Emigration Immigration category: 2215 books
The Other One Percent
Indians in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the millennium. Not only has its recent growth...
Points of Entry
How Canada’s Immigration Officers Decide Who Gets in
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Every year, over 1.3 million people apply to visit, work, or settle in Canada and discover that their future rests in visa officers’ hands. How do these officers decide who gets in? Seeking answers to this question, Vic Satzewich gained access to eleven overseas visa offices. Points of Entry reveals...
by George Megalogenis
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Australia was the only rich country not to have gone into recession during the GFC. Our standard of living is one of the highest in the world, and we're a multicultural mix of talented migrants from all over the world. We've been here before: at the end of the goldrush in the 1850s, Australians had...
Nigerian Immigrants in the United States
Race, Identity, and Acculturation
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Africans in America come from different regions of the continent; they speak different languages and are from different faith traditions. Nigerian Immigrants in the United States: Race, Identity, and Acculturation attempts to generate an interest in the study of African immigrants by looking at issues...
Strangers in Our Midst
The Political Philosophy of Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
How should democracies respond to the millions who want to settle in their societies? David Miller’s analysis reframes immigration as a question of political philosophy. Acknowledging the impact on host countries, he defends the right of states to control their borders and decide the future size, shape, and cultural make-up of their populations.
Mexican Inclusion
The Origins of Anti-Discrimination Policy in Texas and the Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Immigration across the US-Mexican border may currently be a hot topic, but it is hardly a new one. Labor issues and civil rights have been interwoven with the history of the region since at least the time of the Mexican-American War, and the twentieth century witnessed recurrent political battles...
The Deporter
One Agent's Struggle Against the U.S. Government's Refusal to Expel Criminal Ali ens
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
“We have an immigration crisis in our country, all right, and it is a good deal more demonstrably wrong than the millions of illegal immigrants in the shadows. It is costlier to the fabric of American life than the September 11 attacks were. Illogical, deadly, ruinous. Yet none of our leaders is...
Global Philadelphia
Immigrant Communities Old and New
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
The racial and ethnic composition of Philadelphia continues to diversify as a new wave of immigrants—largely from Asia and Latin America—reshape the city’s demographic landscape. Moreover, in a globalized economy, immigration is the key to a city’s survival and competitiveness. The contributors...
Cities and Labour Immigration
Comparing Policy Responses in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Tel Aviv
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Using a unique analytical framework based on host-stranger relations, this book explores the response of cities to the arrival and settlement of labour immigrants. Comparing the local policies of four cities - Paris, Amsterdam, Rome and Tel Aviv - Michael Alexander charts the development of migrant...
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
Diversity and Contact
Immigration and Social Interaction in German Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
This book analyzes how the socio-demographic and cultural diversity of societies affect the social interactions and attitudes of individuals and groups within them. Focusing on Germany, where in some cities more than one third of the population are first or second-generation immigrants, it examines...
Exclusion and Forced Migration in Central America
No More Walls
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
This book marks a critical contribution to the intercultural dialogue about immigration. Each year, thousands of Central Americans leave their countries and walk across Mexico, seeking to reach the United States.* *The author explores the dispossession process that drives these migrants from their...
The Latino Migration Experience in North Carolina
New Roots in the Old North State
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Over recent decades, the Southeast has become a new frontier for Latin American migration to and within the United States, and North Carolina has had one of the fastest growing Latino populations in the nation. Here, Hannah Gill offers North Carolinians from all walks of life a better understanding...
by Cathryn Costello
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Focussing on access to territory and authorization of presence and residence for third-country nationals, this book examines the EU law on immigration and asylum, addressing related questions of security of residence. Concentrating on the key measures concerning both the rights of third-country nationals...