International Migration - Science topic

Good Morning,

Please are you able to give more hint on what you are asking? Are you looking to inform on how to analyze patterns and streams of migration using Census OR could it be you are asking for ideas/contributions on how to do it?

Migration / Census are areas of research interest. Thanks

Mary Ann DeVlieg Michael T Takac Joginder Singh Khatra @Thank you for your answers and suggestions

Yes. For altruistic reasons.

Théorie? Plutôt un questionnement : Comment se fait ou ne sa fait pas l'intégration des travailleurs expatriés dans une ville?

Seasonal migration may be internal or international, just as border migration). I think you can use circular migration theory which is quite relevant for both movements ( either internal or international).

It depends what you want to do and what data is available. . If you want to work mainly statistically then you might want to check, if migration is part of the questions asked in the census. Then you can calculate migration data from one to other censuses. In the end you have statistical data on how relevant statistically migration is, but you not necessarily know, what makes people migrate.

To learn about reasons, you better make interviews with migrants. These would be most likely immigrants, people who moved to the place where you conduct field work. This kind of research will be more qualitative in nature.

For the US, you might wish to check the following sources.

The Pew Research Center regularly visits the topic of unauthorized immigration:

The Migration Policy Institute:

The Department of Homeland Security puts out an annual compendium of immigration data, which may be a year or two behind:

All statistics on this population are, of course, estimates. Good luck!

Typologies are characterized by categorization, but not by hierarchical arrangement; the categories in a typology are related to one another. Typological analysis is a strategy for descriptive qualitative (or quantitative) data analysis whose goal is the development of a set of related but distinct categories within a phenomenon that discriminate across the phenomenon. The typological  analysis has a predominantly heuristic character and is not based on complex statistic tools, being much different than those. As a working method, the typological analysis aims the similitude reports between objects and is used when there isn’t any a priori assumption and we are in the stage of  the exploratory analysis of research. 

Hallo, I don't exactly know the time-span you are referring to, but just in case it works for you, you have the doctoral thesis of Salvador Pardo Gordò (here on researchgate), which explores the Neolithic expansion in the Western Mediterranean using an ABM. You can also check on Andy White's doctoral thesis, the 5th chapter of which explores mobility of American hunter-gatherers, also through an Agent Based Model. Several other types of modelling are provided by Edinborough, Crema, Boyd and Richerson, and many others, regarding different issues, but where you might find bibliography that suits your interest. I hope it helps!

I am afraid that cases of global migrations as seen in Europe recently, being it from the war reasons (when it would be illegal not to grant asylum) or going to the economical immigration (when there is a margin of appreciation of each state whether to grant asylum or not) would have, in few generations, a global impact. Also, for example, some counties, Canada involved too, grant asylum to persons with higher education so they could meet Canadian requirements for labor market. This is what I find very troubling because I can imagine a global imbalance among the populations from developed and under-developed countries that would for sure lead to extending the gap between rich and poor and eventually bring to large scale social crises and emergent situations. 

Now, there is already International Organization for Migration (IOM), although not part of the UN system, so I believe their resources must be used to tackle issues of global migrations. I wouldn't overwhelm the international organization of such kind with an administrative machinery that is always connected to the UN, but perhaps some organization, even IOM, can get more political power to mitigate between states and emerging immigration to decrease the probability of dangers that I mentioned above.

SPENER, David. Transitional bilingual education and the socialization of immigrants. Harvard Educational Review, 1988, vol. 58, no 2, p. 133-154.

ROMERO, Mary. Racial profiling and immigration law enforcement: Rounding up of usual suspects in the Latino community. Critical Sociology, 2006, vol. 32, no 2-3, p. 447-473.

I would like to offer you some valuable sources which definitely cover the challenges and issues you raised in your question. European space - multilevel constitutional nature of the European Union and other pan-European institutions really represent true and firmly authentic effective forums for the protection of contemporary human rights but the challenges especially bear in mind the very last developments in Europe refugee crisis, migration etc. shows that care and protection of human fundamentals are dynamic phenomenon and not static duty and obligation both national or supranational institutions.

I only hope that these materials firmly enrich your intellectual horizon and you will manage to tackle and smoothly implement your business.

Human Rights and Diversity Area Studies Revisited Edited by David P. Forsythe

and Patrice C. McMahon U N I V E R S I T Y O F NEBRASKA PRESS • L I N C O L N AND LONDON 2003

Immigration Detention and Human Rights Rethinking Territorial Sovereignty

By Galina Cornelisse Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, Th e Netherlands LEIDEN • BOSTON 2010

CONSTITUTING EUROPE

The European Court of Human Rights in a National, European and Global Context

Edited by ANDREAS FØLLESDAL, BIRGIT PETERS and GEIR ULFSTEIN Cambridge University Press 2013

Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities in Eastern Europe Peter G. Danchin and Elizabeth A. Cole, Editors 2002 Columbia University Press

Intercultural Dialogue and Multi-level Governance in Europe

A Human Rights Based Approach P.I.E. PETER LANG S.A.

Éditions scientifiques internationales

Brussels, 2012

Th e European Human Rights Culture – A Paradox of Human Rights Protection in Europe? by Nina-Louisa Arold Lorenz, Xavier Groussot, Gunnar Th or Petursson LEIDEN • BOSTON 2013

All the best,

Karlo Godoladze

Sassen's 1988 The Mobility of Labour and Capital and Jonathan Crush's 1991 South Africa's Labor Empire, albeit not framed in  terms of North and South, are still great starting points

more recent references would be 

Fernández Kelly and Massey's 2007 article on the Annals of Political Science v.610 2007, 'Borders for whom'

Ferguson and McNally's 'Precaurious Migrants' in the Socialist Register 51, 2015

or, in a different direction, 

World Bank economist lans pritchett's 'let their people come', and parts of the World Bank 2009 World Development Report

Hello Mary.

First of all, thank you for your answer and your suggestions.

I have already found some of the papers you cite, but some other resources you suggest may be useful for my work. So, thanks!

Anyway, probably I must have been more clear in asking my question or provide more details.

What I'm searching for are studies which use administrative individual data from refugees' centers. So, not aggregate data from various statistical sources, and not data on refugees collected somehow after they left the centers or in another period of their lives.

I hope this further explanation will be useful to have additional suggestions from you and from other readers.

Thanks again for your help.

Best regards.

Manuela

There is a fundamental difference between internal and external migration; but before considering this question, we need to face up to the current context within which this question has to be approached, which is the massive external migration into European-created countries from non-European lands. Internal migration within the EU by Europeans can be problem if the historical diversity of particular European nations is thereby undermined, but what is really threatening to Europe is the external arrival of hordes of migrants from Africa, Near East, and Asian. 

Academics have uncritically accepted the notion that immigration is "cultural enriching" and our current establishment, both the corporate and leftist establishment, barely allow for any critical reflection on this central issue of our times. Also, it cannot be denied that academics are afraid to go against the grain, although they like to pretend they are edgy and rebellious, but basically they agree with mass immigration and diversity, even though most of the evidence is showing that Europe does not benefit from Islamic, African immigration. Just Google "systematic raping of white girls in Britain," or  in Sweden, or in Norway, or Google about the expensive welfare costs of maintaining an African-Muslim underclass in Europe. 

Hi Ben

I use At Risk extensively and I have read the article you attached. I will use it though I still feel there is a gap on African situation. Africa migrants to South Africa are driven by governance issues in their countries. Natural issues are there but there is more of the human factor. I have tried to adapt the SLF.  

Yes, in Russia - in lots of contexts and aspects. But with a growing tendency to replace multiculturalism with Imperial integration idea

Dear @Helena, your country is at the south west of the European continent, so You did not have a chance yet to see this exodus. My country is on most of their routes to EU. They enter from Greece over Macedonia, Bulgaria..., and they get all possible help here. After few days, they are going to the border of Hungary!!! 13 meter high fence on the border! 

My country is not the member of EU, but we get the immigrants from EU countries (Greece, Bulgaria) and EU prevent immigrants to enter EU (Hungary)! This is very serious situation as winter is so close.

Short term care should be due to their survival during coming winter.

Long term solution is, as @Dejenie has stated, to solve the basic problems in their countries of origin and their integration in society without borders (is it EU)! It is a long term process. Here we do have large-scale migration of peoples!

Try to get in contact with Bryan Fanning at University College Dublin (bryan.fanning@ucd.ie). He is the expert on migration to Ireland and has close contacts with the Polish community. Best wishes. AH

Here's a report from IOM that came out last fall.  I believe there's a chapter on deaths in that region (chapter 1).  Might not exactly be what you're looking for, but it could be a place to start.

Dear Eloho, as you probabaly are aware the concept of development in the last 50 years has moved from a narrow growth apprach (i.e. national accounts indicators GDP/GNP) to a more open approach were development is seen as a process to enlarge people's choices. Maybe it is worthwhile if you also consider these views before determing how to test the impact of migration on economic growrh. Having said that I concurr that one economic indicator could be the study of the remittance. several studies have already be carried out on that and they are easyly available on the web. PS On the evolution of the concept of deveopment I reccommend you to read Sant'Ana M, (2008) The evolution of the concept of development from economic growth to human development, IAP VI /06 Democratic Governance and Theory of Collective Action. Working Paper PAI VI/06 FDI/HD-6 

Oxford University Press has published a book Migrants at Work which focuses on the impact of migration, migration law and labour law; the editors are Cathryn Costello and Mark Freedland. The Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees in European Law is another publication which also examines international law on migration, human rights law  and refugee law in Europe. Humanitarian law may also apply in the current migration crisis in certain cases. For further details see www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news

I don't know if these works help you

Thank you very much. Yes, i am writing my Masterthesis in this topic

Hi Alina, 

These related publications might help:

Creticos, P., Schutz, J., Beeler, A., Ball. E. (2006) The Integration of Immigrants in the Workplace. Chicago: Institute for Work and the Economy.

Valenta, M. (2008) “The workplace as an arena for identity affirmation and social integration of immigrants”, Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 9(2), Art. 14 (May).

Hashim, I., Mohd-Zaharima, N., Khodarahimi, S. (2012) “Factors Predicting Inter-Ethnic Friendships at the Workplace”, Interpersona, 6(2): 191-199.

Best, 

Dan

It is still an under-researched area, absolutely no question; our experience was that it was more commonly an aspect of studies looking at larger issues of health or social care and much less solely on mental health. That said, there are some good starting points here on RG, you can pursue further into their citations tabs for additional materials. Sadly still not a lot, and well scattered over the last 10-15 years.

Hi Netanel,

This is an interesting question, but yet again that depends if you  are referring to the written or the unwritten law.

For instance, those countries which offer citizenship for refugees - ie Ireland, Australia etc - can provide you with citizenship if you state that the country which you were living discriminates your religion.

There is also another view on this, some countries may not simply provide you with citizenship whether by naturalization or marriage if you are following one of their stated or official religions (ie Christianity, Islam, Judaism). This is typical in South East Asia and the Middle East.

• Joane Nagel, “Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture”, Social Problems, Vol. 41, No. 1, Special Issue on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in America, Feb., 1994,

• Pelle Ahlerup and Ola Olsson, “The Roots of Ethnic Diversity”, Working Papers in Economics, No. 281, school of Business , Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Sweden, December 10, 2007,

• John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith (Eds), Ethnicity, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 1996,

• James D. Fearon and David D. Laitin, “Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity”, available online at https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja &uact=8 &ved=0CD4QFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fftp.columbia.edu%2Fitc%2Fjournalism%2Fstille%2FPolitics%2520Fall%25202007%2Freadings%2520weeks%25206-7%2FViolence%2520 and % 2520the%2520Construction%2520of%2520Ethnic%2520Identity.pdf&ei=nlPuU7Gp LILl8AWrk4H4CA&usg=AFQjCNHqxUJEP5DMj6gOh1DsmMhqsFQCsg&bvm=bv.73231344,d.dGc

• Max Weber, “The Origin of Ethnic Groups”, Oxford Readers Ethnicity, John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith (Eds), Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 1996,

• Montserat Guibernau and John Rex, The Concept of Ethnicity”, The Ethnicity Reader: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration, Polity Press, USA, 2010.

• Paul R. Brass, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Theory and Comparison, Sage Publication, India, 1991

• Rebecca Kook, Ethnic Challenges to A Modem Nation State, Macmillan press. London, 2000.

• John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith (Eds), Ethnicity, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 1996.

• Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives, Pluto Press, New York, London, 2010.

• Will Durant, The Story of Civilization: 1: Our Oriental Heritage, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1963.

• Connor, Walker, "Nation-Building or Nation-Destroying" in Hutchinson John and Smith, Anthony D (ed.), Nationalism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, vol. I, (Routledge, London: 2000),

• Joane Nagel, “Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture”, Social Problems, Vol. 41, No. 1, Special Issue on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in America, Feb., 1994.

• Paul R. Brass, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Theory and Comparison, Sage Publication, India, 1991.

• Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives, Pluto Press, New York, London, 2010,

In the latest developments of the migration-development debate, European actors have been increasingly concerned with 'return migration'. Whilst it is evident how this is linked to aspirations of migration management, there is a general dearth of evidence that return indeed does promote development (and of what kind) in sending countries.

Dear Colleague,

The EU Agency on Fundamental Rights FRA monitors the respect of human rights and collects data on racism, discrimination, islamophobia throughout the EU. Best wishes, Catalina Georgescu

From my observations working in major public sector organisations, The closer the accents are to the host environment - people are perceived to have 'made the effort to integrate' and are perceived more favourably than other people with 'difficult to understand' accents are often perceived as not being 'able to speak English very well', have not made enough effort to integrate or make themselves understood.

When I am delivering training on Intergroup Relations - looking at the impact of Equality legislation on the behaviour of those in the majority and those in the minority. One of the major changes legislation gives - is that it give the minority an equality of opportunity of having the power to speak, challenge and make their needs know.

This is often difficult for those in the historical majority to come to terms with this new use of power and there can be resistance, resentment and a feeling that the minorities are now being advantages. Some minorities will often use this power to determine what terms they will or will not tolerate - that can be the words used in banter in the workplace.

In a paper published with a colleague - we described the culture of the organisation, or community as' the default position' - it it s the unspoken, expected way things are done - the way the language is spoken - the unconscious expectations of the pitch, tone, gaps, pauses. It is this unconscious bias that often inform how we perceive accents or voices or actions. These are a reflection of the language conventions that we all learn and adjust to as we travel or encounter others. We learn to adjust and make allowances for certain conventions that are broken. Sometime we have key conventions which, when they are broken, may irritate or annoy us and we make judgements of competence and skill.