northern Europe    Western Europe    Southern Europe    Eastern Europe  Oceania    Australia/New Zealand Region    Melanesia    Micronesia    Polynesia Choose a US state or region of destination. State   Alabama   Alaska   Arizona   Arkansas   California   Colorado   Connecticut   Delaware   District of Columbia   Florida   Georgia   Hawaii   Idaho   Illinois   Indiana   Iowa   Kansas   Kentucky   Louisiana   Maine   Maryland   Massachusetts   Michigan   Minnesota   Mississippi   Missouri   Montana   Nebraska   Nevada   New Hampshire   New Jersey   New Mexico   New York   North Carolina   North Dakota   Oklahoma   Ohio   Oregon   Pennsylvania   Rhode Island   South Carolina   South Dakota   Tennessee   Texas   Utah   Vermont   Virginia   Washington   West Virginia   Wisconsin   Wyoming ------- Region -------   Midwest   Northeast   South   West Click here for more resources Who's Where, Remittances, Spain There's something new about the Source this month. Click here for Managing Editor Kim Hamilton's message on articles in Spanish, research tools, and Iraq. More Country Profiles/ Perfil del País Spain/España In the mid-1990s, immigration became a matter of vital importance to Spain's political elites and in the eyes of the public. Full Story 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. El Cuento Repleto Mexico/México Besides sending emigrants abroad, primarily to the United States, Mexico also serves as a transit point for foreigners and is receiving an increasing number of immigrants of its own. Full Story Además de funcionar como país de emigración, principalmente hacia los EEUU, México también se ha convertido en un país de tránsito y ésta viendo un aumento en su propia población de inmigrantes. El Cuento Repleto Spotlight/Enfoque Foreign-Born Hispanics in the United States Data Manager Elizabeth Grieco examines the size and distribution of the foreign-born Hispanic population throughout the United States. Full Story La Gerente de Datos Elizabeth Grieco considera el tamaño y la distribución de la población hispana extranjera en los EEUU. El Cuento Repleto

Remittances are an important addition to the gross domestic product (GDP) for many countries. In 2000, remittances from abroad augmented the GDP by more than 10 percent of El Salvador, Eritrea, Jamaica, Jordan, Nicaragua, and Yemen, among others. (United Nations Population Division)

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