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    Development financing and the remittance market in Serbia and Switzerland

    State Secretariat for Economic Cooperation and Development, Switzerland, 2007
    As an important origin of remittances, Switzerland is very interested in concepts and projects which facilitate and render more secure transfers of remittances.
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    Social inclusion through social services: the case of Roma and Travellers

    European Roma Rights Centre, 2007
    How can the wide-spread social exclusion of Roma and Travellers be countered?
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    Global mobility of talent from a perspective of new industrial policy: open migration chains and diaspora networks

    World Bank, 2006
    All the very valid concern about brain drain from developing countries not-withstanding, this paper argues for and demonstrates the possibility of win-win positive dynamics benefiting both sending countries and migrants themselves.At the same time, the authors argue that the ‘win-win’ dynamics are not automatic.
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    The securitisation of migration: a racial discourse

    Eldis Document Store, 2005
    Through an examination of Canada’s new immigration legislation the author of this paper critically examines how discourse informs government policy. This is done by using Michael Foucault’s framework on power and knowledge.The author points out that as we enter the informational economy, freedom of human mobility has nearly disappeared.
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    Rights-based policies and forced migrants

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2007
    How can the needs of refugees really be met?
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    The positives and negatives of children's independent migration: assessing the evidence and the debates

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2006
    This paper looks broadly at the positives and negatives of children’s experiences of migration. It focuses on the dangers and pitfalls that independent child migrants report, along with the perceived benefits and opportunities.
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    Migration and inequality: policy implications

    2006
    Does migration help to reduce inequality and if so, what policies can help to enhance this effect? Migration represents an important livelihood diversification strategy for many in the world’s poorest nations, and may be a way for poor people to gain better access to resources. This briefing paper examines the effects migration has on inequality.
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    Untapped potential: displaced youth

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2006
    How can we best recognise the rights and needs of young people displaced by conflict, and how can we best develop their skills?
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    Globalisation and Poverty

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2007
    A non-technical summary of a book titled ‘Globalisation and Poverty’ edited by Ann Harrison. It questions whether globalisation spreads wealth. The book concludes that the poor will benefit from globalisation if the appropriate complementary policies and institutions are in place.
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    Locking up family values: the detention of immigrant families

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2007
    The recent increase in family detention represents a major shift in the U.S. government’s treatment of families in immigration proceedings. This paper reports the findings of visits to the T. Don Hutto Residential Center and the Berks Family Shelter Care Facility and recommends systemic changes to the U.S. government’s treatment of families in immigration proceedings.

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