Australia Austria Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Russian Federation Sweden United Kingdom United States The Changing Face of the Gulf Coast: Immigration to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama The post-Katrina migration of Mexican and other Latin American migrants to the southern Gulf states is the continuation of a trend that began in the early 1990s. Katharine Donato and Shirin Hakimzadeh of Rice University detail the region's past and present immigration patterns. Citizenship in a Globalized World At its most basic, citizenship refers to membership conferred by a state. Greta Gilbertson of Fordham University outlines the many citizenship models and looks at the recent growth of multiple, quasi, and supranational types of citizenship. MPI's Julia Gelatt reports on House passage of immigration enforcement legislation, immigration measures in budget legislation, upcoming regulations for worksite enforcement, new government reports, and more. Full Story Characteristics of the African Born in the United States MPI's David Dixon looks at the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from Northern, Southern, Middle, Eastern, and Western Africa.

Welcome to the first issue of 2006, which covers the fundamentals of citizenship and migration to the US Gulf Coast before and after Hurricane Katrina. We also look at the Philippines, Ukraine, the foreign born from Africa, and the latest US policy developments. Ukraine Since its independence in 1991, Ukraine has expanded immigration and emigration rights — but it has also become a neighbor of the expanded European Union, a crossroads for illegal migration, and fertile ground for human traffickers. Olena Malynovksa of the National Institute for International Security Problems in Kyiv reports. Ukraine Resource Page Philippines An estimated 8.1 million Filipinos — nearly 10 percent of the country's population — are living in close to 200 countries and territories. Maruja M.B. Asis of the Scalabrini Migration Center-Philippines explains how the country developed its emigration policies and measures to protect its citizens abroad. Philippines Resource Page Immigrants and EU Labor Markets Louka T. Katseli of the OECD Development Centre explains why effective migration policies in Europe are as much a political as a technical issue.

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