Migration data from around the world - at your fingertips. Generate tables, create graphs, follow trends. Find out who is going where and how migration is shaping social, political, demographic, and economic futures country by country. http://www.migrationinformation.org en-us Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:24:00 EST Comprising only a small share of all immigrants in the United States, the foreign born from Taiwan seem to embody the very spirit of the Asian Tiger. As of 2010, Taiwanese immigrants exhibited extremely high levels of educational attainment; a notable tendency toward homeownership; and elevated rates of employment in management, business, information technology, and certain other professional, science, and engineering fields compared to the foreign-born population overall. http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=879&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=879&feed=rss Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:24:00 EST In a highly selective way, flows of internal migrants within Taiwan have responded quickly to political, economic, and social changes throughout the nation’s history, and have spurred development of the country’s industrial, services, and technological industries. In the past 20 years, however, international migration has reemerged in relevance and now includes the immigration of foreign workers and wives and the emigration of some of Taiwan’s best and brightest. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?id=877&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?id=877&feed=rss Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:24:00 EST Rarely is migration among the Chinese from Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan to the countries of the Pacific Rim as cut and dry as the labels "immigrant," "emigrant," and "returnee" suggest. In fact, Chinese migrants from each of these areas of origin share a tendency for traversing between their homeland; country of work, study, or residence; and even a third country as the needs of the family dictate. This article examines these contemporary migration patterns using Chinese migrants in New Zealand as a case study. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=878&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=878&feed=rss Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:24:00 EST From rather humble beginnings, the Chinese immigrant population in the United States has grown steadily since the 1960s to reach about 1.8 million in 2010. Compared to the foreign born overall, Chinese immigrants report higher levels of educational attainment, are less likely to live in households with an annual income below the poverty line, and are substantially more likely to have naturalized as US citizens. http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=876&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=876&feed=rss Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:24:00 EST Most of China's roughly 145 million rural-to-urban migrants were born after 1980, making this population the "new generation" of internal migrant workers. Having been directly influenced by China's rapid economic growth and recent sociodemographic policy changes, this cohort of rural-urban migrants offers much to learn with respect to their motivations. This article discusses survey data indicating that new-generation migrants have somewhat different motivations and expectations than their more traditional counterparts, such as the desire for excitement, fun, and career development independent of the needs of the family back home. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=874&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=874&feed=rss Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:24:00 EST The past decade has brought tens of thousands of Chinese migrants to Africa, and well over half of all Chinese migrants to the continent head to South Africa. Yoon Jung Park of Rhodes University discusses the history of Chinese migration to South Africa, the various communities of Chinese currently residing in the country, and their levels of political, social, and economic integration. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=875&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=875&feed=rss Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:24:00 EST Muzaffar Chishti, Claire Bergeron, and Faye Hipsman report on the US Supreme Court's decision to decide the constitutionality of Arizona's SB 1070, passage in the House of the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011, DOJ lawsuits in Utah and South Carolina, and more. http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=873&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=873&feed=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST More than 1 million people became legal permanent residents (LPRs) in the United States in 2010. Nearly two-thirds of new LPRs are immigrants with family ties in the United States, report MPI’s Carola Balbuena and Jeanne Batalova in this updated look at the latest statistics on legal immigration. http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=872&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=872&feed=rss Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST The Arab Spring exposed critical weaknesses and exacerbated long-held disagreements within the European Union related to asylum, immigration, and external border control policy matters that spilled over into the operation of the Schengen area. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=862&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=862&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST With unemployment rates remaining persistently high in the wake of the global economic crisis, ongoing turbulence in financial markets, and new austerity in public spending, anxious publics and governments trained their attention on immigration and immigrants during 2011. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=863&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=863&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST Immigration flows this year continued to respond sharply to the economic climate in major immigrant-receiving nations, as many struggled to gain a labor market foothold in the aftermath of the global economic meltdown. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=864&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=864&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST Developing nations that were once primarily migrant-sending states are now experiencing a boom that is beginning to increase their attractiveness for highly educated and highly skilled migrants and beckoning their diaspora members home. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=865&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=865&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST With the goal of building and sustaining economic growth in mind, some countries have intensified their efforts to court investments from their nationals and co-ethnics abroad, recognizing that diaspora entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to spot opportunities in their countries of origin and capitalize on them. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=866&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=866&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST The debate season is well underway for the Republican presidential primary races in the United States, and immigration has once again emerged as a highly contentious policy issue. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=867&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=867&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST Public backlash against the detention systems of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States mounted in 2011with allegations of unacceptable living conditions, abuse, prolonged detention, and government waste. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=868&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=868&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST The succession of displacement and refugee crises in the Arab Spring, Côte d'Ivoire, Somalia, and Sudan has been characterized as the most troubling in some time. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=869&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=869&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST As the United States paused in September to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the enforcement paradigm that took hold immediately after the terrorist attacks showed no signs of waning. http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=870&feed=rss http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=870&feed=rss Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:24:00 EST