Stalker's guide to international migration


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Home About this guide Basis of this guide About Peter Stalker Introduction Types of migrant Interactive map of flows History of migration 1. The slave trade 2. Indentured workers 3. Europe to the New World 4. After World War II 5. Doors close in Europe Migration theory 1. Individual and family 2. Structures 3. Networks and systems Why people migrate 1. Wage gaps 2. The need for workers 3. Development disruption How people migrate 1. Colonial paths 2. Family ties 3. Networks 4. Brokers 5. Smugglers 6. Traffickers 7. Regulation Impact of immigration 1. The economic impact 2. Filling the gaps 3. Employment 4. Welfare 5. Population Impact of emigration 1. Population and jobs 2. Social impact 3. Brain drain 4. Remittances 5. Return migration 6. Transnational communities Effects of globalization 1. Convergence divergence 2. Trade 3. Investment 4. Global shock absorbers Country profiles Australia Canada United Kingdom United States Latest news Statistics 1. Inflows 2. Outflows 3. Stocks 4. Remittances Resources and links If you think this site is useful, please help spread the word. 1. Books 2. Information links 3. Action group links		About Peter Stalker Peter Stalker I am a freelance writer and editor based in Oxford, UK. Although I have a science degree, I specialize chiefly in economic and social issues - and particularly in international migration. My most recent books are the No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration, (New Internationalist, 2008) and the the Oxford Guide to Countries of the World (OUP, 2007). I have also written two other books on international migration: The Work of Strangers: A Survey of International Labour Migration (ILO, 1994); and Workers Without Frontiers: The Impact of Globalization on International Migration (ILO/Lynne Rienner, 2000). I have also worked extensively for agencies of the United Nations. In the 1990s I edited the annual Human Development Report, produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In recent years, I have often been working in in Asia, particularly in Indonesia and Thailand. That's probably already more than you wanted to know, but further information on these and other activities are available at my main website: www.pstalker.com About this guide

Peter Stalker

I am a freelance writer and editor based in Oxford, UK. Although I have a science degree, I specialize chiefly in economic and social issues - and particularly in international migration.