Migration/Immigration

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SEPT. / OCT. 2009

Censoring the Voice of America

Why is it OK to broadcast terrorist propaganda but not taxpayer-funded media reports?

BY MATT ARMSTRONG | AUGUST 6, 2009

The African Wave

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JULY/AUG 2009

Reverse Migration Rocks Mexico

With the U.S. economy contracting rapidly, Mexican migrants are heading back south. But they're finding the homecoming isn't quite what they imagined.

BY MALCOLM BEITH | FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Double Booked

The number of countries allowing dual citizenship is on the rise.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The Lie We Love

Foreign adoption seems like the perfect solution to a heartbreaking imbalance: Poor countries have babies in need of homes, and rich countries have homes in need of babies. Unfortunately, those little orphaned bundles of joy may not be orphans at all.

BY E. J. GRAFF | NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Escape to Europe

BY MARIAH BLAKE | AUGUST 12, 2008

The Remittance Curse

JUNE 16, 2008

Passage to China

BY MALIA POLITZER | DECEMBER 12, 2007

Doubting Diversity's Value

BY ANTHONY GIDDENS | OCTOBER 11, 2007

The Globalization Index 2007: Urban Outfitted

Why the least-globalized countries should be wary of their boomtowns.

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Return to Sender

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Most Valuable Migrants

BY JAMES G. FORSYTH | DECEMBER 27, 2006

Misguided Medicine

BY ADAM KUPER | DECEMBER 27, 2006

How Not to Build a Fence

The United States may soon fortify its border with Mexico. But what about the fence that is already there? A close look at the disjointed, makeshift barrier reveals America's ambivalent and conflicted attitudes toward immigration.

BY PETER SKERRY | AUGUST 8, 2006

Unveiling a New Identity

BY ABIGAIL R. ESMAN | JULY 1, 2005

The Maghreb in Black and White

BY BRIAN T. EDWARDS | JANUARY 5, 2005

Dual Britannia

BY TIM HAMES | JULY 1, 2004

Ranking the Rich 2004

The second annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on how their aid, trade, investment, migration, environment, security, and technology policies help poor countries. Find out who's up, who's down, why Denmark and the Netherlands earn the top spots, and why Japan once again finishes last.

MAY 1, 2004

The Threat of White Nativism?

BY SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON | MARCH 1, 2004

Early Warnings

BY SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON | MARCH 1, 2004

Failure to Assimilate

MARCH 1, 2004

The Hispanic Challenge

The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other Latinos have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture, forming instead their own political and linguistic enclaves -- from Los Angeles to Miami -- and rejecting the Anglo-Protestant values that built the American dream. The United States ignores this challenge at its peril.

BY SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON | MARCH 1, 2004

Europe's Awkward Embrace

European conservatives should imitate U.S. politicians and learn to love immigrants.

BY CEM OZDEMIR | JANUARY 1, 2004

Taking It to the Streets

BY DEVESH KAPUR, JOHN MCHALE | NOVEMBER 1, 2003

Migration's New Payoff

Every day, migrants working in rich countries send money to their families in the developing world. It's just a few hundred dollars here, a few hundred dollars there. But last year, these remittances added up to $80 billion, outstripping foreign aid and ranking as one of the biggest sources of foreign exchange for poor countries. Following a boom in the 1990s, this flow of money is lifting entire countries out of poverty, creating new financial channels, and reshaping international politics.

BY DEVESH KAPUR, JOHN MCHALE | NOVEMBER 1, 2003

Africa's Expat Politics

BY NICHOLAS THOMPSON | SEPTEMBER 1, 2003

Can Refugees Help?

BY ALEXIOUS BUTLER | MAY 1, 2003

Ranking the Rich 2003

In a groundbreaking new ranking, FOREIGN POLICY teamed up with Center for Global Development to create the first annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index, which grades 21 rich nations on whether their aid, trade, migration, investment, peacekeeping, and environmental policies help or hurt poor nations. Find out why the Netherlands ranks first and why the world's two largest aid givers -- the United States and Japan -- finish last.

BY FOREIGN POLICY, CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT | MAY 1, 2003