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Newswise: Exhibitions at UIC Gallery 400 explore immigration, dispossession
Released: 15-Jun-2022 11:40 AM EDT
Exhibitions at UIC Gallery 400 explore immigration, dispossession
University of Illinois Chicago

Multiple events will be held during the run of the exhibitions through Aug. 6

Newswise: New research finds that preference for remaining is key to successful immigration
Released: 11-May-2022 3:10 PM EDT
New research finds that preference for remaining is key to successful immigration
Bocconi University

New research finds that policies granting permanent residency to immigrants conditional on acquiring host country skills - like language - are most likely to generate higher fiscal contributions to the host country through income taxes.

Released: 2-May-2022 4:15 PM EDT
Sociologist Explores, for First Time, the Dynamics of Immigration Enforcement that Impact Children’s Lives
University at Albany, State University of New York

The research used in-depth interviews collected between 2019 and 2021 with 84 young adults who were minors in the mid-2000s to draw conclusions and then policy implications.

Released: 29-Apr-2022 3:45 PM EDT
Skeptics of welfare schemes don’t increase with more immigrants
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Some studies suggest that support for the welfare state decreases as immigration diversifies the population. However, recent research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows that the story is probably not that simple.

Newswise: Experts: Migration policy has reached a crossroads
18-Apr-2022 4:20 PM EDT
Experts: Migration policy has reached a crossroads
DePaul University

In the midst of more than 4 million Ukrainians leaving their home country due to the invasion by Russia, immigration and migration policy has reached a critical crossroads, says a pair of scholars who will speak at DePaul University’s Migration Collaborative Immigration Summit April 29.

Newswise: Who you know can make or break employment opportunities for African migrants
Released: 30-Mar-2022 9:05 PM EDT
Who you know can make or break employment opportunities for African migrants
University of South Australia

Racial hierarchies and a lack of the ‘right sort’ of social connections are hindering African-born migrants from securing meaningful employment in South Australia, according to new research by the University of South Australia.

Released: 24-Mar-2022 10:45 AM EDT
Pandemic upended state's population trends in 2021: Indiana Business Research Center
Indiana University

Indiana added 20,341 residents in 2021 to reach a total population of nearly 6.81 million, according to the latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Analysis by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business indicates this is Indiana's smallest annual increase since 2015 and is well below the state's average annual gain of nearly 30,200 residents over the previous decade.

   
Newswise: Novel study linking undocumented immigrants with primary care services significantly reduces emergency department use
Released: 14-Mar-2022 3:25 PM EDT
Novel study linking undocumented immigrants with primary care services significantly reduces emergency department use
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame Assistant Professor Adrienne Sabety and a colleague from MIT partnered with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to determine how access to primary care would affect both undocumented immigrants’ health and the use of emergency departments for routine care.

Newswise:Video Embedded gender-based-violence-among-refugee-women-increased-during-covid
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Released: 10-Mar-2022 12:05 PM EST
Gender-based violence among refugee women increased during COVID
Washington University in St. Louis

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated risks of violence for refugee and migrant girls and women, finds a new report from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and UNICEF.

Released: 10-Mar-2022 11:30 AM EST
Immigrants have greater financial worries, but lower rates of psychological distress
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Compared to US-born individuals, immigrants to the United States have increased financial worries – especially related to things like retirement and medical costs, reports a study in the March issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Practice. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 3-Mar-2022 11:50 AM EST
Vilcek Foundation to award $150,000 to early-career immigrant scientists in 2023
Vilcek Foundation

In 2023, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each.

   
Newswise: Criminologist discusses intersection of criminal justice and immigration
Released: 1-Mar-2022 3:30 PM EST
Criminologist discusses intersection of criminal justice and immigration
DePaul University

Immigration has been a politically charged topic for decades in the U.S. What’s missing from the discussion is consideration of criminal justice practice and policy, says Xavier Perez, a criminology faculty member in DePaul University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.



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