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Asian Immigrants in the United States
May 24 —
Immigrants from Asia accounted for about 28 percent of the total US foreign-born population in 2009. MPI's Jeanne Batalova examines
the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from this region.
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Pigments of Our Imagination: The Racialization of the Hispanic-Latino Category
April 28 — The terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" were originally created for administrative purposes by the US government, but have since come to define a
population of 50.5 million people who trace their origins to 20 different countries. Rubén Rumbaut examines the origin and administrative use of the
Hispanic-Latino category, and the effect it has had on the identities of people placed into it.
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Free Movement in Europe: Past and Present
April 26 — The European Union is an area of free movement that covers more than 4 million square kilometers and encompasses 27 countries.
Saara Koikkalainen of the University of Lapland and the University of California-Davis discusses the history and current trends of free mobility in Europe.
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Migrant Social Networks: Vehicles for Migration, Integration, and Development
April 1 — Migrant networks span the divide between origin and destination countries and profoundly impact the lives of migrants, their families, and
their communities. Maritsa Poros of City University of New York explains how these social networks are formed, how they are utilized, and the effects they have on migration and development processes.
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How are the Costs and Impacts of Migration Policies Evaluated?
The impact and costs of migration policies are often unknown. Solon Ardittis of Eurasylum and Frank Laczko of the International Organization
for Migration look at the obstacles to evaluation and how governments should evaluate their migration policies.
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Voice after Exit: Revolution and Migration in the Arab World
May 11 — Since mid-December 2010, popular uprisings have taken hold in a number of countries across North Africa
and the Middle East in what has been dubbed the Arab Spring. Philippe Fargues of the European University Institute discusses the
demographic trends underpinning the recent eruption of unrest in the Arab world, and the likely impact of the revolts on migration.
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Caribbean Immigrants in the United States
April 7 — Immigrants from the Caribbean accounted for about 9 percent of the total US foreign-born population in 2009. MPI's Kristen
McCabe examines the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from this region.
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About 26.2 percent of Korean immigrants lived in poverty in 2008, compared with 37.9 percent of all immigrants and 28.7 percent of the native born.
Find out more in the Spotlight on Korean Immigrants in the United States.
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