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    Migration processes in Central and Eastern Europe: unpacking the diversity

    Multicultural Center Prague, 2006
    This publication brings together various previously unexplored aspects of migration processes in the context of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and makes them available to an English-reading audience.
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    Migration, remittances and development in Southern Africa

    Southern African Migration Project, 2006
    What are the development impacts of remittances by migrants in Southern Africa? This extensive paper, based on the migration and remittances survey (MARS), provides nationally-representative data on remittance flows and usage at the household level for Botswana, Lesotho, Southern Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
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    Measures of change: the demography and literacy of adolescent English learners

    Migration Policy Institute, 2007
    Who are immigrant students and students who do not speak English well? Where are they from? What is their family background (social, economic, linguistic, etc.)? How well do they do in school? Are they developing the literacy needed to take part in higher education and a skilled workforce?
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    Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)

    PICUM aims to promote respect for the basic rights of undocumented migrants by gathering information and developing a centre of expertise with a view to providing the advice and support and strengthen
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    Human trafficking and forced labour: what perspectives to challenge exploitation?

    Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, 2007
    Trafficking in human beings has become an increasingly important theme in immigration policy discussions in recent years. This briefing paper draws attention to positions being developed by politicians and policy makers across Europe for whom trafficking in human beings (THB) is regarded as more-or-less synonymous with irregular migration and the position of undocumented migrants.
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    Report on the displacement crisis in Iraq

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2007
    More than 727,000 people are estimated to have been internally displaced due to sectarian and generalised violence in Iraq between February 2006 and March 2007.
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    Urban poverty and development in the 21st century: towards an inclusive and sustainable world

    Oxfam, 2006
    As of 2007, more people will live in cities than in rural areas, a proportion that is set to increase in years to come. In light of this, this paper argues that urban planning and urban development policies are crucial to the creation of an environmentally stable global society and discusses what can be done to promote more inclusive and sustainable cities.
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    Massive civilian displacement in civil war: assessing variation in Colombia

    Households in Conflict Network, 2007
    Displacement of civilians is a common outcome of civil war, but is usually seen as a by-product of the activities of armed groups, rather than a strategy. This paper discusses how armed groups use displacement as a strategy during civil war and what factors determine this, based on a case study of Colombia.
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    Circular migration and development: trends, policy routes, and ways forward

    Migration Policy Institute, 2007
    Circular migration, the temporary or permanent return of migrants to their countries of origin, is high on the agenda of many policymakers in migrant-receiving countries, particularly in the West. This paper examines what circular migration is and what types of it exist. It looks at the extent of circular migration and at circulation among temporary migrants.
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    Equal rights, equal voices: migrant women in the European Union

    European Women’s Lobby, 2007
    What impact do European Union (EU) immigration and integration policies have on the lives of migrant women at national level? This paper presents the results of a three-day event entitled “Equal Rights, Equal Voices - Migrant women in the European Union” organised by the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) in January 2007 in Brussels.

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