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- Key findings in migration research
- ( Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex , 2009)
- The report is a summary of six years of investigation into migration policy and practice. It encompasses thematic and regional reviews of emerging migration issues and policies as well as targeted emp...
- Migrant children in South Africa
- ( I. Palmary / United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2009)
- What is the legal and policy framework governing the provision of rights to migrant children in South Africa? What institutional capacity exists for responding to the needs of children who are...
- How can statelessness be addressed?
- ( B. K. Blitz (ed);M. Lynch (ed) / Oxford Brookes University, UK , 2009)
- Sixty years after the international community embedded the right to nationality in the human rights architecture, approximately twelve million people around the world remain stateless. What are the hu...
What happens to families when a member of the household migrates?
- ( Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex , 2009)
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The study of the difficulties faced by those who stay behind when a member of their household migrates temporarily are under-researched in migration studies. The aim of this briefing is to summaris...
- How does population growth affect health?
- ( Population Reference Bureau , 2008)
- During the 20th Century, nearly 90 percent of population growth took place in countries classified as less developed countries (LDCs). This remarkable development resulted from an unprecedented declin...
- An overview of the children of seasonal migrants in India
- ( Smita (first name only) / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity , 2008)
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There are still many categories of children in India for whom adequate and appropriate strategies are not in place for their effective education. One such category are the children of sea...
- Circular migration in the South Mediterranean
- ( J. Cassarino / European University Institute, Italy , 2008)
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People moving across borders may, through their mobility, be involved in a form of back and forth movement between their places of origin and of destination. Because of their repeated and fluid cro...
- Evaluating circular migration
- ( K. Newland;D.R. Agunias;A. Terrazas / Migration Policy Institute , 2008)
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Circular migration is a continuing, long-term and fluid pattern of international mobility of people among countries that occupy what is now increasingly recognised as a single economic space. At it...
- The impact of demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries
- ( R. Black;D. Kniveton;R. Skeldon / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex , 2008)
- This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for internatio...
- Local government and cross-border migration
- ( T. Polzer / The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand , 2008)
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Local government is finally beginning to examine the issues around cross-border migration with several metro municipalities in South Africa recently developing independent policies related to migra...
