Analyzes factors affecting refugee outcomes in those areas preceding and succeeding flight. Indicates that, although refugee situations may appear unique, recurring elements offer explanations of the events actually observed and enable the prediction of the course that future events may take. (Author/MK)

This paper determines the degree to which recent Soviet migration can be adequately described by generalizations concerning Western experience. (Author)

Places the facts of Filipino migration to the United States, the most important foreign destination, in demographic perspective. (Author)

Argues that the semiperipheral development of Puerto Rico since around 1975 has created a relative labor surplus in formal sectors of the economy while increasing demand for cheap labor in the informal service sector. Describes migration of Puerto Ricans to and from the U.S. and of Dominicans to Puerto Rico. (AF)

Analyzes census data from 1960, 1970, and 1980. Finds that the rates of interstate migration of all minority groups moved closer to or surpassed those of Whites by the 1975-80 period. (DM)

Compares U.S. job and spatial mobility for recent returnee migrants from two Mexican areas: Rio Grande; Zacatecas, in the interior; and Nueva Rosita-Muzquiz, Coahuila, near the U.S. border. Interior migrants fit a hierarchical migrant model while border migrants fit a shuttle migrant model. (Author/LHW)

Provides a brief overview of quantitative estimates of Colombian emigration including a discussion of how estimates were prepared. Concludes that estimates of international migration from Colombia are inflated and that such migration is not as significant as some observers claim. (CMG)

Studies the politics of immigration in the major immigrant-receiving countries, focusing on the United States, Canada, and Australia. A strong pattern of restrictionism in the face of pressures for entry is found, coupled with exceptions, amnesties, and hesitation to enforce the law. Consequences of these inconsistencies are discussed. (SLD)

International migration is presented as a permanent phenomenon. Historical changes in migration patterns are traced; and different types of immigration policies, and current and future trends are reviewed. Open and unrestricted immigration is a thing of the past, but selective, and illegal, immigration will continue. (SLD)

Analyzes the role of Portuguese women in the migration decision of typical "male-dominated" families and their importance in the departure from Portugal and the acculturative process in the U.S. Seeks to redress the imbalance in previous migration literature that neglects the role of women in these processes. (Author/GC)

Discusses issues concerning forced migration. In today's climate, there is an increased willingness to intervene in other countries' affairs to avert the creation of new floods of immigrants or to assist internally displaced populations, and there is the expectation of large-scale and voluntary returns of refugees in asylum. (SLD)

Discusses a study examining the relationship between geographic mobility, kinship ties and social status for a sample of Mexican immigrants who were interviewed upon entry to the United States and reinterviewed three years later. Attempts to determine whether and how maintenance of kinship ties influences the integration of immigrants. (Author/MK)

Aspects of Mexico's economic and technological structures are examined, features of the modernization process are dealt with, an analysis is made of one component of the Mexican migratory flow into the United States, and migratory flow, seen in the context of the system of "peripheral" and "central" economics, is discussed. (Author/EB)

In this paper the need hierarchy theory of Abraham Maslow is used to describe stages in the adjustment process of new immigrants. This notion is developed and applied to interpreting some longitudinal data on the changing needs of immigrants to Israel during the first two years after their arrival. (Author/GC)