Category Archives: global

How to tackle refugee crises

Posted on 05/05/2015 by fesmontemaggi

The Migration Policy Institute has just released the report Rethinking Global Protection for refugees. The report argues that new policies and tools are needed to tackle the increase in refugee crises. It states: “The governments of western industrialized countries are … Continue reading →

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No evidence of HIV health tourism

Posted on 03/04/2015 by fesmontemaggi

The National AIDS Trust reports that: “In 2006 60 per cent of new HIV diagnoses were of infections probably acquired abroad. 35 per cent of all adults living with HIV in the UK were born in Africa. … The majority of … Continue reading →

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The Australian points-based migration system

Posted on 02/04/2015 by fesmontemaggi

As explained by Alex Reilly on The Conversation, in Australia, permanent migration in the year ending June 2014 was 203,000 in a population of 23 million people. In the UK, permanent migration in the year ending September 2014 was 624,000 … Continue reading →

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Migration & Offshoring do not displace native workers

Posted on 24/11/2014 by fesmontemaggi

From the LSE Blog: “The standard narrative on immigration and offshoring is that these practices uniformly harm American workers by providing cheap, alternative sources of labor. Using data taken from U.S. manufacturing industries between 2000 and 2007, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Giovanni … Continue reading →

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South to South migration

Posted on 29/10/2014 by fesmontemaggi

South to South: In 2013, about 82.3 million (36%) international migrants who were born in the South were residing in the South. This is against 81.9 million (35%) who were born in the South and were living in the North. … Continue reading →

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Map of the global flow of people

Posted on 28/10/2014 by fesmontemaggi

Check the estimates of migration flows between and within regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010 at http://www.global-migration.info/

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Migration in East Asia & Pacific

Posted on 27/10/2014 by fesmontemaggi

The World Bank study below covers: trends in international migration in East Asia and overarching regional issues such as the links between macroeconomic management and remittances and the role of demographic trends in migration; the economic impact of migration and … Continue reading →

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Labour market and emigration

Posted on 27/10/2014 by fesmontemaggi

In a nutshell: Immigration boosts pay of less educated natives in OECD countries; emigration does opposite. The article (below) analyses the effect of migration on the wages of less educated native workers. The results suggest that, as far as labour … Continue reading →

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Migration and remittances

Posted on 26/12/2013 by fesmontemaggi

Patterns of global migration and remittances http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/12/17/changing-patterns-of-global-migration-and-remittances/

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International migrants by country

Posted on 20/12/2013 by fesmontemaggi

The number of migrants by country: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/12/17/migration-tables/ 2013 MAP – Migration Policy Institute tabulation of data from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs http://migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/international-migrant-population-country-origin-and-destination

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