Immigration Reading, 12/13/18

Share Tweet Forward Immigration Reading, 12/13/18 Support the Center for Immigration Studies by donating on line here: http://cis.org/donate ATTN Federal employees: The Center's Combined Federal Campaign number is 10298.  GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS 1. DHS OIG reports on CBP contract hiring and searches of electronic devices at ports of entry 2. Senate testimony on oversight of Customs and Border Protection 3. Senate testimony transnational cartels and border security 4. GAO reports on monitoring counter-trafficking projects and assisting the reintegration of returning migrants 5. Canada: Studies on immigrants, income, and mobility 6. Netherlands: Statistics on flex workers with immigration backgrounds 7. Sweden: Educational attainment among native-born v. foreign-born 8. Finland: Statistics on foreign languages spoken 9. U.K.: Immigration statistics 10. Czech Rep.: Population statistics REPORTS, ARTICLES, ETC. 11. New report from Pew Research Center 12. Six new reports and features from the Migration Policy Institute 13. New working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research 14. Two new discussion papers from the Institute for the Study of Labor 15. Eight (8) new and recent papers from the Social Science Research Network 16. Eleven (11) new postings from the Immigration Law Professors' Blog 17. "Proportion of Non–US-Born and Noncitizen Health Care Professionals in the U.S. in 2016" 18. U.K.: New working paper from the Oxford Refugee Studies Centre 19. "Asylum Processing and Waitlists at the U.S.-Mexican Border" 20. "The Landscape of Immigration Detention in the United States" BOOKS 21. Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs 22. LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration 23. Cities and Immigration: Political and Moral Dilemmas in the New Era of Migration 24. Migration in the Mediterranean: Mechanisms of International Cooperation 25. Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis JOURNALS 26. Citizenship Studies 27. Comparative Migration Studies 28. Ethnic and Racial Studies 29. Journal of Refugee Studies 30. Mobilities 31. Refugee Survey Quarterly 32. REMHU - Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana ******** ******** 1. Management Alert — CBP Needs to Address Serious Performance Issues on the Accenture Hiring Contract DHS OIG-19-13, December 6, 2018 https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2018-12/OIG-19-13-Nov18.pdf CBP's Searches of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry - Redacted DHS OIG-19-10, December 3, 2018 https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2018-12/OIG-19-10-Nov18.pdf Return to Top ******** ******** 2. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Tuesday, December 11, 2018 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/oversight-of-us-customs-and-border-protection Oversight of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Member statement: Chairman Chuck Grassley https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/12-11-18%20Grassley%20Statement.pdf Witness testimony: Kevin K. McAleenan, Commissioner United States Customs and Border Protection Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/12-11-12%20McAleenan%20Testimony1.pdf Return to Top ******** ******** 3. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration Wednesday, December 12, 2018 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/narcos-transnational-cartels-and-border-security Narcos: Transnational Cartels and Border Security Witness testimony: Panel I Kemp Chester, Associate Director National Opioids Coordination Group Office of National Drug Control Policy https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/12-12-18-chester-testimony Janice Ayala, Director Joint Task Force - Investigations Department of Homeland Security https://www.ice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Speech/2018/181212ayala.pdf https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/12-12-18-ayala-testimony Carla L. Provost, Chief U.S. Border Patrol U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department of Homeland Security https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/12-12-18-provost-testimony Paul E. Knierim Deputy Chief of Operations Office of Global Enforcement Drug Enforcement Administration Department of Justice https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/12-12-18-knierim-testimony Panel II Earl Wayne Public Policy Fellow The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/12-12-18-wayne-testimony Roger Noriega Visiting Fellow American Enterprise Institute https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/12-12-18%20Noriega%20Testimony.pdf Celina Realuyo, Adjunct Professor Elliot School of International Affairs The George Washington University https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/12-12-18%20Noriega%20Testimony.pdf Chris Magnus, Chief of Police Tucson Police Department Tucson, AZ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/12-12-18-magnus-testimony Andrew Selee, President Migration Policy Institute Washington, DC https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/12-12-18-magnus-testimony Return to Top ******** ******** 4. New from the General Accountability Office State and USAID Should Improve Their Monitoring of International Counter-trafficking Projects Government Accountability Office, GAO-19-77, December 4, 2018 Report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/695792.pdf Highlights: https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-77 USAID Assists Migrants Returning to their Home Countries, but Effectiveness of Reintegration Efforts Remains to Be Determined Government Accountability Office, GAO-19-62, November 8, 2018, Publicly Released December 7, 2018 Report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/695298.pdf Highlights: https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-62 Return to Top ******** ******** 5. Income and mobility of immigrants, 2016 Statistics Canada, December 10, 2018 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/181210/dq181210a-eng.pdf Excerpt: The profile of immigrants to Canada can vary between admission years. Immigrants can face challenges when they arrive in Canada, such as acquiring the ability to speak at least one of the official languages or getting their foreign credentials recognized. The immigrants admitted to Canada in 2015 earned the highest entry wages of any cohort admitted since 1981. The median entry wages of immigrant tax filers admitted in 2015 was $25,400 in 2016. The previous high was $24,800 for those admitted in 2014. Median entry wages are measured as the median wages one year after admission to Canada as permanent residents. These findings are from the 2016 Longitudinal Immigration Database, which allows the analysis of immigrant groups over time and across different admission categories, such as economic immigrants, immigrants sponsored family or refugees. Study: Economic Immigrants in Gateway Cities: Factors Involved in Their Initial Location and Onward Migration Decisions December 7, 2018 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/181207/dq181207c-eng.pdf?st=wMlMHg_Z Return to Top ******** ******** 6. More flex workers with a migration background Statistics Netherlands, December 12, 2018 https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2018/47/more-flex-workers-with-a-migration-background Summary: People with a non-western migration background are less likely to be in paid work than those with a native Dutch background. Those who do have paid work relatively often have a flexible contract. In 2017, 34 percent of workers with a non-western background had a flexible employment relationship, against 21 percent of workers with a native Dutch background. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this in the Annual Report on Integration. Return to Top ******** ******** 7. Equal share of persons born in Sweden and foreign born persons have post-secondary education Educational attainment of the population in 2017 - Educational attainment among foreign born persons 2017 Statistics Sweden, December 5, 2018 https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/education-and-research/education-of-the-population/educational-attainment-of-the-population/pong/statistical-news/educational-attainment-of-the-population-in-2017---educational-attainment-among-foreign-born-persons-2017/ Summary: The share of persons with post-secondary education is the equal among persons born in Sweden and foreign born persons aged 25 to 64 years. The share of highly educated persons – those with post-secondary education that is three years or longer – is also equal in size. The difference between the group of foreign born persons and the group of Swedish born persons is a higher percentage of persons with only compulsory education among the foreign born persons – 20 percent compared with 9 percent. Educational attainment is generally higher among women than among men, both among Swedish born and foreign born persons, although the gap between the levels of education is slightly smaller between foreign born women and foreign born men. Return to Top ******** ******** 8. At least one foreign language is spoken by 93 per cent of the population aged 18-64 Statistics Finland, December 12, 2018 https://www.stat.fi/til/aku/2017/aku_2017_2018-12-12_tie_001_en.html Summary: More than nine out of ten Finns aged 18 to 64 said they knew at least one foreign language. The number is the same as five years before. The dependency between the level of education and knowledge of foreign languages has decreased and language skills have increased from 1995 most among those with merely basic level qualifications, the share having grown by 37 percentage points by 2017. This information derives from Statistics Finland's Adult Education Survey 2017. Return to Top ******** ******** 9. Immigration statistics, year ending September 2018: data tables U.K. Home Office, November 29, 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018-data-tables Migration Statistics Quarterly Report: Third quarter 2018 Office of National Statistics, November 2018 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/migrationstatisticsquarterlyreport/november2018 Return to Top ******** ******** 10. Population change - First to Third Quarter of 2018 Czech Statistical Office, https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/ari/population-change-1st-3rd-quarter-of-2018 Excerpt: The international migration statistics for the first nine months of 2018 refers to 43.1 thousand immigrants and 17.0 thousand emigrants. The net migration of the population of the Czech Republic were 26.1 thousand and it was about 7.3 thousand higher than in the same period of 2017. The international migration flows of both immigrants and emigrants were increased in the year-on-year comparison. The growth of migrants was significantly caused by the increase in Ukraine nationals. The highest positive migration balance was registered with nationals of Ukraine (8.9 thousand) in the first three quarters of 2018, which made up one-third of total net migration. The second highest was the net migration of Slovak nationals (3.9 thousand), followed by the migration balance of Romanian (1.5 thousand) and Bulgarian nationals (1.4 thousand). Return to Top ******** ******** 11. What we know about illegal immigration from Mexico By Ana Gonzalez-Barrera and Jens Manuel Krogstad Pew Research Center Fact Tank, December 3, 2018 http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/03/what-we-know-about-illegal-immigration-from-mexico/ Return to Top ******** ******** 12. New from the Migration Policy Institute Promoting Refugee Integration in Challenging Times: The Potential of Two-Generation Strategies By Mark Greenberg, Julia Gelatt, Jessica Bolter, Essey Workie, and Isabelle Charo December 2018 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/refugee-integration-two-generation-strategies Top 10 of 2018 Issue #7: Asylum Hangover? Governments Seek to Narrow Avenues for Humanitarian Protection By Sara Staedicke and Michelle Mittelstadt Migration Information Source, December 13, 2018 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/top-10-2018-issue-7-asylum-hangover-countries-seek-narrow-avenues-humanitarian-protection Issue #8: A Once-Smooth Path for the Global Compact on Migration Becomes Rocky By Alessandro Regio and Michelle Mittelstadt Migration Information Source, December 12, 2018 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/top-10-2018-issue-8-path-global-compact-migration-gets-rocky Issue #9: Threat of Hard Brexit Looms as Exit Date Nears By Alessandro Regio and Lauren Shaw Migration Information Source, December 11, 2018 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/top-10-2018-issue-9-threat-hard-brexit-looms Issue #10: "Silent" Refugee Crises Get Limited International Attention By Sara Staedicke Migration Information Source, December 10, 2018 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/top-10-2018-issue-10-silent-refugee-crises Sweden: By Turns Welcoming and Restrictive in its Immigration Policy By Admir Skodo Migration Information Source Feature, December 6, 2018 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/sweden-turns-welcoming-and-restrictive-its-immigration-policy Return to Top ******** ******** 13. New from the National Bureau of Economic Research The Abolition of Immigration Restrictions and the Performance of Firms and Workers: Evidence from Switzerland By Andreas Beerli, Jan Ruffner, Michael Siegenthaler, and Giovanni Peri NBER Working Paper No. 25302, November 2018 https://www.nber.org/papers/w25302 Abstract: We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market. Our Differences-in-Differences estimations leverage the fact that regions close to the border were affected more intensely and earlier. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased their employment but also wages and possibly employment of highly educated native workers although the new cross-border workers were also highly educated. The reason is a simultaneous increase in labor demand in skill-intensive firms: the reform increased the size, productivity, innovation performance of some incumbent firms, attracted new firms, and created opportunities for natives to pursue managerial jobs. Return to Top ******** ******** 14. New from the Institute for the Study of Labor Migration with Pension Reform Expectations By Marek Góra and Anna Ruzik-Sierdzińska IZA Discussion Paper No. 11960, November 2018 https://www.iza.org/en/publications/dp/11960/migration-with-pension-reform-expectations International Migration and the Distribution of Income in New Zealand Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas By Omoniyi Alimi, David C. Maré, and Jacques Poot IZA Discussion Paper No. 11959, November 2018 https://www.iza.org/en/publications/dp/11959/international-migration-and-the-distribution-of-income-in-new-zealand-metropolitan-and-non-metropolitan-areas Return to Top ******** ******** 15. New from the Social Science Research Network 1. Regrouping America: Immigration Policies and the Reduction of Prejudice By Fatma E. Marouf, Texas A&M University School of Law Harvard Latino Law Review, Vol. 15, 2012 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3300336 2. Administrative Chaos: Responding to Child Refugees - U.S. Immigration Process in Crisis By Lenni Benson, New York Law School Washington and Lee Law Review, Forthcoming https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3287166 3. Italy's New Migration Control Policy: Stemming the Flow of Migrants From Libya Without Regard for Their Human Rights By Marina Mancini, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria; LUISS Guido Carli University Italian Yearbook of International Law, vol. 27 (2017), pp. 259-281 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3287078 4. HMIP Detention Monitoring Methodology: A Briefing Paper By Hindpal Singh Bhui, University of Hertfordshire School of Law Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 3299536 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3299536 5. Immigration Detention in Greece: Contemporary Challenges: A Briefing Paper By Andriani Fili, University of Oxford; Monash University Faculty of Law Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 3299551 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3299551 6. Learning in 'Baby Jail': Lessons from Law Student Engagement in Family Detention Centers By Lindsay Muir Harris, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law 25 Clinical Law Review 155 (2018) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3120367 7. Monetary Mechanisms in Work Migration By Moran Sadeh, Independent Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 56, No. 4, 2018 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3285355 8. Wage Theft in Silence: Why Migrant Workers Do Not Recover Their Unpaid Wages in Australia By Bassina Farbenblum, University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Laurie Berg, University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law Posted: November 30, 2018 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3289002 Return to Top ******** ******** 16. Latest posts from the Immigration Law Professors' Blog 1. Federal Prosecution Levels Remain at Historic Highs December 13, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/federal-prosecution-levels-remain-at-historic-highs.html 2. Retired Judges: End ICE Arrests at Courthouses December 13, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/as-the-associated-press-reports-dozens-of-retired-state-and-federal-judges-called-yesterday-on-us-immigration-officials.html 3. Asylum Claims Jump Despite Trump's Attempt to Limit Immigration December 11, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/asylum-claims-jump-despite-trumps-attempt-to-limit-immigration.html 4. The Right to Be Heard from Immigration Prisons: Locating a Right of Access to Counsel for Immigration Detainees in the Right of Access to Courts December 10, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/immigration-article-of-the-day-the-right-to-be-heard-from-immigration-prisons-locating-a-right-of-ac.html 5. Trump administration seeks to strip more people of citizenship December 10, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/trump-administration-seeks-to-strip-more-people-of-citizenship.html 6. More on AG Nominee William Barr December 8, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/more-on-ag-nominee-william-barr.html 7. Death on the Border: Associated Press Estimate -- At least 4,000 migrants on way to U.S. have died or gone missing in last four years December 8, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/death-on-the-border-associated-press-estimate-at-least-4000-migrants-on-way-to-us-have-died-or-gone-.html 8. Immigration Article of the Day: "Sovereign Resistance to Federal Immigration Enforcement in State Courthouses" By Sarah Hill Rogerson December 7, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/immigration-article-of-the-day-sovereign-resistance-to-federal-immigration-enforcement-in-state-cour.html 9. Ninth Circuit Invalidates Criminal Statute Prohibiting "Encouraging" Noncitizen to Remain in the United States December 5, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/ninth-circuit-invalidates-criminal-statute-prohibiting-encouraging-noncitizen-to-remain-in-the-unite.html 10. Immigration Article of the Day: Special International Zones in Practice and Theory By Tom W. Bell December 2, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/immigration-article-of-the-day-special-international-zones-in-practice-and-theory-by-tom-w-bell.html 11. Immigration Article of the Day: A Legal Sanctuary: How the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) Could Protect Sanctuary Churches By Thomas Scott-Railton December 1, 2018 https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2018/12/immigration-article-of-the-day-a-legal-sanctuary-how-the-religious-freedom-restoration-act-rfra-coul.html Return to Top ******** ******** 17. Proportion of Non–US-Born and Noncitizen Health Care Professionals in the United States in 2016 By Yash M. Patel, Dan P. Ly, and Tanner Hicks Journal of the American Medical Association, December 4, 2018 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2717463 Return to Top ******** ******** 18. New from the Oxford Refugee Studies Centre Research in Brief: Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance By Alexander Betts, Kate Pincock, and Evan Easton-Calabria December 12, 2018 https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/publications/research-in-brief-refugees-as-providers-of-protection-and-assistance Return to Top ******** ******** 19. Asylum Processing and Waitlists at the U.S.-Mexican Border By Stephanie Leutert, Ellie Ezzell, Savitri Arvey, Gabriella Sanchez, Caitlyn Yates, and Paul Kuhne Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, December 2018 https://www.strausscenter.org/images/MSI/AsylumReport_MSI.pdf Return to Top ******** ******** 20. The Landscape of Immigration Detention in the United States By Emily Ryo and Ian Peacock American Immigration Council, December 5, 2018 http://americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/landscape-immigration-detention-united-states Return to Top ******** ******** 21. Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs By David R. Roediger Basic Books, 352 pp. Hardcover, ISBN: 0465070736, $7.75 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465070736/centerforimmigra Paperback, ISBN: 1541673476, $12.78, 368 pp. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1541673476/centerforimmigra Kindle, 2630 KB, ASIN: B007WSNQDQ, $12.99 Book Description: At the vanguard of the study of race and labor in American history, David Roediger is one of the most highly respected scholars in his field. He is also the author of the now-classic The Wages of Whiteness , a study of racism in the development of a white working class in nineteenth-century America. In Working Toward Whiteness , he continues that history into the twentieth century, recounting how American ethnic groups that are considered white today, such as Jewish-, Italian-, and Polish-Americans, once occupied a confused racial status in their new country.While some historians have claimed that these immigrants were "white on arrival," Roediger paints a very different picture, showing that it wasn't until the 1920s (ironically, just when immigration laws became much more restrictive), that these ethnic groups definitively became part of white America, primarily thanks to the nascent labor movement and a rise in home-buying.From ethnic slurs to racially restrictive covenants —the real estate agreements that ensured all-white neighborhoods— Working Toward Whiteness explores the murky realities of race in twentieth-century America. In this masterful history, which is sure to be a key text in its field, David Roediger charts the strange transformation of these new immigrants into the "white ethnics" of America today. Return to Top ******** ******** 22. LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration By Arzu Güler and Maryna Shevtsova https://www.amazon.com/Asylum-Seekers-Refugees-Political-Perspective-ebook/dp/B07G2ZTD1M/ref=sr_1_34?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544567998&sr=1-34&keywords=immigration+and+migration&refinements=p_45%3A12%2Cp_46%3ADuring%2Cp_47%3A2018 Springer, 354 pp. Hardcover, ISBN: 3319919040, $142.49 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3319919040/centerforimmigra Kindle, 1288 KB, ASIN: B07G2ZTD1M, $135.37 Book Description: This book addresses the 'three moments' in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers' and refugees' efforts to secure protection: The reasons for their flight, the Refugee Status Determination process, and their integration into the host community once they are recognized refugee status. The first part discusses one of the most under-researched areas within the literature devoted to asylum claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity, namely the reasons behind LGBTI persons' flight. It investigates the motives that drive LGBTI persons to leave their countries of origin and seek sanctuary elsewhere, the actors of persecution, and the status quo of LGBTI rights. Accordingly, an intersectional approach is employed so as to offer a comprehensive picture of how a host of factors beyond sexual orientation/gender identity impact this crucial first stage of LGBTI asylum seekers' journey. In turn, the second part explores the challenges that LGBTI asylum seekers face during the RSD process in countries of asylum. It first examines these countries' interpretations and applications of the process in relation to the relevant UNHCR guidelines and questions the challenges including the dominance of Western conceptions and narratives of sexual identity in the asylum procedure, heterogeneous treatment concerning the definition of a particular social group, and the difficulties related to assessing one's sexual orientation within the asylum procedure. It subsequently addresses the reasons for and potential solutions to these challenges. The last part of the book focuses on the integration of LGBTI refugees into the countries of asylum. It first seeks to identify and describe the protection gaps that LGBTI refugees are currently experiencing, before turning to the reasons and potential remedies for them. Return to Top ******** ******** 23. Cities and Immigration: Political and Moral Dilemmas in the New Era of Migration By Avner de Shalit Oxford University Press, 192 pp. Hardcover, ISBN: 0198833210, $80.00 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198833210/centerforimmigra Kindle, 1028 KB, ASIN: B07KYSNKMT, $76.00, 178 pp. Book Description: All over the world immigration is one of the most urgent political issues, creating tensions and unrest as well as questions of justice and fairness. Academics as well as politicians have been relating to the question of how states should cope with immigrants; but 96% of immigrants end up in cities, and in Europe and the USA, two thirds of the immigrants settle in seven or eight cities. Indeed, most of us encounter with immigrants as city-zens, in our everyday life, rather than as citizens of states. So how should cities integrate immigrants? Should cities be allowed to design their autonomous integration policies? Could they issue visas and permits to immigrants? Should immigrants be granted voting rights in local elections before naturalization? And how do cities think about these issues? What can we learn from cities which are thought to be successful in integrating and assimilating immigrants? Is there a model of integration within the city which is best? The book discusses these questions both empirically and normatively. The book is based on hundreds of in depth discussions of these matters with city dwellers in San Francisco, New York, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Thessaloniki and Jerusalem. It shifts the discourse on immigration from 'thinking like a state' to 'thinking like a city'. Return to Top ******** ******** 24. Migration in the Mediterranean: Mechanisms of International Cooperation By Francesca Ippolito and Seline Trevisanut Cambridge University Press, 344 pp. Hardcover, ISBN: 9781107087859, $84.31 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9781107087859/centerforimmigra Paperback, ISBN: 1107458145, $35.99, 342 pp. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1107458145/centerforimmigra Kindle, 1073 KB, ASIN: B018MFKOD2, $29.00, 342 pp. Book Description: Mediterranean states have developed various cooperation mechanisms in order to cope with the issues that arise from migration. This book critically analyses how institutional actors act and interact on the international scene in the control and management of migration in the Mediterranean. It highlights how, even though the involvement of 'universal' international organisations guarantees a certain balance in setting the goals of cooperation mechanisms and buttresses a certain coherence of the actions, the protection of migrants' fundamental rights is still an objective as opposed to a reality, and security imperatives and trends still prevail in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring. Return to Top ******** ******** 25. Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis By Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco University of California Press, 416 pp. Hardcover, ISBN: 0520297121, $66.00 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520297121/centerforimmigra Paperback, ISBN: 0520297148, $$22.82 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520297148/centerforimmigra Kindle, 7979 KB, ASIN: B07KN2X3WZ, $21.68 Book Description: The world is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of victims of human trafficking and of migrants—voluntary and involuntary, internal and international, authorized and unauthorized. In the first two decades of this century alone, more than 65 million people have been forced to escape home into the unknown. The slow-motion disintegration of failing states with feeble institutions, war and terror, demographic imbalances, unchecked climate change, and cataclysmic environmental disruptions have contributed to the catastrophic migrations that are placing millions of human beings at grave risk. Humanitarianism and Mass Migration fills a scholarly gap by examining the uncharted contours of mass migration. Exceptionally curated, it contains contributions from Jacqueline Bhabha, Richard Mollica, Irina Bokova, Pedro Noguera, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, James A. Banks, Mary Waters, and many others. The volume's interdisciplinary and comparative approach showcases new research that reveals how current structures of health, mental health, and education are anachronistic and out of touch with the new cartographies of mass migrations. Envisioning a hopeful and realistic future, this book provides clear and concrete recommendations for what must be done to mine the inherent agency, cultural resources, resilience, and capacity for self-healing that will help forcefully displaced populations. Return to Top ******** ******** 26. Citizenship Studies Vol. 22, No. 8, December 2018 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccst20/22/8 Selected articles: Migrant protests as acts of cosmopolitan citizenship By Tamara Caraus https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2018.1530194 Marching for Europe? Enacting European citizenship as justice during Brexit By Verena K. Brändle, Charlotte Galpin, and Hans-Jörg Trenz https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2018.1531825 Political love: affect, instrumentalism and dual citizenship legislation in the Philippines By Filomeo V. Aguilar Jr. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2018.1538317 Against the right to revoke citizenship By Brian Carey https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13621025.2018.1538319 Return to Top ******** ******** 27. Comparative Migration Studies Vol. 6, No. 34, December 2018 http://www.comparativemigrationstudies.com/ Latest Articles: Time for tolerance: exploring the influence of learning institutions on the recognition of political rights among immigrants By Per Adman and Per Strömblad https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40878-018-0100-8 Return to Top ******** ******** 28. Ethnic and Racial Studies Vol. 42, No. 1, January 2019 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/42/1 Selected articles: Pioneer migrants and their social relations in super-diverse London By Susanne Wessendorf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2017.1406126 "We have to teach them diversity": on demographic transformations and lived reality in an Amsterdam working-class neighbourhood By Fenneke Wekker https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2017.1406968 What about the mainstream? Assimilation in super-diverse times By Richard Alba and Jan Willem Duyvendak https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2017.1406127 Return to Top ******** ******** 29. Journal of Refugee Studies Volume 31, No. 4, December 2018 https://academic.oup.com/jrs/issue/31/4 Articles Cross-Border Portability of Refugees' Personal Status By Jinske Verhellen https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/427/4372157?redirectedFrom=fulltext Between Policy and Practice: The Education of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon By Elizabeth Buckner, Dominique Spencer, and Jihae Cha https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/444/4675182?redirectedFrom=fulltext Sleepless Nights because of Ethical Dilemmas in Mental Health Care for Asylum Seekers By Sander A Kramer, Erik Olsman, Mariëtte H H Hoogsteder, and Loes H M Van Willigen https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/466/4708254?redirectedFrom=fulltext The Management of Time and Waiting by Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Girls in Finland By Ravi K S Kohli and Mervi Kaukko https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/488/4708255?redirectedFrom=fulltext Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms By Miguel Franquet Dos Santos Silva, Svein Brurås, and Ana Beriain Bañares https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article/31/4/507/4782520 Rethinking Frameworks for Refugee Advocacy: An Analysis Grounded in Political and Democratic Institutions By Murdoch Stephens https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/528/4716925?redirectedFrom=fulltext Modes of Ordering: Labelling, Classification and Categorization in Lebanon's Refugee Response By Maja Janmyr and Lama Mourad https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/544/4792968?redirectedFrom=fulltext Afghan Refugee Journeys: Onwards Migration Decision-Making in Greece and Turkey By Katie Kuschminder https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/566/4759452 'Hiding in Plain Sight': Daily Strategies and Fear Management among Undocumented Refugee Children in Sweden By Åsa Wahlström Smith https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/588/4803080 The RISE Survey: Developing and Implementing a Valid and Reliable Quantitative Measure of Refugee Integration in the United States By Jini E Puma, Gary Lichtenstein, and Paul Stein https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/605/4817411?redirectedFrom=fulltext Perspectives of Somali Refugees on Post-traumatic Growth after Resettlement By Sarah Strode Ferriss and Shandra S Forrest-Bank https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/626/4911891?redirectedFrom=fulltext Talking about the Past, Locating It in the Present: The Second Generation from Refugee Backgrounds Making Sense of Their Parents' Narratives, Narrative Gaps and Silences By Alice Bloch https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/647/4883360?redirectedFrom=fulltext Transitions of South Sudanese Refugees: Reaching for a Better Life By Thomas E Stenvig, Paula P Carson, Rebecca L Randall, and Marlys Bohn https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/664/4910364?redirectedFrom=fulltext Journey to Health: (Re) Contextualizing the Health of Canada's Refugee Population By K Bruce Newbold and Marie McKeary https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article-abstract/31/4/687/4919663?redirectedFrom=fulltext Return to Top ******** ******** 30. Mobilities Vol. 13, No. 6, December 2018 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmob20/13/6 Selected articles: Grasping the meaning of integration in an era of (forced) mobility: ethnographic insights from an informal refugee camp By George Mavrommatis https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450101.2018.1500098 The journey of Central American women migrants: engendering the mobile commons By Carla Angulo-Pasel https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450101.2018.1498225 Return to Top ******** ******** 31. Refugee Survey Quarterly Vol. 37, No. 4, December 2018 https://academic.oup.com/rsq/issue/37/4 Articles: The Duty to Move People Out of Harm's Way in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters By Bruce Burson, Walter Kälin, Jane McAdam, and Sanjula Weerasinghe https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article-abstract/37/4/379/5208892?redirectedFrom=fulltext Policy and Possibilities of Humanitarian Development: Displaced Women and Peace-building Features of the UNHCR By Kelly E Atkinson https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article/37/4/408/5115414 The Politics of Protection: The Right to Food in Protracted Refugee Situations By Marcia Oliver and Suzan Ilcan https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article-abstract/37/4/440/5151294?redirectedFrom=fulltext Asylum Seekers in France: Examining the Impact of the Law of 29 July 2015 on the Right to Housing By Thomas Ribémont https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article-abstract/37/4/458/5113245?redirectedFrom=fulltext Health and Living Conditions of Refugees and Asylum-seekers: A Survey of Informal Settlements in Italy By Daria Mendola; Annalisa Busetta https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article-abstract/37/4/477/5208894?redirectedFrom=fulltext Return to Top ******** ******** 32. REMHU - Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana Ano XXVI, No. 54, November 2018 http://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu English-language articles and abstracts: Forced migration in sub-Saharan Africa: some subsidies on refugees in Mozambique By Gonçalves Valzim Patrício and João Peixoto http://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1085 Refugees, reintegration and internal mobility: a look at the Angolan case, 2002-2018 By Carlos Manoel Lopes http://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1081 The human rights of migrants in Angola By Avelino Chico http://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1074 Globalization, human mobility and creativity: revisiting categories from three cases of forced migration in Angola By Paulo Inglês http://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1980-85852503880005406 Under the Rainbow By Carl-Ulrik Schierup http://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1116 The European metaconfine (temporaly borders) By Marco Omizzolo and Pina Sodano http://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1104 ******** Visit Website