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Title Immigration worldwide : policies, practices, and trends / edited by Uma A. Segal, Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 473 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction. Immigration process / Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Doreen Elliott -- Immigration worldwide : trends and analysis / Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Uma A. Segal -- Nations with large immigrant populations. United States: the changing face of the United States of America / Uma A. Segal -- Russia: immigration to Russia / Vladimir Iontsev, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Svetlana Soboleva -- Germany: immigration and integration policies and practices in Germany / Andrea Schmelz -- France: immigration to France : the challenge of immigrant integration / Ines Michalowski -- Canada: immigration to Canada / Usha George -- India: refugees and dynamics of hospitality : the Indian story / Ranabir Samaddar -- United Kingdom: immigration to the United Kingdom / Will Somerville, Betsy Cooper -- Spain: a "new immigration center" / David Corkill -- Australia: the world in one place / Mel Gray, Kylie Agllias -- Pakistan: refugee history and policies of Pakistan : an Afghan case study / Shireen S. Issa, Gail Desmond, Fariyal Rose-Sheriff
Nations with increasing immigrant populations. Greece: immigration to Greece : problems and prospects / Anna Triandafyllidou -- Ireland: from emigrant to immigrant society : transition and change in the Republic of Ireland / Theasa Galvin -- Israel: the new immigration to Israel : becoming a de facto immigration state in the 1990s / Rebeca Raijman, Adriana Kemp -- Poland: amorphous population movements into Poland and ensuing policy challenges / Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska, Marek Okólski -- New Zealand: changing tides in the South Pacific : immigration to Aotearoa New Zealand / Richard D. Bedford, Jacques Poot -- Portugal: immigration to Portugal / João Casqueira Cardoso -- Sweden: the immigration and integration experience : the case of Sweden / Pieter Bevelander -- Thailand: immigration to Thailand : the case of migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia / Supang Chantavanich, Ratchada Jayagupta
Nations with low or declining immigrant populations. Egypt: immigration to Egypt / Ayman Zohry -- Taiwan: immigration to Taiwan / Joseph S. Lee -- China: a new pole for immigration / Kim-wah Chung, Ji Qi, Wenruo Hou -- South Africa: immigration to post-apartheid South Africa : critical reflections / Brij Maharaj -- Ghana: immigration to Ghana / A. Essuman-Johnson -- Nigeria: experiences of immigrants in Nigeria / Adejumoke Alice Afolayan -- Brazil: immigration in Brazil : the insertion of different groups / Zeila de Brito Fabri Demartini -- Regional movements. African Union: return and resettlement : a survey of refugee law and policy in Africa / Andrew Joseph Novak -- European Union: immigration and the European Union / Karen Lyons, Nathalie Huegler -- Concluding chapter. Immigration worldwide : themes and issues / Doreen Elliott, Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas
Summary This volume explores current patterns and policies of immigration in key countries and regions across the globe and analyzes the implications for these countries and their immigrant populations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Case studies
Human beings -- Migrations -- Case studies
Migrations of nations -- Case studies
Human capital -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Human beings -- Migrations.
Human capital.
Migrations of nations.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Form Electronic book
Author Segal, Uma Anand.
Elliott, Doreen.
Mayadas, Nazneen S. (Nazneen Sada)
ISBN 9780199741670
0199741670
9780195388138
0195388135
9780199863440
019986344X