Oceania

Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse: Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy

Josh Watkins of Texas A&M University reviews Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse: Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy by Irial Glynn. Irial Glynn compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two...

Unmaking Citizens: The Expansion of Citizenship Revocation in Response to Terrorism

Introduction “They hold us in contempt. They hold our values in contempt. They hold our belief in tolerance and decency in contempt. They hold our democracy, the means by which we will make our decision tonight, in contempt. And what...

Negotiating Belongings: Stories of Forced Migration of Dinka Women from South Sudan

Katarzyna Grabska of The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies reviews Negotiating Belongings: Stories of Forced Migration of Dinka Women from South Sudan, by Melanie Baak. Melanie Baak utilizes narrative, ethnographic and autoethnographic approaches to explore the negotiations for belonging for...

Matching Systems for Refugees

The paper addresses how to match refugees — who have been approved for resettlement — to particular areas, arguing for the importance of accounting for refugee preferences. It finds that matching systems between refugees and states or local areas are emerging as one of the most promising solutions to this question. This paper describes the basics of two-sided matching theory used in a number of allocation problems, such as school choice, where both sides need to agree to the match. It then examines how these insights can be applied to refugee matching in the context of the European Union, and explores how refugee matching might work in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.

New from IMR: Immigrant Experiences in North America, Western Europe and Australia

The fall 2016 edition of the International Migration Review (IMR) is now available online and in print through paid or institutional subscription. This edition includes a series of papers on immigrants in Western Europe, including a paper on the educational performance of immigrants in Western European countries and papers on variables that influence anti-immigrant attitudes. Other articles explore immigrant experiences in North America and Australia, including participation in unions, educational expectations and attainment, health, and factors that help or hinder US undocumented youth in applying for temporary relief from deportation through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The edition also includes eight new book reviews which, as always, are open access (freely available) for three years from the date of publication.

Missionaries on the Move: A Pastoral History of the Scalabrinians in Australia and Asia 1952-2002

Mary Elizabeth Brown, Archivist at Marymount Manhattan College, reviews Missionaries on the Move: A Pastoral History of the Scalabrinians in Australia and Asia 1952-2002. The book is a history of the Scalabrinians’ mission to migrants in South Pacific countries, such...

Multiculturalism in a Global Society

Ewald R. Engelen, Professor of Geography at the University of Amsterdam, reviews Multiculturalism in a Global Society, by Peter Kivisto. The book argues that the separation of the concepts ethnicity and nationality lead to a globalized society. It focuses on the...

Selecting by Origin: Ethnic Migration in the Liberal State

Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY, reviews Selecting by Origin: Ethnic Migration in the Liberal State. The book is about the selection criteria in immigration policies of liberal states. For example, states often prefer...

European Migration: What Do We Know?

Willem Maas, Associate Professor of Political Science, Public & International Affairs, Social & Political Thought, and Socio-Legal Studies at Glendon College, York University, reviews European Migration: What Do We Know? The book studies and evaluates migration in Europe since World War...

The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration since 1965

Greta Gilbertson, Associate Professor of Sociology at Fordham University, reviews The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration since 1965. The book is a reference guide that includes chapters on immigrants from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...