Geography of Migration by Dr. Satish Davgun, Bemidji StateIMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe)
International migration, into and within the EU, is a fundamental issue of politics and policy today. It is set to remain so for years to come, for reasons that lie both inside and outside Europe. This will have far-reaching consequences for the member states and for the EU as a whole -- how to manage demand and supply-driven migration, how to integrate the resident immigrants, how to adapt institutional arrangements to preserve social cohesion? To provide comprehensive theoretical and empirical knowledge that can form a reliable basis for policy, 19 established European research institutes have established a Network of Excellence in the domain of International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE). The Network brings together some 300 selected, highly qualified researchers. Based on their wide-ranging skills and experience in international comparative research, the institutes implement an integrated, multidisciplinary, rigorously comparative research programme, with Europe as its central focus.Destination Denmark - migration strategies among "spontaneous" asylum seekers (PPT) lisborg-destination-denmark.ppt
'irregular migration' and trafficking in Europe
On the Roma:
Roma migration not critical The Slovak Spectator 22 December 2003False figures and What they said about ... immigration and the EU: Tabloids threaten 'flood' of Gypsies ...both from Guardian Unlimited Wednesday January 21, 2004
Britain as the deep south Action over the lack of legal sites for Travellers and Gypsies would be the most effective way of reducing tensions with the settled community Heaven Crawley Guardian Unlimited Tuesday January 20, 2004
Shame of a continent Guardian Unlimited Wednesday January 8, 2003
They are the forgotten people, persecuted throughout history, murdered in their hundreds of thousands by the Nazis, seen as second-class citizens in much of eastern Europe. And soon the countries that treat them worst will be our EU partners. Gary Younge investigates the plight of the RomaThe Roma People- Debate Over Right to Asylum from Foreign Policy Association
European Roma Rights Center --see fact sheets for several countries
Current Roma migration from the EU Candidate States (February 2001 --41 page pdf)
From Coppersmith to Nurse: Alyosha, the son of a Gypsy Chief, is the autobiography of Alyosha Taikon, a Kalderash Gypsy from Sweden. It is published by the University of Hertfordshire Press on Derby Day, Saturday 7 June, during the Gypsy horse fair at Appleby in Cumbria. --and see University of Hertfordshire Press ("We are the only university press committed to developing a major publishing programme on social, cultural and political aspects of the Roma.")
Ethnologue 'Romani, Vlax' entry --see also this summary:
ROMANI, VLACH (GYPSY, TSIGENE, ROMANESE, VLACH ROMANY, VLAX ROMANI, DANUBIAN) [RMY] 200,000 to 250,000 in Romania; 100,000 to 210,000 in Latin America, including 5,000 in Mexico (1993); 650,000 in North America; 1,500,000 in all countries (1986 estimate). 500,000 Gypsies in Romania use a variety of Romani as first or second language (1985 Gunnemark and Kenrick); 6,000,000 to 11,000,000 total Gypsies in the world (I. Hancock 1987). Also in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, England, Germany, France, Sweden, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Slovakia, Norway, Poland, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, USA, Colombia, Canada, USA. Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax. Dialects: SEDENTARY ROMANIA, KALDERASH (KELDERASHÍCKO, COPPERSMITH), UKRAINE-MOLDAVIA, EASTERN, CHURARI (CHURARÍCKO), LOVARI (LOVARÍCKO), MACHVANO (MACHVANÍCKO), NORTH ALBANIAN, SOUTH ALBANIAN, SERBO-BOSNIAN, ZAGUNDZI, SIEVEMAKERS, SEDENTARY BULGARIA, GHAGAR, GREKURJA (GRECO). A Gypsy language. The Vlax were slaves in Romania for 500 years. Kalderash is an occupational ethnonym; Machvano is a geographical one. Machvano and Serbian Kalderash have a south Slavic superstratum; Russian Kalderash is influenced by east Slavic, mainly Russian; Lovari is influenced by Hungarian; Grekurja is probably Turkish influenced and is distinct from the Greek Romani dialect of Balkan Romani. All Vlax dialects are inherently intelligible; the differences are mainly lexical and sociolinguistic (I. Hancock). Ethnic groups: Chache, Kaldarari, Lovári. Christian. NT 1984-1995. Bible portions 1930-1991....and see Some names for the Roma, which includes a remarkable spectrum of 'tribal', occupational, and more or less descriptive terms
(from http://198.62.75.1/www1/pater/ethno/Roma.html)from a Google cache of http://www.phrasebase.com/languages/index.php?cat=29:
VLAX: Vlax developed from the Romani spoken when they were slaves in Romania for 500 years. There were migrations out of Romania from the mid-14th to mid-19th centuries. Those who left earlier have less Romanian influence in their dialects. Kalderash, Ursari, Churari are occupational ethnonyms; Machvano is a geographical one. Other names are Argintari 'silversmith', and Lingurari 'spoonmakers'. Machvano and Serbian Kalderash have a south Slavic superstratum; Russian Kalderash is influenced by east Slavic, mainly Russian; Lovari is influenced by Hungarian; Grekurja is probably Turkish influenced and is distinct from the Greek Romani dialect of Balkan Romani. All 20 or more Vlax dialects are inherently intelligible; the differences are mainly lexical and sociolinguistic (I. Hancock). Ethnic groups: Chache, Kaldarari, Lovári. The people are called Rroma. Grammar. Christian. NT 1984-1995. BALKAN: The Arlija dialect (252,000 to 367,000 total) is understood by Greek Romani and Dzambazi speakers. Ethnic group: Jerlídes (Macedonia, southern Serbia). Muslim. Bible portions 1912-1937. BALTIC: Ethnic groups: Pólska Foldítka, Romá. Christian. Bible portions 1933-1996. CARPATHIAN: Not intelligible with Vlach Romani or Angloromani. Speakers do not interact socially with speakers of Vlach Romani or Angloromani. Ethnic groups: Sárvika Romá (northern and eastern Slovakia), Ungrike Romá (southern Slovakia). The people are called 'Karpacki Roma.' Dictionary. Grammar. Christian. Bible portions 1936-1996. KALO FINNISH: Not inherently intelligible with Traveller Swedish, Traveller Norwegian, Traveller Danish, or Angloromani. Speakers originally came from Scotland. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30%. Literacy rate in second language: 50% to 100%. Christian. Bible portions 1971. SINTE: Croatian, Slovenian, and Serbian Romani speakers understand each other. Those varieties may be quite distinct from the German varieties. Sinte is characterized by German influence. 'Rommanes' is the self-name. Ethnic group: Sasítka Romá. Investigation needed: intelligibility with German Sinte varieties. Christian. Bible portions 1875-1995. WELSH: Not inherently intelligible with Angloromani. Ethnic groups: Volshanange, Kalá. Christian.The Spring/Summer 2000 issue of Cambridge Review of International Affairs (not accessible electronically) features chapters on Romani migrations:Romani Migrations: Strangers in Anybody's Land: Foreword, by Ilona Klimova and Alison PickupUNHCR search page --enter roma to see links to 300+ news itemsThe present and future of the Gypsy past, by Sir Angus Fraser
Romani Migrations in the Post-Communist Era: Their Historical and Political Significance, by Yaron Matras
Post-Communism Romani Migration to Canada, by Ronald Lee
The Group Expulsion of Slovak Roma by the Belgian Government: A Case Study of the Treatment of Romani Refugees in Western Countries, by Claude Cahn and Peter Vermeersch
Unwanted: The Exodus of Kosovo Roma (1998 - 2000), by Tatjana Peric and Martin Demirovski
Romani Migrations and EU Enlargement, by Mark Braham and Matthew Braham
Conclusion: Romani Migrations: Addressing Continuing Debates, by Nidhi Trehan
Roma and Assimilation in Macedonia
Chronology of the Roma in Finland
Roma in the former Czechoslovakia by Karel Holomek
Roma in the Czech Republic: Divisions within the Roma
Roma in Slovakia (from slovakia.org)
A Problem Brewing: Media Coverage of Roma in Romania By Valeriu Nicolae
Roma in Sweden - the Right to Education -A graduate thesis by Anders Bengtsson, under the supervision of Professor Gudmundur Alfredsson, in the fulfilment of the masters programme at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden.
Roma, Still Knocking on Europe's Closed Doors from TOL (Transitions Online, from Czech Republic and really worth a look...)
THE ROMA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A POLICY PAPER in 4 parts
European Union Accession Monitoring Program search for 'roma' (180+ hits --a remarkable collection of documents)
Defining Roma and Discussing Romani Issues A Guide For Journalists (Roma Community And Advocacy Centre, Toronto)
Several sources on migration to Italy:
Ethnobarometer Programme ...and their Migration and Criminality: the Case of Albanians in Italy by Alison Jamieson and Alessandro Silj Ethnobarometer Programme Working Paper Number 1Italy to receive 3,000 Moroccan immigrants this year (2/15/2000)
Italy: More and more South Asians
Current Research into Education for Immigrants in Italy (Jonathan Chaloff)
Immigration is a recent phenomenon in Italy. Net migration became positive in 1974 and increased sharply starting in 1990. The foreign presence in Italy, once mostly visitors from other developed countries or Church-related visitors, has become much more similar to the labour migration and settlement in other European countries. In 1998, outgoing remittances surpassed incoming remittances for the first time, and Italy surpassed France to become the number two European country, after Germany, in terms of numbers of new immigrants received.
UK contretemps:
Migration Watch UKThe aim of MigrationwatchUK is to provide objective and comprehensible information about the scale of immigration and asylum to the UK so that there can be a rational debate.Failure by the centre ground to address the substance of these matters would leave the field wide open to extremist groups.
Is There a Problem? Total net Immigration from outside the European Union has more than trebled in the past five years and is still rising. Each year nearly a quarter of a million people come to live in Britain. This is the equivalent of the City of Cambridge every six months. Arrivals on this scale make successful assimilation very difficult. Furthermore, between 1996 and 2001 three quarters of international migrants went to London and the South East. This pattern exacerbates the already heavy pressure on transport, housing, education and health services.
(see Overview of UK Migration)
MIGRATION WATCH UK - A SPECIAL REPORT (2002)
AsylumSupport.info and Immigrationwatch.info
Disinfopedia entry for Migration Watch (and Disinfopedia home page)
26 January
Extremists make play for Sierra Club
By SHAWN McCARTHY
From Monday's Globe and Mail
Anti-immigration activists some with loose connections to alleged white-supremacist groups, have launched an aggressive bid to take over the Sierra Club...a group calling itself Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization is supporting three new candidates for the board of directors, telling backers that their election would allow virtual control of the 112-year-old club.
28 January
Mike Anderson forwarded the URL for a Cato Institute forum which "addressed President Bush's plans for a dramatic
revamp of America's immigration regime. Moderated by Ramesh Ponnuru,
National Review and featuring Margaret Spellings, The White House; Frank
Sharry, National Immigration Forum; Steven Camarota, Center for
Immigration Studies; and Daniel T. Griswold, Center for Trade Policy
Studies. The briefing is available for viewing online". It's 1 hour 22 minutes...
Another via Cato, as background to a 28 January forum: Willing Workers: Fixing the Problem of Illegal Mexican Migration to the United States by Daniel Griswold (Trade Policy Analysis No. 19 October 15, 2002)