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Europe’s migration reality is complicated by the supranational political and economic community of the European Union, the system of unfettered movement created by the Schengen agreement, and the proximity of some countries to Northern Africa and the Middle East — regions whose poverty, social unrest, and political environment are known to drive emigration to more prosperous and secure nations. The Source has published a large number of articles on European migration trends and policies, written by some of the most respected experts in the field. This page provides easy access to these articles.

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Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses

Top 10 of 2012
Issue #3: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Just One of Several Campaign Messages for Far-Right Parties

Top 10 of 2012
Issue #4: Forced Migration: No Resolution in Sight for Syrians, Violent Outbreaks Displace Thousands across African Continent

Top 10 of 2012
Issue #6: 2012 Proved a Year of Migration Management Headaches in the European Union

Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration

European Immigrants in the United States

Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States and Europe: The Use of Legalization/Regularization as a Policy Tool

Greece: Illegal Immigration in the Midst of Crisis

Top 10 of 2011
Issue #1: Arab Spring and Fear of Migrant Surge Expose Rift in EU Immigration Policy Circles

Top 10 of 2011
Issue #2: Economic Malaise Makes Immigrants a Target for Restrictive Legislation, Public Backlash

Top 10 of 2011
Issue #3: Immigration in United States and Parts of Europe Gives Way to Increased Emigration

Top 10 of 2011
Issue #4: Highly Skilled Migrants Seek New Destinations as Global Growth Shifts to Emerging Economies

Top 10 of 2011
Issue #7: Immigrant Detention under Scrutiny in Australia, United Kingdom, and United States

Faltering Movement: Explaining Europe's Schengen Struggle

The Debate Over Multiculturalism: Philosophy, Politics, and Policy

Free Movement in Europe: Past and Present

Between Integration and Exclusion: Migrant Women in European Labor Markets

Finland's Balancing Act: The Labor Market, Humanitarian Relief, and Immigrant Integration

Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: A Growing Phenomenon with Few Easy Solutions

Top 10 of 2010
Issue #7: When All Else Fails, Leave: Emigration from Europe's New Destinations on the Rise

Top 10 of 2010
Issue #4: Europe, Wary of Immigration and Immigrants, Reaches an Inflection Point

Top 10 of 2010
Issue #8: Not Just the Highly Skilled — Only the Best and Brightest, Please

Top 10 of 2010
Issue #9: Crackdown on Illegal Migration Makes Greece Main Entry Point to Europe

France's Expulsion of Roma Migrants: A Test Case for Europe

EU Membership Highlights Poland's Migration Challenges

Nigeria: Multiple Forms of Mobility in Africa's Demographic Giant

The European Union's Stockholm Program: Less Ambition on Immigration and Asylum, But More Detailed Plans

Swiss Vote to Ban Minarets, Sparking International Criticism

Pay to Go: Countries Offer Cash to Immigrants Willing to Pack Their Bags

Wedding Bells Are Ringing: Increasing Rates of Intermarriage in Germany

EU Mobility Partnerships: Expression of a New Compromise

Ireland: From Rapid Immigration to Recession

United Kingdom: A Reluctant Country of Immigration

Switzerland's Non-EU Immigrants: Their Integration and Swiss Attitudes

Top 10 Migration Issues of 2008
Issue #6 — Return Migration: Changing Directions?

Little Job Growth Makes Labor Migration and Remittances the Norm in Post-Soviet Armenia

The Proposed European Blue Card System: Arming for the Global War for Talent?

Germany Strives to Integrate Immigrants with New Policies

Latin American Immigration to Southern Europe

Immigration and Belgium's Far-Right Parties

The Merits and Limitations of Spain's High-Tech Border Control

Macedonia: At a Quiet Crossroads

The Immigration Legacy of Tony Blair

With Strict Policies in Place, Dutch Discourse on Integration Becomes More Inclusive

Germany to Regularize "Tolerated" Asylum Seekers

Pathways to Success for the Second Generation in Europe

Immigration in Luxembourg: New Challenges for an Old Country

EU Enlargement in 2007: No Warm Welcome for Labor Migrants

TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES OF 2006
Issue #5 All about the Border

TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES OF 2006 Issue #10 How to Fight Homegrown Terrorism: Surveillance, Outreach, or Both?

TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES OF 2006
Issue #1 Good-bye Multiculturalism — Hello Assimilation?

TOP 10 MIGRATION ISSUES OF 2006
Issue #9 Regional Migration in the Limelight

Migrations Transsahariennes vers l'Afrique du Nord et l'UE: Origines Historiques et Tendances Actuelles

Trans-Saharan Migration to North Africa and the EU: Historical Roots and Current Trends

Denmark: Integrating Immigrants into a Homogeneous Welfare State

France's New Law: Control Immigration Flows, Court the Highly Skilled

Europe: Population and Migration in 2005

Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism

American Immigration Reform from a Scandinavian Perspective

Migration, Integration, and Security in the UK Since July 7

Latvia Looks West, But Legacy of Soviets Remains

Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy

Migrants in the Rural Economies of Greece and Southern Europe

Schengen and the Free Movement of People Across Europe

The Netherlands: Death of a Filmmaker Shakes a Nation

Maroc: De pays d'émigration vers passage migratoire africain vers l'Europe

Why Countries Continue to Consider Regularization

Regularizing Immigrants in Spain: A New Approach

The Czech Republic: From Liberal Policy to EU Membership

New Research Challenges Notion of German "Brain Drain"

Trafficking in Women from Nigeria to Europe

Georgia Looks West, But Faces Migration Challenges at Home

Norway: Migrant Quality, Not Quantity

The Roma of Eastern Europe: Still Searching for Inclusion

Drop in Asylum Numbers Shows Changes in Demand and Supply

Switzerland Faces Common European Challenges

Characteristics of the European Born in the United States

The Hague Program Reflects New European Realities

Immigrants and EU Labor Markets

The Challenge of French Diversity

Albania: Looking Beyond Borders

New German Law Skirts Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Germany: Immigration in Transition

Reining in Child Trafficking in the New EU

Greece: A History of Migration

The Changing Mosaic of Mediterranean Migrations

Confronting the Realities of Forced Migration

EU Enlargement and the Limits of Freedom

EU Sees Sharp Drop in Asylum Applications

China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant

Belgium's Undocumented Hold Lessons for EU

Fewer Ethnic Germans Immigrating to Ancestral Homeland

Refugee Protection in Regions of Origin: Potential and Challenges

Moldova Seeks Stability Amid Mass Emigration

Austria Adopts More Restrictive Asylum Law

Burden-sharing in the New Age of Immigration

Germany's High Court Allows Teacher to Wear Muslim Headscarf

Turkey: A Transformation from Emigration to Immigration

Undocumented Immigration Haunts Italy's Ruling Coalition

Hungary: Transit Country Between East and West

Swiss Court Halts Local Plebiscites on Naturalization

Belgium's Immigration Policy Brings Renewal and Challenges

French Government Revives Assimilation Policy

Integration: The Role of Communities, Institutions, and the State

The Challenges of Integration for the EU

Resettlement in the Nordic Countries

Changes to German Law Help Boost Naturalization Numbers

French Muslims, Government Grapple With Integration Pains

Can UN Migration Recommendations Be Met in Europe?

Germany Weighs Biometric Registration Options for Visa Applicants

Europe Attracts More Migrants from China

EU States Reach Landmark Agreement on Family Reunification Rules

The Berne Initiative: Toward the Development of an International Policy Framework on Migration

Gender, Religion, and Secularism Meet in Germany's Headscarf Battle

Austria: A Country of Immigration?

Germany's High Court Strikes Down Planned Immigration Law

Spain: Forging an Immigration Policy

España: Hacia una nueva política migratoria

EU Sees Dip in Number of Asylum Applications

Government Directive on Asylum Sparks Row in Austria

Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration

Russia Beckons, But Diaspora Wary

Top German Parties Back Islamic Education

Migration Dilemmas Haunt Post-Soviet Russia

Options Dwindle for Asylum Seekers in France

German Immigration Law Clears Final Hurdle

Churches Help Sink German Anti-Discrimination Bill

French Voters Rebuff Immigration's Resurgent Foes

Italy's Southern Exposure

Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses
Muslim integration is one of the most contentious issues in the immigration debate in Europe, and one that gets to the heart of public anxieties about immigration. This article explores public perception toward Muslims in Western Europe and the array of integration policies that countries in the region have adopted during the past several years.

Top 10 of 2012
Issue #3: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Just One of Several Campaign Messages for Far-Right Parties
The electoral fortunes of far-right parties, a number of which campaigned using anti-immigrant messages, varied during 2012, with notable albeit small advances for Greece’s extremist Golden Dawn party. For the most part, however, extreme-right politicians continue to struggle to build sizeable support; and in Europe, the anti-immigration discourse has been overshadowed by anti-Brussels rhetoric and anger over high unemployment and austerity measures.

Top 10 of 2012
Issue #4: Forced Migration: No Resolution in Sight for Syrians, Violent Outbreaks Displace Thousands across African Continent
More than 465,800 Syrians were registered as refugees during 2012 or were awaiting assistance, and another 2 million Syrians were internally displaced as a result of the prolonged armed conflict. On the African continent, difficult humanitarian situations also were unfolding.

Top 10 of 2012
Issue #6: 2012 Proved a Year of Migration Management Headaches in the European Union
In 2012, significant challenges to existing EU policy, from Schengen to the Common European Asylum System, have constituted the chief concerns for migration management for both EU Member States and the European Commission. Beyond EU borders, there will be additional pressure for the European Union to offer a more concerted humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis affecting Europe's neighbor Turkey in 2013.

Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration
Belgium is often overlooked as a country of immigration because of its size and its less known history of immigration. Yet over the last three decades Belgium has become a permanent country of settlement for many different types of migrants. Our updated Belgium profile delves into modern migration flows and policies in Belgium which are inching away from a piecemeal approach towards a well-needed, long-term strategy.

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