Emigration category: 2215 books
Migrant Rights at Work
Law's precariousness at the intersection of immigration and labour
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Public debates about the terms of membership and inclusion have intensified as developed economies increasingly rely on temporary migrant labour. While most agree that temporary migrant workers are entitled to the general protection of employment laws, temporary migrants have, by definition, restricted...
Life in the UK (UK Citizenship) Practice Tests
1224 Questions over 51 Practice Papers
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
'Life in the UK Practice Tests 2014 Edition: 1224 Questions 51 Practice Papers' has been created to be used on or after 25 March 2013.
The questions are based upon the official Home Office Life in the United Kingdom: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition).
It will enable you to become...
In a Day’s Work
The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Over 17,000 women are sexually assaulted at work a year, according to the Justice Department
Almost two-thirds--60%--of those raped or sexually assaulted at work don’t report the incident to the police--the highest percentage of serious violent crimes in the workplace that go unreported.
Undocumented...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
This volume considers 'global mobility' as an alternative concept to 'international migration' in order to gain insights into international cooperation on movements of people across international borders.
Migration, Settlement and Belonging in Europe, 1500-1930s
Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The issues around settlement, belonging, and poor relief have for too long been understood largely from the perspective of England and Wales. This volume offers a pan-European survey that encompasses Switzerland, Prussia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Britain. It explores how the conception of belonging...
No Refuge for Women
The Tragic Fate of Syrian Refugees
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
Interest in the plight of refugees is at an all-time high as US borders are closing to those most in need of refuge
The UN Refugee Agency reported that in 2015, only 18 percent women of refugees and migrants reaching Europe were women, compared to adult men at 54 percent.
Western media...
Voices from the 'Jungle'
Stories from the Calais Refugee Camp
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today. But the media soundbites we hear ignore the voices of the people who lived there - people who have travelled...
by Hermann Lischer
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006
We ventured abroad in 1984, and I managed companies as the country CEO in Indonesia, Malaysia, Greece, India, and the Philippines. Margrit, my wife, shared with me the years abroad, and both of us returned to our country of origin, Switzerland, in 2003. I moved again to Indonesia in 2004, where we...
Raza Sí, Migra No
Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
As immigration from Mexico to the United States grew through the 1970s and 1980s, the Border Patrol, police, and other state agents exerted increasing violence against ethnic Mexicans in San Diego's volatile border region. In response, many San Diego activists rallied around the leadership of the...
Migrants as Agents of Change
Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This book offers a unique and innovative way of looking at the paradoxical consequences of human mobility. Based on a three-year transnational multi-sited longitudinal research project, it demonstrates that not all migrants acquire, transfer and implement social remittances in the same way. Whilst...
Cuba's Baseball Defectors
The Inside Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The stellar play and fascinating backstories of exiled Cuban sluggers and hurlers in Major League Baseball (MLB) has become one of the biggest headlines in America's national pastime. On-field exploits by colorful Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, American League rookie-of-the-year José Abreu, home...
Latino Stars in Major League Baseball
From Bobby Abreu to Carlos Zambrano
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Some of the best players in Major League Baseball were born outside the United States, with Latino players representing one of the fastest growing ethnicities in the league. Current and former stars such as Albert Pujols, Rod Carew, and Miguel Cabrera all found incredible success in MLB. They have...
Parents Without Papers
The Progress and Pitfalls of Mexican American Integration
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
For several decades, Mexican immigrants in the United States have outnumbered those from any other country. Though the economy increasingly needs their labor, many remain unauthorized. In Parents Without Papers, immigration scholars Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and James D. Bachmeier document the...
by Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Between 1820 and 1920, more than 33 million Europeans immigrated to the United States seeking the "American Dream." They came in response to an image of America as a land of opportunity and upward mobility sold to them by state governments, railroads, religious and philanthropic groups,...