Senior Immigrants in the United States May 30 — The nearly 5 million immigrants age 65 and older residing in the United States in 2010 accounted for 12 percent of all elderly as well as 12 percent of the total immigrant population. MPI's Jeanne Batalova examines the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the elderly immigrant population, including where they live, countries of origin, and their sources of income. Long-Term Impact of the Supreme Court Ruling on Key Provision of Arizona's SB 1070 May Hinge on Political Calculus May 16 — MPI's Muzaffar Chishti, Faye Hipsman, and Claire Bergeron examine the potential outcomes to the Supreme Court's decision on a key provision to Arizona's SB 1070 law. Jamaica: From Diverse Beginning to Diaspora in the Developed World This former British colony in the Caribbean, once a destination for forced and indentured labor from across the globe, has experienced large emigration flows of both skilled and unskilled workers and their families to the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada over the last half century. As Alex Glennie and Laura Chappell of the Institute for Public Policy Research explain, the Jamaican government has a number of strategies to limit brain drain and to encourage return.

To better help you search the Migration Information Source, we've added regional navigation pages. Check out each region page for country profiles and other Source articles. Africa | the Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania Lesotho: From Labor Reserve to Depopulating Periphery? May 2 — Jim Cobbe of Florida State University discusses how the close ties between Lesotho (ethnically, almost wholly Basotho) and South Africa (with an even larger Basotho population) are expressed in a history of economic migration, and how new immigrants from China are changing the face of modern-day Lesotho. Lesotho Resource Page Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States and Europe: The Use of Legalization/ Regularization as a Policy Tool May 9 —Legalization of unauthorized immigrants in the United States and Europe ("regularizations" in the European context) have been used repeatedly for broad and discrete groups. These programs seek to balance the goal of bringing unauthorized immigrants into the mainstream of society for economic and humanitarian reasons with the public and political pressures to stem illegal migration in the long term. A look at the differences between these sometimes contentious policy tools and their use, both historically and in recent years. Filipino Immigrants in the United States Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home The Growing Linkages Between Migration and Microfinance Visas for Entrepreneurs: How Countries are Seeking Out Immigrant Job Creators Saudi Arabia's Plan for Changing Its Workforce Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans The Debate Over Multiculturalism: Philosophy, Politics, and Policy Filling Labor Shortages through Immigration: An Overview of Shortage Lists and their Implications Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region Immigrants in the United States and the Current Economic Crisis Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home Filipino Immigrants in the United States Renouncing US Citizenship: A New Trend? Tuareg Migration: A Critical Component of Crisis in the Sahel Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration Jamaica: From Diverse Beginning to Diaspora in the Developed World Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India

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