Australia Austria Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Russian Federation Sweden United Kingdom United States The Political Importance of Diasporas Belonging to a diaspora entails a consciousness of, or emotional attachment to, a place of origin and its culture. Steve Vertovec of the University of Oxford explains the role diasporas play in migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries. Surrounded: Women and Girls in Northern Uganda The ongoing conflict between the government and a rebel army has displaced the majority of Northern Ugandans. Women and girls are particularly vulnerable, as MPI's Erin Patrick reports. MPI's Jennifer Yau outlines the main points of the McCain-Kennedy bill and reports on the passage of the REAL ID Act, medical costs of the undocumented, and more. Full Story Albania: Looking Beyond Borders Albania is traveling a bumpy road from totalitarianism to democracy, with sharp twists and turns in migration flows along the way, according to Barjaba Kosta.

This month the Source crosses the globe with country profiles of Georgia and Brazil, a report on displaced women and girls in Northern Uganda, and a concise look at US immigration policy developments. Also, discover the different meanings of "diaspora" and learn more about permanent immigration to the US. Brazil South America's largest country has experienced waves of immigration and, more recently, emigration. But Brazil has not proactively addressed new migration patterns. Ernesto Friedrich Amaral of the University of Texas at Austin and Wilson Fusco of Universidade Estadual de Campinas report. Georgia Although Georgia eventually wants to join the European Union, it must first confront its large population of internally displaced persons and high rates of emigration. MPI's Joanne van Selm examines a country in transition. Legal Immigration to the United States The number of new immigrant arrivals has remained relatively stable since 1986. MPI's Jeanne Batalova looks at data on permanent immigration to the US.

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