Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions September 29 — Of the 14.8 million union members in 2010, 12 percent were foreign born. MPI's Jeanne Batalova examines the data on immigrant participation in the US labor force and unions. Canada's Immigration Policy: a Focus on Human Capital September 15 — Canada has long been a country of net immigration and has designed its current immigration policy around attracting highly educated and skilled migrants for entry into its labor force. In this country profile, Ashley Challinor discusses the challenges associated with this approach and provides a sense of the actual scale and nature of migration into Canada. Canada Resource Page. Working Hard for the Money: Bangladesh Faces Challenges of Large-Scale Labor Migration August 9 — The realities of poverty, underemployment, and a large working-age population mean that international labor migration is an expected and necessary part of life for many Bangladeshi men and women. Nazli Kibria of Boston University explains the challenges and opportunities facing Bangladesh as the small nation struggles to balance the need for economic migration and its resulting remittances with the protection of its citizens abroad. Bangladesh Resource Page. Finland's Balancing Act: The Labor Market, Humanitarian Relief, and Immigrant Integration Arno Tanner of the Finnish Immigration Service and the Universities of Helsinki and Tampere discusses the historical and current state of migration to and from Finland, and the country's immigration policy priorities going forward.

The Debate Over Multiculturalism: Philosophy, Politics, and Policy September 22 — The heated debate between supporters and detractors of multiculturalism has been made all the more salient by the recent attacks in Norway carried out by Anders Breivik in the name of cultural conservatism and the political rhetoric that characterizes popular right-wing parties in Europe's north. Irene Bloemraad of the University of California, Berkeley, sheds light on the various meanings of the term "multiculturalism" and provides insights on the effects of multicultural policies on immigrant integration. Post-9/11 Policies Dramatically Alter the US immigration Landscape September 8 — Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the immigration measures enacted in response to 9/11 and the fate of those measures ten years later. Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States and Europe: The Use of Legalization/Regularization as a Policy Tool Voice after Exit: Revolution and Migration in the Arab World Hidden in Plain Sight: Indigenous Migrants, Their Movements, and Their Challenges Mexican Immigrants in the United States South Africa: Policy in the Face of Xenophobia Colombia: In the Crossfire Long-Term Impact of the Supreme Court Ruling on Key Provision of Arizona's SB 1070 May Hinge on Political Calculus ICE's Long-Awaited Detention Reform Prompts Questions from Supporters and Detractors African Immigrants in the United States Asian Immigrants in the United States The Under-Registration of Births in Mexico: Consequences for Children, Adults, and Migrants Lesotho: From Labor Reserve to Depopulating Periphery? Tiempo de moderar el optimismo: comparando experiencias de migración y desarrollo en México y Marruecos Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region The 2012 Mexican Presidential Election and Mexican Immigrants of Voting Age in the United States Top 10 of 2011 Issue #1: Arab Spring and Fear of Migrant Surge Expose Rift in EU Immigration Policy Circles Jamaica: From Diverse Beginning to Diaspora in the Developed World Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States Mexican Immigrants in the United States Assimilation Models, Old and New: Explaining a Long-Term Process

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