Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees - GCIR

A steady stream of research since the 2001 census has highlighted the ways in which Canada is changing socially and demographically. In this updated profile, Brian Ray of the University of Ottawa examines debates over highly skilled migrants, the latest refugee numbers, and integration trends.

By virtue of their regularity and continuity over the last decade, the Council of Europe reports on migrations provide an account of how European international migration has evolved since the great political changes of 1989-91. Based on numerous tables and figures, this book studies migration statistics, stocks of foreign population, flows of foreign population, labor migration, and the problem of asylum, migration of expertise, irregular migration and recent initiatives in international co-operation.

European policymakers are attempting to develop immigration policies that meet economic needs and promote greater competitiveness and growth --without undermining the social models so valued by their electorates. To succeed, they must take into account aging populations, high and persistent levels of overall unemployment, even higher levels of unemployment among immigrants and ethnic minorities, and sector- and location-specific labor mismatches and shortfalls.

Reports on the global economic and social interdependence that seems to be more visible to the publics of advanced industrial societies than the movement of people. And no part of that movement is proving pricklier to manage effectively, or more difficult for publics to come to terms with, than irregular (also known as unauthorized, undocumented, or illegal) migration. This paper makes recommendations for new government policy to help move toward more regulated international migration.

Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation in the world, is highly diverse in terms of both terrain and culture. Muslims, Christians, and Hindus, along with followers of other faiths, share this enormous archipelago in the waters between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

States, societies, economies and cultures are increasingly integrated and interdependent. The global economy is expanding, but the impact of globalization has been uneven. As a result, the scale and scope of international migration has increased, and migrants are found in every part of the globe. During the past two years, the Global Commission on International Migration has undertaken a comprehensive examination of the way states and other stakeholders are addressing the issue of international migration.

In an increasingly globalized world, many experts are considering the idea of migration without borders that allows people more freedom of mobility between nations. This book brings together regional approaches from scholars across the globe to consider the various aspects of such a policy.

This 106-page report constitutes the first comprehensive overview of racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim discrimination, and responses to it, covering 25 EU Member States. The report covers events during 2004, which was also the first full year that the Racial Equality Directive had been in force. One of the tasks of the report has been to describe the practical consequences of this, in terms of the legal and institutional mechanisms introduced by Member States in response to it.

Many countries -- such as Spain, Ireland and United Arab Emirates -- rely on immigration to boost a shrinking labor force. But Singapore's immigration plan is unique because it would boost the population by nearly 50 percent, to the point where those born in Singapore would barely form a majority in their own country.