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This month's Source highlights remittances and transnational migration, while reporting on developments in Northeast Asia and Ireland. Our features on US immigration include research on newcomers from the Dominican Republic as well as recent security-related policy changes. You'll find:
- recent research on remittances with an analysis of gaps in our knowledge by Dilip Ratha of the World Bank.
- a Spotlight on the foreign born from the Dominican Republic in the United States by MPI's Elizabeth Grieco.
- an overview of emerging migration patterns in North Korea, China, Russia, and Japan by Tsuneo Akaha of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
- a Country Profile that looks at Ireland's immigration policies in response to its new role as a country of immigration, by Martin Ruhs of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at Oxford University.
- a Migration Fundamental on transnational migrants and the implications for policymakers by Peggy Levitt of Wellesley College and Harvard University.
- our regular Policy Beat feature on recent US immigration process developments, including processing slowdowns, the 9/11 Terrorist and Travel staff report, and visa reform recommendations, by MPI's Betsy Cooper.
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