Immigration - new material (68)
01 August 2003
Immigration policy and practice update, Jawaid Luqmani. Legal Action August 2003, pp. 17-18. Considers changes of immigration rules (from 1 April 2003) and the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
"Inmigración, racismo y xenofobia", Analisis de prensa - January- March 2003. Centro de Estudios y Documentación sobre racismo y xenofobia. This issue of the review, breakdown and analysis of articles that have appeared in the press, focuses on the issue of gender in press discourse about immigration. An in-depth study by Clara Pérez Wolfram looks at the construction of immigration as an essentially masculine phenomenon, in which females are mere victims, depersonalised and stripped of an active role in their migratory plans. Thus, notes Wolfram, we never know why they chose to migrate, or what their plans or expectations were. The use of the hiyab (headscarf) and the representation of women as victims of prostitution rings is used to support this portrayal, and its male dimension makes it easier to portray as threatening. Reviewing articles in the press she argues they are often racist and sexist, and that they tell us more about the host country and its prejudices and notions of superiority than they tell us about the migrants who are the subject of the articles. Available from: Mugak, Peña yGoñi, 13-11, 2002 Donostia, Basque Country, Spain.
Ottavo Rapporto sulle migrazioni 2002, Franco Angeli. ISMU 2003, pp367, 23.00 euro. This is the eighth annual report by the ISMU Foundation, which provides a wealth of documentation and analysis of migration in Italy. It includes a breakdown of the figures on migrants who are present on Italian and EU territory, an analysis of the Bossi-Fini amendments to the law on immigration, EU policy developments and initiatives and a brief review of media coverage of immigration related issues throughout the year. Part two of the book looks at data divided into areas of interest, like employment, education, health, housing and settlement, deviance (including reported criminal offences, immigrant prison population, detained minors, with an analysis of discriminatory trends), and the attitude of Italian society towards migrants. The third section involves in-depth reports on immigrant families, the needs of businesses in relation to the regulation of immigration flows and the differences that exist between the Islamic communities in different European countries. The fourth and last section looks at the international scenario, both from the perspective of countries of origin (Morocco, Asia, the Americas) and regions of arrival (US, EU), highlighting the increasing influence of security considerations in policy-making on immigration.
Migrations chinoises en Europe. Migrations Societe vol. 15 no 89, (September-October) 2003, pp. 225. This issue focuses on Chinese migration to Europe and on the different characteristics of Chinese communities in different EU and EU accession countries, with essays on Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, the UK, France, Portugal, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Russia. Also includes an essay on the new Italian "Bossi-Fini" law on immigration. Available from: Centre d'Information et d'Etudes sur les Migrations Internationals, 46, rue de Montreuil - 75011 Paris, France.