Feature Stories Policy Considerations for Immigrant Integration MPI Co-Director Demetrios G. Papademetriou maps out the policy issues involved in balancing the interests of immigrants with those of the host society during the process of integration. Full Story Local Integration: The Forgotten Solution Karen Jacobsen of Tufts University examines local integration as an alternative to "warehousing" refugees in camps. Full Story The Challenges of Integration for the EU The EU can use several unique levers to promote integration policy, according to Sarah Spencer of the University of Oxford. Full Story The Role of Cities in Immigrant Integration MPI Policy Analyst Brian Ray takes an in-depth look at the importance of cities in the process of immigrant integration. Full Story Migration Fundamentals Integration: The Role of Communities, Institutions, and the State Rinus Penninx of the University of Amsterdam maps out the key elements of integration, the process by which immigrants become accepted into society. Full Story In The News French Government Revives Assimilation Policy Sylvia Zappi outlines a new government action plan for integrating immigrants that reasserts France's previously abandoned assimilationist policy. Full Story Swiss Court Halts Naturalization Plebiscites Veysel Oezcan of Humboldt University Berlin reports on a Swiss ruling that bars communities from holding plebiscites to approve or reject naturalization applications. Full Story Australian Judges Mull Integration, Multiculturalism As Australia marks 25 years of multiculturalism in public policy, the country's courts are ruling on cases with serious implications for immigrant integration, according to Christine Inglis. Full Story

Globally, immigrant and refugee integration takes on many expressions and meanings. This issue of The Source explores several facets of the current debate. Click here for more details from Managing Editor Kim Hamilton. Belgium Marco Martiniello and Andrea Rea examine how immigration has made Belgium a multicultural society in perpetual renewal. Full Story | Country Profiles MPI's Maia Jachimowicz outlines the latest developments affecting US migration policy, including California legislation that will allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a drivers license. Full Story The Foreign Born from Mexico in the United States MPI Data Manager Elizabeth Grieco provides an overview of the largest immigrant group in the United States. Full Story Related Stories Competing Futures: The Children of America's Newest Immigrants Rubén G. Rumbaut Immigrant Integration: Building to Opportunity Brian Ray What Immigrants Say About Life in the United States Steve Farkas Education May Boost Fortunes of Second-Generation Latino Immigrants Richard Fry

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In 2002, 1,014,400 people applied for asylum worldwide or still had applications pending. The top 10 countries to which applications for asylum were submitted were: the United Kingdom (110,700 applications), the United States (81,100), Germany (71,100), France (50,800), Austria (37,100), Canada (33,400), Sweden (33,000), Switzerland (26,200), Belgium (18,800), and the Netherlands (18,700). (Source: UNHCR, "Refugees By Numbers 2003")

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