Immigration, Emigration, Refugees & Asylum Seeking
Reference books
| Atlas of international migration | 304.8 SEG Ref |
Books by Dewey classification
| Migration (movement of people) | 304.8 |
| Immigration | 325.1 |
| Emigration | 325.2 |
| Refugees | 325.21 |
| Asylum | 323.631 |
| Migrant workers | 331.544 |
Brookings Institute: Immigration - Brookings experts examine the demographic, economic, social and political impact of immigration in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
Center for Immigration Studies - An independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985 and devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States.
Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations - At the University of Stockholm.
Forced Migration Online - Access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Recommended as a gateway by PINAKES.
Issues Online: Refugees - Online versions of Issues edited by Craig Donnellan from Independence publications. The general library username and password are required to access this resource. Contact Library staff for details.
Migration Policy Institute Analyses of migration and refugee policies. Includes:
Migration Information Source - Find out who is going where and how migration is shaping social, political, demographic and economic futures country by country. The site allows you to generate tables, create graphs and follow trends.
Migration Watch UK - A voluntary, non political, body concerned about the present scale of immigration into the UK. "We are not opposed to immigration that is moderate and managed. At present it is neither. We wish to ensure that the arguments adduced in favour of the current large-scale immigration are thoroughly examined as we believe them to be unsound."
Moving here: 200 years of migration in England - from the National Archives - Moving Here explores, records and illustrates why people came to England over the last 200 years and what their experiences were and continue to be. It offers free access, for personal and educational use, to an online catalogue of versions of original material related to migration history from local, regional and national archives, libraries and museums.
National Immigration Law Center (NILC) - To protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members.
Office of Immigration Statistics - Part of the US Department of Homeland Security
Public Agenda: Issue Guides: Immigration - Public Agenda is a non-partisan opinion research organisation helping people understand contemporary issues. It offers a section on "Understanding the issue" along with "Public opinion" and links to additional resources.
Pew Hispanic Includes reports such as:
- Rise, peak and decline: trends in US immigration
- Size & characteristics of unauthorized migrant population in the US
- Survey of Mexicans living in the USA
Refugee Studies Centre - Established in 1982 as part of the University of Oxford's Department of International Development (QEH), it has an international reputation as the leading multidisciplinary centre for research and teaching on the causes and consequences of forced migration.
African Diaspora
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History: the African Diaspora - Web guide to resources on the African diaspora.
Riots in France
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Indepth: France riots
Guardian Unlimited special report
National Public Radio news stories
US Immigration and US-Mexican border
The Dividing Line - Online exhibit about the US-Mexican border, from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.com.
Close to Slavery: Guestworker Program - Report on the US guestworker program from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Center for Applied Linguistics: Refugee Integration and the Cultural Orientation Resource Center - The COR Center specializes in the development of materials that help refugee newcomers understand fundamental aspects of life in the United States.
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