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    Skills, growth and borders: managing migration in South Africa's national interest

    Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa, 2010
    This report makes the case for reducing South Africa’s skills shortages by recruiting large numbers of skilled migrants. The author believes that South Africa’s rate of economic growth can be accelerated by dramatically expanding the number of skilled foreigners moving to South Africa. The document presents the follwing findings: 
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    Being children and undocumented in the UK: a background paper

    The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, 2010
    The main aim of this paper is to review key terms, concepts and evidence that will provide the background and context for the examination of the situation of undocumented migrant minors in the UK. The paper specifically introduces the debate on children in migration and illustrates some of the tensions that the migration of children produces.
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    Immigration detention in America: a history of its expansion and a study of its significance

    The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, 2010
    This working paper investigates the legislative origins of the US immigration detention system. The document explains who has been subject to immigration detention, where the practice takes place, and what has lead to its rapid enlargement.
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    Protecting Palestinian children from political violence: the role of the international community

    Forced Migration Online, 2010
    This paper explores the constraints that international and UN agencies face in protecting Palestinian children in the context of occupation, and the systematic appropriation of land and resources. The authors deem that Israel’s violations of International Human Rights Law (IHRL), including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), are abundantly evident on the ground.
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    Walls at every turn: abuse of migrant domestic workers through Kuwait's sponsorship system

    Human Rights Watch, 2010
    Foreign domestic workers play an essential role in Kuwaiti households. However, some Kuwaiti citizens take advantage of weak legal protections and use the isolated home environment as a mean to shield the abuse of workers from any serious scrutiny.
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    Lost in the vortex: irregularities in the detention and deportation of non-nationals in South Africa

    The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, 2010
    The Lindela Detention Centre in South Africa is a holding facility for the temporary detention of 'illegal foreigners' while they await deportation. This report argues that despite the authority's efforts to improve operations at the facility, there continue to be systematic violations of the law at Lindela.
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    Migration, remittances and ‘development’ in Lesotho

    Southern African Migration Project, 2010
    Since 1990, patterns of migration from Lesotho to South Africa have changed dramatically, registering significant increases in legal and irregular cross-border movement. This report investigates how these changes have impacted remittance flows and usage.
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    Internal displacement: global overview of trends and developments in 2009

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2010
    This document provides a comprehensive review of the 2009 situation of internally displaced people (IDPs). The paper aims to provide information on these different situations from regional and country-specific perspectives, while providing an analysis of the different situations of IDPs globally.
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    Whose land is this: land disputes and forced displacement in the western forest area of Côte d’Ivoire

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2009
    Armed conflict broke out in Côte d’Ivoire in 2002, which caused the country to be divided in two: the north under the control of the Forces Nouvelles rebels and the south in the hands of the government.
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    Burundi: long-term IDPs need land security: a profile of the internal displacement situation

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2009
    The security situation in Burundi improved markedly after the last rebel group in the country laid down its arms at the end of 2008. However, a significant number of internally displaced people (IDPs) remain in sites in northern and central Burundi. This report explores the situations and needs of those Burundian IDPs and argues that long-term IDPs need land security.

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