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  The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand (FMSP)

  The Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) at the University of the Witwatersrand is a centre for academic research and teaching on migration, aid, and social transformation.
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  Special report: fact or fiction? examining Zimbabwean cross-border migration into South Africa

  The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, 2008

  This document examines South Africa’s response to people fleeing from political crises and economic deprivation in one of its immediate neighbours. It also tests prominent claims made about the nature and scope of migration.Key findings include:
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  How do immigrants fare in retirement?

  University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, 2007

  This paper examines the retirement resources available to immigrant families in the US by examining Social Security benefits, pension coverage, and private wealth accumulation. The authors argue that pre-retirement immigrants have lower expected Social Security benefits than natives, and that retired immigrants have lower actual Social Security benefits.
• Organisation

  Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population (SEDAP)

  SEDAP is a multi-disciplinary research programme centered at McMaster University. It involves
• Document

  Remittances, migration and social development: a conceptual review of the literature

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2007

  This paper reviews the empirical literature on the relationship between remittances and various dimensions of social development in the developing world within a broader conceptual framework of migration and development theory. Empirical and theoretical research highlights the heterogeneous nature of migration-remittance-development interactions.
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  Free movement and the movement’s forgotten freedoms: South African representation of undocumented migrants

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2007

  This paper studies the South African media’s representation of undocumented migrants from 1998 to 2005. It examines the relationship between the media’s legitimation of state immigration control and South Africa’s unique historical tradition of struggle.
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  'If only I get enough money for a bicycle!' a study of childhoods, migration and adolescent aspirations against a backdrop of exploitation and trafficking in Burkina Faso.

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2007

  Focusing on adolescent’s independent migration to rural towns and urban areas, this paper explores how international and national agencies’ perceptions correspond with the common perceptions of childhood in rural area. It also investigates how rural adolescents describe their mobility.
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  Second generation Afghans in neighbouring countries from Mohajer to Hamwatan: Afghans return home

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2007

  Currently, there are around 3 million registered Afghan refugees living in Pakistan and Iran, the majority of whom are now in their second or even third generation of displacement. This document reports on young people who have spent more than half of their lives in Pakistan or Iran and then returned to Afghanistan.
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  Last hope: the need for durable solutions for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and India

  Human Rights Watch, 2007

  For the past sixteen years the majority of Bhutanese refugees in Nepali refugee camps have vested their hopes in the possibility of returning home. The right to return is not by itself a sufficient condition. Repatriation in safety and dignity is feasible only if the country of origin can guarantee respect for returnees’ human rights.
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  The city is not home: internally displaced persons in Senegal

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Relatively little is known about the people who have been displaced by the Casamance conflict of Senegal. The fact that many have moved to urban areas blurs the distinction between forced displacement and migration. Policymakers should realise that coping mechanisms are being overstretched, while official aid is too often lacking.

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