Adjusting to a World in Motion: Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy

International migration has reached new heights since the 1960s. Altogether, some 215 million people live in countries other than their countries of birth, and according to surveys, another 700 million say they would leave their homes and move to another country if they could. Nations-both sending and receiving-have responded to this growing international migrant flow with new laws and domestic programs. In receiving countries, they include laws and programs to control entry, encourage high-skilled immigration, develop refugee policy, and speed assimilation. In sending countries, governments are implementing and experimenting with new policies that link migrant diasporas back to their home countries culturally or economically-or both. This volume contains a series of thoughtful analyses of some of the most critical issues raised in both receiving and sending countries, including US immigration policy, European high skilled labor programs, the experiences of migrants to the Gulf States, the impact of immigration on student educational achievement, and how post-conflict nations connect with their diasporas. We hope that the volume helps readers draw lessons for their own countries, and, hence, is offered in the spirit of mutual learning within a continued international dialogue of research and analysis on migration. Available in OSO: Contributors to this volume - Ellen L. Berg Department of History University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, United States Douglas J. Besharov School of Public Policy University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, United States Ozge Bilgili Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-Merit Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Mary E. Breeding Independent Evaluation Group World Bank Washington, DC, United States Dylan Conger Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration George Washington University Washington, DC, United States Gerard-Rene de Groot Faculty of Law Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Manon de Heus Independent writer and journalist Berlin, Germany Jaap Dronkers School of Business and Economics Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Katharina Eisele Faculty of Law Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Ahmed Mustafa Elhussein Mansour Department of Political Science United Arab Emirates University Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Neli Esipova Gallup Princeton, New Jersey, United States Sonja Fransen Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Metka Hercog Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology University of Basel Basel, Switzerland Rebecca Hinze-Pifer Harris School of Public Policy University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, United States Binod Khadria School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India Katie Kuschminder Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Mark H. Lopez Pew Research Center Washington, DC, United States Eileen Patten Pew Research Center Washington, DC, United States Julie Ray Gallup Omaha, Nebraska, United States Andrew Selee Wilson Center Washington, DC, United States Melissa Siegel Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Rajesh Srinivasan Gallup Princeton, New Jersey, United States Roberto Suro Price School of Public Policy University of Southern California Los Angeles, California, United States Maarten Peter Vink Department of Political Science Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Silja Weyel Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Maastricht University Maastricht, the Netherlands Anja Wiesbrock Research Council of Norway Lysaker, Norway