| | | | By Grete Brochmann Norway has transformed from a historically homogeneous society to one where one-fifth of residents are immigrants or the children of immigrants. Economic opportunities, a strong welfare state, and humanitarian commitments have been instrumental for immigration, which has been both a driver of growth and a source of debate. This article provides an overview of the history, policies, and key trends in migration to and from Norway. |
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| | By Ana Alanis Amaya and Jeanne Batalova Nearly 8 million Venezuelans have left their country amid the spiraling economic and political crisis witnessed over the last decade. While the vast majority have remained in Latin America or the Caribbean, about 770,000 are in the United States, according to the latest available data. The Trump administration is ending protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, which could have deep ramifications for this immigrant community. About half of Venezuelans live in Florida, a similar share hold a college degree, and nearly two-thirds arrived since 2010. This article offers key statistics about this group. |
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| | | Por Ana Alanis Amaya y Jeanne Batalova La población de inmigrantes venezolanos en Estados Unidos ha crecido rápidamente en los últimos años, en medio de la creciente crisis económica y política en Venezuela. Aproximadamente la mitad de los inmigrantes venezolanos viven en Florida y una proporción notablemente grande tiene un título universitario. Este artículo ofrece estadísticas clave sobre este grupo. |
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| | The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is experiencing a fresh wave of violence that has displaced more than 700,000 people since January, marking a bleak new phase in one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises. Congolese armed forces for years have battled rebels with M23, a Rwanda-backed group that has been operational for more than a decade and has stepped up its activity in recent years. In January, the militia took control of Goma, a city of 2 million people on the Rwandan border. Among those who left were hundreds of thousands of residents of camps for internally displaced people on the city’s outskirts, where many had been living for several years amid the region’s violence. M23’s campaign is the latest iteration of the tensions that have gripped the Great Lakes region since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, when radical ethnic Hutus killed as many as 1 million minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Many Hutus (including some génocidaires) subsequently fled to the DRC (then known as Zaire), and approximately 6 million people died in the following years as multiple regional militaries and dozens of rebel groups clashed with each other in a sprawling conflict. The fighting is considered the planet’s deadliest since World War II. As of the start of this year, more than 1.1 million people had fled the DRC, half of them to Uganda. Last year, more than 3 million people in eastern Congo were forced to flee their homes. Last weekend, leaders from East and Southern Africa met in Tanzania to call for an end to the current fighting, out of concern that, if left unchecked, the crisis could escalate into a broader regional war similar to those of the 1990s and early 2000s. Eastern Congo is rich in minerals such as coltan and lithium, which may be an incentive for M23 as well as Rwanda, which allegedly intervened in support of the rebels. A ceasefire, however, seems unlikely, given that M23 is facing neither significant battlefield opposition nor international pressure. European powers and the United States have offered condemnation but done little to exert pressure on Rwanda to halt its activities in the DRC. For displaced people and other civilians caught in the crossfire, the situation is severe. Journalists and analysts have reported that rival groups are using brutal sexual violence as a weapon of war. For many, continued displacement is, sadly, nothing new. All the best, Julian Hattem
Editor, Migration Information Source
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"Tanzania is using restrictive policies and rhetoric to deter refugee arrivals and encourage some of those in the country to repatriate." |
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"Since 2010, no single region has experienced a greater relative increase in international migration than Latin America and the Caribbean." |
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