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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.
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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
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Characteristics of the African Born in the United States
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MPI's David Dixon looks at the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from Northern, Southern, Middle, Eastern, and Western Africa.
Source Spotlights are often updated as new data become available. Please click here to find the most recent version of this Spotlight.
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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.
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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
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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
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Immigrants and EU Labor Markets
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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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