This book provides a comprehensive history of foreign policy and migration in Germany from the early 20th century to the contemporary period. Ulrich Herbert discusses various migrant groups such as seasonal workers, forced laborers during World War II, gastarbeiter in the post-war era, and modern refugees. Through a historical and analytical approach, this book explains the social, political an…
he Peopling of Hawaii by Eleanor C. Nordyke offers a comprehensive historical and demographic overview of how Hawaii’s population was formed across centuries. The book traces the arrival of the earliest Polynesian settlers, followed by successive waves of immigrants from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Nordyke explains the cultural, economic, and political forces that shaped migration pattern…
Indonesia's rapid industrialization Ied to the growth of vast urban areas, especially on overcrowded java. Transmigrasi or transmigration is indonesia's voluntary program for restoring a more even distribution of population to the country and is an important element in the nation's development as a modern economy.
Migration has emerged as a complex and critical issue in the Asia-Pacific region, driven by factors such as economic disparities, conflict, and climate change. The Bali Process, established in 2002, has played a pivotal role in addressing the challenges associated with migration management in this vast and diverse region. This abstract explores the key objectives and accomplishments of the Bali…
Covers the period from 1950 to 1989. Focuses on the impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) on the volume of undocumented immigration into the USA. Includes a chapter on emigration pressure in Europe and Africa.
Working from an interdisciplinary perspective that draws on the social sciences, legal studies, and the humanities, this book investigates the causes and effects of the extremities experienced by migrants. Firstly, the volume analyses the development and political-cultural conditions of current practices and discourses of 'bordering,' 'illegality,' and 'irregularization.' Secondly, it focuses o…
Europe is facing a wave of migration unmatched since the end of World War II - and no one has reported on this crisis in more depth or breadth than the Guardian's migration correspondent, Patrick Kingsley. Throughout 2015, Kingsley travelled to 17 countries along the migrant trail, meeting hundreds of refugees making epic odysseys across deserts, seas and mountains to reach the holy grail of Eu…
Written from various perspectives, this collection of essays explores the migration experiences of a spectrum of people, from professional and managerial elites to contract workers and refugees. In addressing the nature of these Asian migrations, it demonstrates how mobility in the world has transformed notions of citizenship and identity.
On Immigration and Refugees draws together his thoughts on this major issue for the first time. Clearly but passionately written, he begins by reflecting on some of the fundamental issues underlying the confused and often highly unjust thinking about immigration. He questions what rights opponents of immigration are invoking, what principles govern a state's policies on immigration, and how suc…
Immigration phobia is a paradoxical global phenomenon: neither theories that link conflict to symbolic and realistic threats, nor the 'contact hypothesis' can systematically explain intense anti-migrant alarmism and exclusionism toward marginally small migrant minorities. Through a careful comparative study of immigration attitudes in the Russian Far East, the EU, and the United States, this bo…