Immigration to Sweden in the last three decades consists mainly of refugees and family reunion migrants. The increasing numbers of asylum seekers in the world together with a relatively liberal admission policy toward refugees and family reunion implied an increased population for Sweden due to net immigration. In the same period, various integration policies have been implemented to increase both labor market integration and political participation. Settlement policies toward newly arrived immigrants have been shifting over time according to the political and labor market context.Citizenship policies have over time changed and today include both the possibility of dual citizenship and the right to vote by noncitizens in local and provincial elections. Although intentions are good, both the employment integration and the voting participation by immigrants are substantially lower than for native Swedes and this questions the e ectiveness of integration policies.From the middle of the 1980s, increasing numbers of asylum seekers have been looking for protection in numerous European countries. Like many of its neighboring states, Sweden has been a ected by this dramatic increase in refugee movement worldwide. The large in ow of people seeking refuge during the 1980s, 1990s, and continuing into the rst years of the new millennium, together with a huge increase of unemployment and a low employment integration of immigrants, has provoked a debate about adjusting immigration and integration policies in Sweden. The deep economic recession of the early nineties obviously fueled this attention and directed it particularly toward the economic integration of immigrants and refugees. The continuing weak labor market integration of immigrants and refugees in the rst half the new millennium led to a shift of focus in the public and political debate and evoked discussion of other integration arenas like education, politics, associations, and law. For more insight into this discussion see

Immigration Worldwide : Policies, Practices, and Trends

edited by Uma A. Segal, Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas

Uma Anand Segal, Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford University Press USA, Oxford, 2010

New York, New York State, 2010

New York ; Oxford, 2010

Illustrated, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This Volume Explores Current Patterns And Policies Of Immigration In Key Countries And Regions Across The Globe And Analyzes The Implications For These Countries And Their Immigrant Populations. Pt. 1. Introduction. Immigration Process / Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Doreen Elliott ; Immigration Worldwide : Trends And Analysis / Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Uma A. Segal -- Pt. 2. Nations With Large Immigrant Populations. United States : The Changing Face Of The United States Of America / Uma A. Segal ; Russia: Immigration To Russia / Vladimir Iontsev, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Svetlana Soboleva ; Germany : Immigration And Integration Policies And Practices In Germany / Andrea Schmelz ; France : Immigration To France : The Challenge Of Immigrant Integration / Ines Michalowski ; Canada : Immigration To Canada / Usha George ; India : Refugees And Dynamics Of Hospitality : The Indian Story / Ranabir Samaddar ; United Kingdom : Immigration To The United Kingdom / Will Somerville, Betsy Cooper ; Spain : A New Immigration Center / David Corkill ; Australia : The World In One Place / Mel Gray, Kylie Agllias ; Pakistan : Refugee History And Policies Of Pakistan : An Afghan Case Study / Shireen S. Issa, Gail Desmond, Fariyal Rose-sheriff -- Pt. 3. Nations With Increasing Immigrant Populations. Greece : Immigration To Greece : Problems And Prospects / Anna Triandafyllidou ; Ireland : From Emigrant To Immigrant Society : Transition And Change In The Republic Of Ireland / Theasa Galvin ; Israel : The New Immigration To Israel : Becoming A De Facto Immigration State In The 1990s / Rebeca Raijman, Adriana Kemp ; Poland : Amorphous Population Movements Into Poland And Ensuing Policy Challenges / Aleksandra Grzymala-kazlowska, Marek Okólski ; New Zealand : Changing Tides In The South Pacific : Immigration To Aotearoa New Zealand / Richard D. Bedford, Jacques Poot ; Portugal: Immigration To Portugal / João Casqueira Cardoso ; Sweden : The Immigration And Integration Experience : The Case Of Sweden / Pieter Bevelander ; Thailand : Immigration To Thailand : The Case Of Migrant Workers From Myanmar, Laos, And Cambodia / Supang Chantavanich, Ratchada Jayagupta -- Pt. 4. Nations With Low Or Declining Immigrant Populations. Egypt : Immigration To Egypt / Ayman Zohry ; Taiwan: Immigration To Taiwan / Joseph S. Lee ; China : A New Pole For Immigration / Kim-wah Chung, Ji Qi, Wenruo Hou ; South Africa : Immigration To Post-apartheid South Africa : Critical Reflections / Brij Maharaj ; Ghana : Immigration To Ghana / A. Essuman-johnson ; Nigeria : Experiences Of Immigrants In Nigeria / Adejumoke Alice Afolayan ; Brazil : Immigration In Brazil : The Insertion Of Different Groups / Zeila De Brito Fabri Demartini -- Pt. 5. Regional Movements. African Union: Return And Resettlement : A Survey Of Refugee Law And Policy In Africa / Andrew Joseph Novak ; European Union : Immigration And The European Union / Karen Lyons, Nathalie Huegler -- Pt. 6. Concluding Chapter. Immigration Worldwide : Themes And Issues / Doreen Elliott, Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas. Edited By Uma A. Segal, Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

From the publisher. The ease of transportation, the opening of international immigration policies, the growing refugee movements, and the increasing size of unauthorized immigrant populations suggest that immigration worldwide is a phenomenon of utmost importance to professionals who develop policies and programs for, or provide services to, immigrants. Immigration occurs in both the wealthy nations of the global North and the poorer countries of the global South; it involves individuals who arrive with substantial human capital and those with little. It has far-reaching implications for a nation's economy, public policies, social and health services, and culture. The purpose of this volume, therefore, is to explore current patterns and policies of immigration in key countries and regions across the globe and analyze the implications for these countries and their immigrant populations. Each of its chapters, written by an international and interdisciplinary group of experts, explores how country conditions, policies, values, politics, and attitudes influence the process of immigration and subsequently affect immigrants, migration, and the nation itself. No other volume explores the landscape of worldwide immigration as broadly as this does, with sweeping coverage of countries and empirical research, together with an analytic framework that sets the context of human migration against a wide backdrop of experiential factors that take shape long before an immigrant enters a host country. At once a sourcebook and an applied model of immigration studies, Immigration Worldwide is a valuable reference for scholars and students seeking a wide-ranging yet nuanced survey of the key issuessalient to debates about the programs and policies that best serve immigrant populations and their host countries

The ease of transportation, the opening of international immigration policies, the growing refugee movements, and the increasing size of unauthorized immigrant populations suggest that immigration worldwide is a phenomenon of utmost importance to professionals who develop policies and programs for, or provide services to, immigrants. Immigration occurs in both the wealthy nations of the global North and the poorer countries of the global South; it involves individuals who arrive with substantial human capital and those with little. It has far-reaching implications for a nation's economy, public policies, social and health services, and culture. The purpose of this volume, therefore, is to explore current patterns and policies of immigration in key countries and regions across the globe and analyze the implications for these countries and their immigrant populations. Each of its chapters, written by an international and interdisciplinary group of experts, explores how country conditions, policies, values, politics, and attitudes influence the process of immigration and subsequently affect immigrants, migration, and the nation itself. No other volume explores the landscape of worldwide immigration as broadly as this does, with sweeping coverage of countries and empirical research, together with an analytic framework that sets the context of human migration against a wide backdrop of experiential factors that take shape long before an immigrant enters a host country. At once a sourcebook and an applied model of immigration studies, Immigration Worldwide is a valuable reference for scholars and students seeking a wide-ranging yet nuanced survey of the key issues salient to debates about the programs and policies that best serve immigrant populations and their host countries.