Washington, DC. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) released a three-part report, Untying the Knot, which seeks to debunk the frequently misrepresented relationship between immigration and unemployment.
The reports, prepared by Rob Paral and Associates, examines data from the Census Bureau and found that there is no apparent relationship between the number of recent immigrants in a [...]
By William Lacy Swing, IOM Director General
[New York Times] Perceptions of migration and broad recognition of the positive contributions that migrants make to society have regrettably regressed in most migrant-receiving countries during the current economic downturn. As job markets in the developed world have contracted, a perception has emerged of migrants as the unwanted flotsam [...]
DHAKA [REUTERS] - Bangladeshi migrant workers spend an average of 2,300 US dollars securing employment abroad - the equivalent of more than 18 months’ work in their new job, the World Bank said in a report.
Bangladesh relies on money sent back by millions of its overseas workers but many of them are forced to [...]
The Kerala capital is set to host a two-day international conference beginning Tuesday on the global economic crisis, its impact on Gulf nations and its implications for migrant labour, including Indians, working there.
The event, which would be held at the Centre for Development Studies in Kerala, will focus on the slowdown of the growth rate [...]
A very interesting article from Frontera NorteSur shows that migrants in financial difficulty are increasing being suported by their family members back home. This is a new phenomenon directly created by the economic crisis:
Frontera NorteSur - For decades, money sent home by Mexicans laboring in the United States has been a key pillar of the [...]
By Kwon Mee-yoo - The Korea Times (Seoul) - The Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRDSK) provides free, 12-week education courses for migrant workers returning to their country of origin to help promote self-employment or make it easier for them to find a new job after they return home.
Toledo Hermie Abaros, 41, is an [...]
By Rebecca Todd - The Press (New Zealand) - The Government should create an emergency fund to help struggling migrants during the recession, migrant advocates and Opposition MPs say.
Migrants made redundant while on temporary work permits are being forced to leave New Zealand within weeks of losing their jobs while others are finding themselves [...]
By Nick Barlow -The Helsinki Times (Finland) - Latest figures show that foreign-trained doctors are becoming much more common in the wealthier countries.
For example, the number of doctors practising in Finland who have been educated abroad increased threefold from 2000-2007 and has continued to rise, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) [...]
Predictions that migrant workers will return home in their droves as the recession bites are a myth, a leading expert warns, while the UK immigration minister announces plans under consideration to add an ethical aspect to the new points-based immigration system to help reduce the impact of the UK draining away top workers from other [...]
The Economist - Limiting Migration: Rich countries respond to the economic downturn by trying to limit the flow of migrants
IN THE boom years, migrants picked fruit in southern California’s orange groves, worked on construction sites in Spain and Ireland, designed software in Silicon Valley and toiled in factories all over the rich world. Many will [...]
