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Age and sex patterns of migration are essential for understanding drivers of population change and heterogeneity of migrant groups. We develop a hierarchical Bayesian model to estimate such patterns for international migration in the European Union and European Free Trade Association from 2002 to 2008, which was a period of time when the number of members expanded from 19 to 31 countries. Our model corrects for the inadequacies and inconsistencies in the available data and estimates the missing patterns. The posterior distributions of the age and sex profiles are then combined with a matrix of origin-destination flows, resulting in a synthetic database with measures of uncertainty for migration flows and other model parameters.

A number of commentators in both newspapers and journals have implied that the high rates of out-migration from Jamaica in the late 70s were essentially a response to the democratic socialist policies of the Manley administration in that country. However, a more detailed examination of the data on patterns of migration in previous years reveals not only that the high rates were part of an on-going trend set soon after World War II, but also that the various fluctuations in rates from year to year correspond more to the immigration policies of receiving countries than to the policies of the sending nation.

Die Kommission für Migrations- und Integrationsforschung (KMI), das Institut für Stadt- und Regionalforschung (ISR), die Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (OEAW) und der Forschungsbereich "Migration, Citizenship and Belonging" der Universität Wien haben zur diesjährigen Jahrestagung zur Migrations- und Integrationsforschung vom 5. bis 7. Dezember in Wieneingeladen. Die interdisziplinäre Tagung stand unter...

This article is based on in-depth interviews carried out with producers involved in the restoration of Ellis Island Immigration Station, New York and those responsible for turning it into a successful national heritage site which opened to the public in 1990. The buildings on Ellis Island operated as an Immigration Station between approximately 1892 and 1924 during which time they processed over 16 million migrants of predominantly European origin. An analysis of interviews conducted as well as readings of Ellis Island taken from archives, folklore and US popular culture suggest that the site is imbued with the spectropolitics of its politically emotive immigrant processing past. Rather than dismissing the spectrality associated with Ellis Island as folkloric or irrational, the article attempts to untangle the different meanings attributed to the `ghosts' that circulate through the buildings and material objects that inhabit the island. It suggests that a number of `tropes' of ghostliness can be associated with the island; uncanny ghosts which defy the sanitizing force of the restoration; conjured ghosts, which are deliberately invoked by producers for various political and economic purposes, and the ghosts of deconstruction which make any meta-narrative of immigration history at Ellis Island a precarious if not troubling achievement.

Les Etats africains doivent eux aussi affronter aujourd'hui les enjeux de l'intégration des populations issues de l'immigration et faire face à des tentations nationalistes. Cette situation est une conséquence, entre autres, de la domination coloniale, qui a stimulé les migrations à grande échelle sur le continent. Souvent contraints et organisés en fonction des intérêts des colonisateurs, ces mouvements de populations ont certes ouvert les régions africaines les unes aux autres ; mais, contrairement aux migrations traditionnelles , ils se sont déroulés sur une très courte période : les sociétés n'ont pas eu le temps de se recomposer.

After Lithuania joined European Union, emigration became a big problem in the country. Emigration is considered to be the most important non-military threat to Lithuania. It has considerable negative influence on demography, also it may have an impact for long term growth. Statistics shows that Lithuanians one of most migratory peoples in Europe. And in fact, mass emigration is nothing new in the country where waves of migrants have been leaving for centuries. Mostly common emigrants are young people. Unemployment and wage differentials between Lithuania and destination countries are the main pushing factors. Most emigrants leave Lithuania due to the lack of jobs and low salaries. Because of this, people don't feel the motivation to work in Lithuania and decide to emigrate in order to get financial independence. The qualitative research results have revealed that the foundation for successful politics is to systematically solve internal problems, while the programs for those abroad should perform a helping function only, by providing the people with a thorough information and competent help. The most important emigrants' problems should also be addressed.

After Lithuania joined European Union, emigration became a big problem in the country. Emigration is considered to be the most important non-military threat to Lithuania. It has considerable negative influence on demography, also it may have an impact for long term growth. Statistics shows that Lithuanians one of most migratory peoples in Europe. And in fact, mass emigration is nothing new in the country where waves of migrants have been leaving for centuries. Mostly common emigrants are young people. Unemployment and wage differentials between Lithuania and destination countries are the main pushing factors. Most emigrants leave Lithuania due to the lack of jobs and low salaries. Because of this, people don't feel the motivation to work in Lithuania and decide to emigrate in order to get financial independence. The qualitative research results have revealed that the foundation for successful politics is to systematically solve internal problems, while the programs for those abroad should perform a helping function only, by providing the people with a thorough information and competent help. The most important emigrants' problems should also be addressed.

Die indo-muslimische Kaste der Sunni Vohras steht beispielhaft für komplexe Migrationsprozesse zwischen Indien und Südafrika und die weltweit verhandelte Spannung zwischen islamischen Stilen. In dieser ethnographischen Analyse »begleitet« Julia Koch Angehörige der Kaste auf ihrem Weg, der in zwei Dörfern der Abreise in Gujarat/Westindien beginnt und in zwei Ankunftsräumen in Südafrika endet.Von der hierbei eingenommenen Forschungsposition aus werden diese Orte symmetrisch betrachtet und die gegenwärtige Migration in die ehemaligen südafrikanischen »Homelands« wird in einen historischen Kontext eingebettet. Durch die Perspektive der Kastenangehörigen gelingt auch der Blick auf die sich wandelnde muslimische Praxis.

The homeland -- The global context -- The hostland : a designer nation -- Farewell, my village by the sea : working-class Croatians in Australian suburbia -- Ubi lucrum, ibi patria : incorporation and transnationalism of the professional cohort -- The Croatian diaspora : transnationalism, class, and identity -- From communism to capitalism : altered values and shifting identities? -- Conclusion: Between or beyond nations? Class, ethnicity, and transnationalism in the global century