Immigration Here and There http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/ A product of the Medill News Service, ImmHT provides a cross-national perspective on immigration, enhancing exposure to world affairs for Americans, providing public space to air compelling stories about diaspora populations, and serving as a repository of facts and figures in an arena of often misleading information. en Copyright 2008 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ Tue, 27 May 2008 21:32:06 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Immigration to Australia from the UK has more than doubled in recent years, climbing from 9000 at the beginning of the decade to just over 23,000 in 2007. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/immigration_to_australia_from.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/immigration_to_australia_from.php There Tue, 27 May 2008 21:32:06 -0600 The biggest group of humanitarian immigrants allowed into Canada in 2006 came from Mexico, almost 12,000 of them or about 13% of the total in that category. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/the_biggest_group_of_humanitar.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/the_biggest_group_of_humanitar.php There Sat, 10 May 2008 10:17:20 -0600 Chinese immigrants to Canada have outnumbered all other nationalities every year for the past decade, accounting for roughly 13% of all new permanent residents, followed by those from India (12%), PhiIippines (7%), Pakistan (5%) and the U.S. (4%). http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/chinese_immigrants_to_canada_h.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/chinese_immigrants_to_canada_h.php There Sat, 10 May 2008 10:14:20 -0600 More than 100 New Zealanders emigrated to neighbouring Australia every day, between March 2007 and March 2008. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/more_than_100_new_zealanders_e.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/more_than_100_new_zealanders_e.php There Fri, 09 May 2008 23:07:57 -0600 16,700 immigrants arrived by boat in Lampedusa and the coast of Sicily in 2007 Many of them came from Nigeria, Morocco, Somalia, Tunisia, Eritrea, Ghana, and other African countries, and usually take a boat to Lampedusa from Libya. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/16700_immigrants_arrived_by_bo.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/16700_immigrants_arrived_by_bo.php There Fri, 09 May 2008 23:04:06 -0600 An estimated 8 million illegal immigrants reside in the EU, half of whom entered in legally but overstayed. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/an_estimated_8_million_illegal.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/an_estimated_8_million_illegal.php There Thu, 08 May 2008 15:01:41 -0600 In 2007, roughly 31,000 Africans tried to reach the Canary Islands, a prime transit point to Europe, in more than 900 boats. About 6,000 died or disappeared, according to one estimate cited by the United Nations. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/in_2007_roughly_31000_africans.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/in_2007_roughly_31000_africans.php There Thu, 08 May 2008 14:55:19 -0600 In 2007, less than 20,000 people came to set up a new life in Israel, according to the country's central statistics office. Numbers have declined even further in 2008, with only 3,424 new immigrants in the first quarter - bringing immigration levels down to those of the time before the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/in_2007_less_than_20000_people.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/in_2007_less_than_20000_people.php There Tue, 06 May 2008 15:14:18 -0600 The number of immigrants living in Spain has soared from around half a million in 1996 to about 4.5 million, or 10 percent, of a total population of 45 million in 2008. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/the_number_of_immigrants_livin.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/05/the_number_of_immigrants_livin.php There Sun, 04 May 2008 21:02:16 -0600 The 49,000 Zimbabweans living in the UK, according to the 2001 UK census, will triple by the next census in 2011. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_49000_zimbabweans_living_i.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_49000_zimbabweans_living_i.php There Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:20:09 -0600 African countries collectively lose $12 billion a year in economic growth due to factors such as malaria-related spending and sick workers unable to work. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/african_countries_collectively.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/african_countries_collectively.php There Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:13:18 -0600 A report, conducted by Australia's NSW Secondary Principals Council in 2006, showed the percentage of Anglo-European students in public schools had decreased by a third in western NSW, by 42% in North Sydney and 37% in New England. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/a_report_conducted_by_australi.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/a_report_conducted_by_australi.php There Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:15:05 -0600 White flight -- where Anglo-European parents shun state schools that have a high proportion of students from other racial backgrounds -- had become a big challenge for multicultural Australia. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/white_flight_where_angloeurope.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/white_flight_where_angloeurope.php There Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:09:05 -0600 In 2007 429,649 people were admitted into Canada, which is 60,000 more than four years ago. There was a 12 percent increase in the number of people admitted through temporary Canada immigration. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/in_2007_429649_people_were_adm.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/in_2007_429649_people_were_adm.php There Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:07:12 -0600 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ikoyi Passport Control Office generated about 300 million niara from the issuance of e-passports, a new service for the country, between January and March 2008. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_nigeria_immigration_servic.php http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/04/the_nigeria_immigration_servic.php There Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:40:39 -0600