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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Whilst immigration policy is a highly controversial topic in the West, states continue to receive people who settle, whether as asylum-seekers or refugees, or as family members of existing migrants or labour migrants. Many who move violate the immigration rules either in entering a country or staying...
by Bryan Fanning
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
In the last decade Ireland’s immigrant population grew to more than one in ten. Now in the midst of an economic crisis the integration of immigrants has become a topical issue. Drawing extensively on demographic data and research on immigrant lives, immigrant participation in Irish politics and...
by Colin Grey
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
This book provides a new and powerful account of the demands of justice on immigration law and policy. Drawing principally on the work of Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, and John Rawls, it argues that justice requires states to give priority of admission to the most disadvantaged migrants, and to grant...
Local Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration
Japan in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2006
Because of severe domestic labor shortages, Japan has recently joined the increasing number of advanced industrialized nations that have begun importing large numbers of immigrant workers since the 1980s. Although the citizenship status of foreign workers is the most precarious in such recent countries...
Border Walls Gone Green
Nature and Anti-immigrant Politics in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
How is it that self-identified environmental progressives in America can oppose liberalizing immigration policies? Environmentalism is generally assumed to be a commitment of the political left and restrictionism a commitment of the right. As John Hultgren shows, the reality is significantly more complicated....
Sanctuary Cities, Communities, and Organizations
A Nation at a Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2018
The term "sanctuary city" gained a new level of national recognition during the 2016 United States presidential election, and immigration policies and debates have remained a top issue since the election of Donald Trump. The battle over immigration and deportation will be waged on many fronts in the...
The European Union’s Immigration Policy
Managing Migration in Turkey and Morocco
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
This book analyzes the externalization of the EU’s immigration and asylum practices towards non-member transit countries and the consequences of this process. Selected policy areas of externalization (border management, visa policy, readmission agreements and asylum policy) are applied to Turkey...
Illegal Encounters
The Effect of Detention and Deportation on Young People
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
The impact of the U.S. immigration and legal systems on children and youth
In the United States, millions of children are undocumented migrants or have family members who came to the country without authorization. The unique challenges with which these children and youth must cope demand special...
Origin Narratives
The Stories We Tell Children About Immigration and International Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
The first of its kind, this volume unpacks the cultural construction of transnational adoption and migration by examining a sample of recent children’s books that address the subject. Of all European countries, Spain is the nation where immigration and transnational adoption have increased most...
European Immigration
A Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Fully updated and containing chapters on the new EU member states and the attempt to form a common EU migration policy, this new edition of European Immigration: A Sourcebook provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in migration in all EU countries. With chapters following...
Fortress Britain?
Ethical approaches to immigration policy for a post-Brexit Britain
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Immigration is a key concern in British society; however, the ethical implications of the issue are often overlooked. Produced by Theos, a leading Christian think tank, this collection of short essays explores the ethical issues surrounding immigration in a post-Brexit Britain with contributions from...
Unauthorized
Portraits of Latino Immigrants
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2019
Unauthorized: Portraits of Latino Immigrants takes readers inside the diverse contemporary worlds of undocumented Latino immigrants in the United States, exploring the myths and realities of education, health care, work, deportation, and more. This book aims to dispel common misconceptions while introducing...
by Damaris Garzon
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Canada has long been considered a multicultural, welcoming, and tolerant society. But recently, academics, journalists, and policy analysts have called into question several aspects of the country's current immigration policy. One of the most controversial and lesser-known aspects of said policy is...
Illegal
How America's Lawless Immigration Regime Threatens Us All
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2020
A political scientist explains how the American immigration system ran off the rails -- and proposes a bold plan for reform
Under the Trump administration, US immigration agencies terrorize the undocumented, target people who are here legally, and even threaten the constitutional rights of...