The Source thanks its $25-and-up donors - see who's on the list! Little Job Growth Makes Labor Migration and Remittances the Norm in Post-Soviet Armenia March 17 — For many Armenians, working abroad and sending money home has become the main way of coping with poverty and limited job prospects. Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, Arkady Gevorkyan, and Karine Mashuryan examine recent labor migration flows, the growth in remittances, and concerns about the country's dependence on both. Little Job Growth Makes Labor Migration and Remittances the Norm in Post-Soviet Armenia March 17 — For many Armenians, working abroad and sending money home has become the main way of coping with poverty and limited job prospects. Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, Arkady Gevorkyan, and Karine Mashuryan examine recent labor migration flows, the growth in remittances, and concerns about the country's dependence on both. Material Support to Terrorism — Consequences for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the United States January 31 — Counterterrorism policies have had an unintended, negative effect on asylum and refugee resettlement in the United States. Swetha Sridharan of the Council on Foreign Relations explains the origins of the material-support bar, which groups it has affected, and how the US government is addressing the problem. Linking Temporary Worker Schemes with Development  Temporary workers, generally seen as a solution to the changing and growing economic needs of developed countries, rarely focus on the needs of migrant-sending countries. MPI's Dovelyn Agunias reviews relevant research and the policy options proposed for closing this gap.

Virtual Border Fence Given Mixed Assessment in First Test March 17 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the virtual border fence in Arizona, House immigration talks, increased fines for employers of unauthorized immigrants, and more. Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States March 17 — There were nearly 34 million temporary admissions to the United States in 2006, twice the number in 1990. MPI's Jeanne Batalova outlines the definition of nonimmigrants and takes a detailed look at admissions data and data limitations. North Korea January 7 — Economic, social, and political conditions have pushed North Koreans to illegally leave their country and migrate to South Korea, China, Russia, and elsewhere. MPI's Hiroyuki Tanaka examines humanitarian and economic migration flows from North Korea, and the situation of North Koreans living abroad. North Korea Resource Page. Past Week Past Month Immigration Enforcement in the United States Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants in the United States Filipino Immigrants in the United States Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrants in Suburban America Party Platforms Discuss Immigration, But Candidates Scarcely Mention It Global Nomads: The Emergence of the Tibetan Diaspora (Part I) Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America The African Foreign Born in the United States

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