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The United Nations has recommended the measurement of types of international migration using demographic criteria, including length of stay and purpose of travel. Information systems at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) have the potential to provide a basis for documenting these demographic characteristics, in particular, length of stay of temporary migrants to the United States. This article analyzes these characteristics of selected categories of nonimmigrant aliens. The results of the analysis are used to produce series of estimates of alien immigration that conform more closely to the U.N. recommended definitions and better represent demographic concepts of long-term immigration. A strategy for measuring emigration of aliens from the United States using INS information systems is also described.

From the newly released 1940 and 1950 Census PUMS (Public Use Microdata Sample) files, this study analyzes male occupational stratification for 35 ethnic populations, defined by "race" and national origins (foreign birthplace or parental birthplace). While racial and Spanish origin minorities had average occupational statuses (scored by Duncan's Socioeconomic Index) far below that of NWNP (Native White of Native Parentage) men, most European ethnics, especially second generation men, were equal to or only slightly below the majority population in 1940 and 1950. A detailed labor market classification of 266 geographic areas did not prove to be a powerful mediating variable in the process of ethnic occupational stratification. Higher education attainments of northern born black men did not help them escape from low status occupations.

During the past decade the international statistical community has made several efforts to develop standards for the definition, collection and publication of statistics on international migration. This article surveys the history of official initiatives to standardize international migration statistics by reviewing the recommendations of the ISI, International Labor Organization and the United Nations and reports a recently proposed agenda for moving toward comparability among national statistical systems.

This introduction to this special issue of the Journal on Migration and Human Security discusses the background and focus of two meetings precursory to this collection, considers refugee resettlement and integration in the United States within the broader framework of the literature on migrant integration, and reflects on the role that population research can play in promoting successful and healthy refugee resettlement in the United States. Other contributions to the special issue are based on five of the presentations at a scientific workshop held in May 2019 in Washington, DC, entitled, "Forced Migration Research: From Theory to Practice in Promoting Migrant Well-Being." A sixth article evolved from a virtual stakeholder meeting held as a follow-up activity in December 2020, entitled, "Refugee Resettlement in the United States: The Role of Migration Research in Promoting Migrant Well-being in a Post-Pandemic Era." Both the workshop and the virtual meeting were hosted by the Committee on Population of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with dedicated support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This authoritative and comprehensive edited volume presents current research on how demography can contribute to generating scientific knowledge and evidence concerning refugees and forced migration, developing evidence based policy recommendations on protection for forced migrants and reception of refugees, and revealing the determinants and consequences of migration for origin and destination regions and communities. Refugee and other forced migrations have increased substantially in scale, complexity and diversity in recent decades. These changes challenge traditional approaches in response to refugee and other forced migration situations, and protection of refugees. Demography has an important contribution to make in this analytic space. While other disciplines (especially anthropology, law, geography, political science and international relations) have made major contributions to refugee and forced migration studies, demography has been less present with most research focusing on issues of refugee mortality and morbidity. This book specifies the range of topics for which a demographic approach is highly appropriate, and identifies findings of demographic research which can contribute to ever more effective policy making in this important arena of human welfare and international policy.

Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the Editors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Advancing the Demography of Forced Migration and Refugees -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Conceptualising Refugee and Forced Migration -- 1.3 Defining and Classifying Refugee and Forced Migration -- 1.4 Measuring Refugee and Forced Migration -- 1.5 Advancing the Role of Demography -- 1.6 Dedicated Demographic Contributions -- 1.7 Organization of the Volume -- 1.8 Bridging Thoughts -- References -- Part I: Forced Migration: Concepts, Data -- Chapter 2: Concepts of Refugee and Forced Migration: Considerations for Demographic Analysis -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Construct of Refugee and Refugee Studies -- 2.3 Migrants and Forced Migration Studies -- 2.4 Considerations for Empiricism -- 2.5 Conceptual Specification -- 2.6 Operational Definitions and Data -- 2.7 Review and Reflection -- References -- Chapter 3: Registration - A Sine Qua Non for Refugee Protection -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background: Human Rights, Protection and Registration -- 3.3 Registration of Refugees and Displaced Persons and Access to Rights -- 3.3.1 Access to Rights -- 3.3.2 The Need for Supranational Authority -- 3.3.3 Registration: A Condition for Survival -- 3.4 Registration in Practice -- 3.5 Individual Refugee Status Determination -- 3.5.1 Group Refugee Status Determination -- 3.5.2 Voluntary Repatriation -- 3.5.3 Resettlement -- 3.5.4 Local Integration -- 3.6 Registration as a Resource for Demographic Analysis -- 3.6.1 Refugees -- 3.6.2 Asylum-Seekers -- 3.6.3 Internally Displaced Persons -- 3.6.4 The Population Census: An Underutilized Source -- 3.7 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Comparative Demographic Analysis of Forced and Refugee Migrations: An Illustrative Note -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Concepts and Comparative Data

This review considers sociological perspectives and research on the outcomes and implications of forced and refugee migration for migrants and communities of settlement. Analytic constraints and opportunities posed by concepts of forced and refugee migration and migrants for empirical research are underscored. The tendencies for research on forced and refugee migration to serve policy and programs are addressed in relationship to the conceptualization of processes of displacement as well as research design. A social demographic lens is used to illustrate a record of research on the consequences of forced and refugee migration and settlement. Accordingly, we review empirical literature on patterns of spatial mobility, health and well-being, social and economic integration, and family and community dynamics at different scales. Implications of global issues such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are considered. Analytic issues emerge from the intersections, and lack thereof, between forced migration, refugee studies, and migration policy analysis and provide critical opportunities for contributions by sociologists and social scientists more generally.