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"One Face at the Border" - Is It Working?
In 2003, the US merged all of its border-related agencies to create a unified border inspection process. MPI's Deborah Meyers reports on the positive and negative effects of the merger to date.
Trafficking in Women from Nigeria to Europe
In search of a better life, thousands of Nigerian women have signed emigration "pacts" with smugglers before going to Europe, where they are coerced into prostitution. Jørgen Carling of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo explains.
Ethiopians Who Survived the Famine: A Repatriation Success Story
In the early 1990s, Ethiopians who had been living in refugee camps in Sudan began to return home. As Laura C. Hammond of Clark University reveals, they created a new community that is thriving 12 years later.

Reining in Child Trafficking in the New EU
Lisa Kurbiel of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations takes an in-depth look at new initiatives to stop child trafficking in the European Union.
The July issue of the Source explores migration challenges in Israel, the trafficking of women from Nigeria to Europe, and the successful repatriation of Ethiopian refugees. We also report on the United States' efforts to merge its border-related agencies, nonimmigrant data, and the latest US policy developments.
Israel
Israel is home to Jews and Jewish immigrants as well as Israeli Arabs, Palestinian refugees, and others. But the arrival of foreign workers in the 1990s has further complicated the country's migration issues, as Martha Kruger reports.

Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States
The total number of nonimmigrants admitted to the US more than tripled between 1985 and 2004. MPI's Jeanne Batalova outlines the definition of nonimmigrants and takes a detailed look at admissions data.

MPI's Julia Gelatt and Jennifer Yau report on resumption of free flights for undocumented border crossers, Senators Kyl and Cornyn's immigration enforcement proposals, and the use of immigration laws in national security investigations. Full Story

World Refugee Survey 2005. Published by the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.

World Migration 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration. From the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Trafficking in Persons Report. The fifth annual report from the US Department of State.
The foreign born from China represent the fourth-largest immigrant group in the United States. Click here for more information.
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