Pay to Go: Countries Offer Cash to Immigrants Willing to Pack Their Bags November 5 — Many countries relied on low-skilled immigrant workers during good times. But Japan, Spain, and the Czech Republic have recently introduced "pay-to-go" programs to reduce the number of unemployed immigrants. MPI's Kristen McCabe, Serena Yi-Ying Lin, and Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Piotr Plewa of the European University Institute examine these programs and the larger policy questions they raise. Committed to the Diaspora: More Developing Countries Setting Up Diaspora Institutions November 2 — For many developing countries, migrants are considered valuable contributors to future development. As proof of their commitment, they have invested in diaspora institutions with responsibilities ranging from protecting migrants to encouraging investment. MPI's Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias analyzes 45 such institutions across 30 countries and breaks them down by type. Immigration Controversy Lands in the Middle of Health-Care Reform Debate October 15 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on immigrant provisions in current health-care reform legislation, ICE's plans to make detention more "civil," a small drop in the size of the US foreign-born population, and more.

Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States October 27 — From Mexican immigrants to health-care coverage to government budgets and backlogs, MPI's Aaron Terrazas and Jeanne Batalova have assembled in one article the latest data on immigrants and immigration from a variety of official sources. Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India October 15 — The world's second most populous country also has a vast diapora spread across nearly every continent. Daniel Naujoks provides a broad overview of Indian migration flows and major populations worldwide, and discusses India's diaspora policies, refugees and asylum seekers from the region, and illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. India Resource Page Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States Committed to the Diaspora: More Developing Countries Setting Up Diaspora Institutions Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions The US Refugee Resettlement Program Ecuador: Diversity in Migration Central Americans and Asylum Policy in the Reagan Era New Estimates of the Undocumented Population in the United States Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America Foreign-Born Hispanics in the United States The US Refugee Resettlement Program Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions Today's Immigration Policy Debates: Do We Need a Little History? New Estimates of the Undocumented Population in the United States Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America Ecuador: Diversity in Migration Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors United Kingdom: A Reluctant Country of Immigration Foreign-Born Hispanics in the United States Local Integration: The Forgotten Solution Karen Jacobsen of Tufts University examines local integration as an alternative to "warehousing" refugees in camps.

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