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The Lebanese Crisis and Its Impact on Immigrants and Refugees
This summer's conflict between Israel and Hezbollah displaced Lebanese but also affected Lebanon's hundreds of thousands migrant workers and refugees.
MPI's Kara Murphy reports on these groups and highlights the Lebanese diaspora's efforts to help.
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America's Emigrants: US Retirement Migration to Mexico and Panama
Little is known about Americans who have retired to Latin America. MPI's David Dixon, Julie Murray, and Julia Gelatt examine the US retiree population in
Mexico and Panama by looking at census and visa data as well as by interviewing American retirees in various communities.
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United Kingdom: Rising Numbers, Rising Anxieties
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With immigration a hot political topic, the UK government is trying to prove it is meeting labor market needs while tightly controlling flows, according to Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah and Francesca
Hopwood Road of the Institute for Public Policy Research in this updated UK profile.
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The crisis in Lebanon was the summer's major migration story, and the Source provides the latest information on refugees
and immigrants in the region. We also look at Mexico's presidential election, Iran's complex migration issues, immigrant access to health care,
American retirement migration to Latin America, and the latest naturalization and temporary nonimmigrant numbers. Don't miss our
handy overview of newly released 2005 ACS data on the foreign born.
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Iran has long connected the great civilizations of Asia, the Near East and the Mediterranean. But since the Islamic Revolution, hundreds of
thousands of highly skilled Iranians have emigrated while millions of refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq have entered the country.
Shirin Hakimzadeh takes a detailed look at Iran's past and present migration issues.
Iran Resource Page
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MPI's Julia Gelatt reports on Congressional action on immigration reform, the costs of the Senate-passed reform bill, new Census data on the US
foreign-born population, proposals for greater scrutiny of immigration judges' performance, changes in immigration policy for Cubans, and more.
Full Story
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Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States
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The total number of nonimmigrants admitted to the US more than tripled between 1985 and 2005. MPI's Jeanne Batalova
outlines the definition of nonimmigrants and takes a detailed look at admissions data.
Source Spotlights are often updated as new data become available. Please click here to find the most recent version of this Spotlight.
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Spotlight on Naturalization Trends
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Over 604,000 immigrants received US citizenship in 2005. MPI's Jeanne Batalova takes a detailed look at the latest naturalization trends in the United States.
Source Spotlights are often updated as new data become available. Please click here to find the most recent version of this Spotlight.
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