International Newsletter on Migration

Source: International Migration Review, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring, 1998), pp. 271-279
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International Newsletter

on
Migration

Vol. XXXII, No. 1 Spring 1998

The International Newsletter on Migration is a publication of the Research Committee

on Migration (RC: No. 31) of the International Sociological Association. Address all
correspondence to the Editor of the Newsletter, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (50,
Avenue Duquesne, 75007 Paris, France, Tel. 47-34-77-85) or to Lydio F. Tomasi,
Editor of IMR.
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Officers of the Research Committee President'. Entzinger,
University of Utrecht, Netherlands. Vice-Presidents-. C. Michael Lanphier, York
University, North York, Canada; Maria Beatriz Rocha-Trindade, Universidade
Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal. Members-at-Large: Luz Marina Diaz, Corperacion
Centro Regional de Poblacion, Bogota, Colombia; Hans-Joachim Hoffmann-
Nowotny, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Rosemarie Rogers, Tufts University,
Medford, MA, USA; Lydio F. Tomasi, Center for Migration Studies, Staten Island,
NY, USA; Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, CNRS, Paris, France. Secretary-
Treasurer. Ursula Mehrlander, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Research Institute, Bonn,
Germany
?
Regional Editors of the Newsletter: Paulina Makinwa-Adelbusoye, Nigeria
Institute of Social and Economic Research, for Africa; Adela Pellegrino, CEIPOS,
Montivideo, Uruguay, for South America; Dennis Conway, Indiana University,
United States, for Caribbean and Central America; John Connell, University of
Sydney, Australia, for the Pacific Islands; R.D. Bedford, University of Waikato,
New Zealand, for Australia and New Zealand; Stephen Castles and Patrick
Brownlee, Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Migration Research Network, University
of Wollongong, Australia, for Asia.

CONFERENCES
? in
"Shifting Bonds, Shifting Bounds: Women, Mobility, and Citizenship
Europe": Third European Feminist Research Conference, University of
Coimbra, Portugal, July 8-12, 1997. Main Topics: "Identities and
Narratives," "Biography and Society," "Transculturation and the
Diaspora," "Migrations, Cultural Identities, and Equality," "Stereotypes
and Migration," "New Migratory Movements in Europe," "New
Structures of Employment," "Women and the City," "Changing Patterns
in Family Structures," "Education and Social Discrimination,"
"Migrations and Citizenship," "European Citizenship and Social
Exclusion," "Citizenship and Social Policies," and "Transitions in Central
and Eastern Europe." Contact: Centro de Estudos Sociais-Universidade de
Coimbra, Apartado 3087, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal.

IMR Volume 32 Number 1 (Spring 1998): 0271-0279 271

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? "Mexico and the United States in the Context of Global Migration": A

conference sponsored by UC MEXUS, the UCR International Economic
Conflict and Cooperation Group, the Institute on Global Conflict and
Cooperation, and the UCR Center for Ideas and Society: Riverside, CA,
October 24-25, 1997. Program sessions included global economy and
migration; labor and the globalized economy; the United States and
Mexico; and
policy implications and recommendations. Contact: UC
MEXUS, 3324 Olmsted Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA
92521. Tel: 909-787-3519.

? "The Half-Closed Door: The Difficult Integration of the Immigrants in

Europe": An international conference organized by CERFE-LSC-ASDO,
Rome, December 4-6, 1997. It included sessions on: citizenship denied:
the gap between public policies and reality; women immigrants in inte?
gration processes; nonlinear biographies of immigrants in Europe; and the
future of integration. Contact: E Pierpadi, CERFE, Via Monte Zebio, 32,
00195 Rome, Italy.
? "Central and Eastern
Europe New Migration Space": An international
conference organized by the Institute for Social Studies, University of
Warsaw and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Pultusk, Poland, December 11-13,
1997. The five sessions focused on conceptual and methodological issues
pertaining to studies on current Central and Eastern European migration,
the flows of migrant workers and other movements, migrant networks,
and current population movements in the region. Contact: Grazyna Kisiel,
Institute for Social Studies, ul. Stawki 5/7, PL 00-183 Warsaw, Poland.

? Interaction and Conflicts in the Making of a European

"Migrations,
Democracy": An international conference organized by the University of
Bologna, December 16-19, 1997. Session topics included: cultural plural?
ism, racism and xenophobia; citizenship rights and European democracy;
security and civil coexistence in European cities. Contact: L. Pepa, Viale
Aldo Moro, 52, 40127 Bologna, Italy.

? Polish American Historical Association: 1998 Sessions, Seattle,

Washington, January 8-11, 1998. It included the session "Whither
Immigration History?" with papers by Roger Daniels ("Immigration Since
World War II: The Need for a New Pluralism"), Donna Gabaccia
("Migrants, or Transnationals?
Diasporas What Are We Studying in
Immigration History?"), and Victor Greene ("Toward a Holistic View of
Immigrant Life"). Contact: Dr. John Kromkowski, PAHA/NCUEA, Box
20 Cardinal Station, Washington, DC 20064.
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Second International Conference of the Asia Pacific Migration Research

Network (APMRN): Hong Kong University's Centre of Asian Studies,
February 23-25, 1998. Up to 20 participants from APMRN member
countries were invited to participate. The conference, open to all persons
working or interested in migration research and ethnocultural diversity in
the Asia Pacific, with a series of research proposals from APMRN mem?
bers to be generated. A special session was held on legal aspects of migra?
tion. APMRN members and other participants were invited to submit
working papers on the theme, considering issues of migration lawmaking
and regulation within countries of the Asia Pacific. The conference also
held a session for policymakers and donor agencies, highlighting the
APRMN as an organization well placed to carry out research and expert
-
policy advice. Contact: Patrick Brownlee, APMRN Secretariat Migration
& Multicultural Studies Program, University of Wollongong, 2522,
Australia. Fax: +61 2 42 286 313; Tel: +61 2 42 214710.

March ISA Meeting,

1998 Minneapolis (March 18-21): Workshop on
"Migration Control and Security in Western Democracies". Contact:
Robert Denmark, 1998 ISA Program Chair, Tel: 302-831-2009; Fax: 302-
831-4452.

CMS 21st Annual National Legal Conference on Immigration and

Refugee Policy: organized by the Center for Migration Studies of New
York, Inc., and held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill,
Washington, D.C, on March 26-27, 1998. The focus of the conference
will be the still unfolding effects of the 1996 legislation and the modifica?
tions made in the 1997 Congress. The five sessions will focus on the impli?
cations of the 1996 reform; grounds for removal; legalization, naturaliza?
tion and citizenship; temporary migration for business purposes; and asy?
lum eligibility and processing. Contact: CMS Conference Department,
209 Flagg Place, Staten Island, New York 10304. Tel: 718-351-8800;
Fax: 718-667-4598; E-mail: <cmslft@aol.com>; website:
<http://www.cmsny.org>.
"International Migration: Challenges for European Population": An inter?
national conference organized by the European Association for Population
Studies, Bari, Italy, June 25-27, 1998. Contact: Dr. Antonio Golini. Fax:
39 6 853 033 74.
"Les reseaux transnationaux entre l'Europe et le Maghreb": A conference
organized by IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 29-30, 1998.
Contact: J. Cesari. Tel: 33 04 42 21 59 88; Fax: 33 04 42 21 5275.

"Inequality and Social Policy: A Challenge for Sociology": 93rd Annual

Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.,
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August 21-25, 1998. It includes a session on immigration, organized by

Steven J. Gold, Department of Sociology, 316 Berkey Hall, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1111; Tel: 517-353-6352; e-mail:
<gold@pilot.msu.edu>.
? A panel of the European Consortium
"Migration and Globalization": for
Political Research, Standing Group on International Relations, Vienna,
September 16-19, 1998. Convenors: Catherine Wihtol de Wenden and
Anne de Tinguy, CERI. Tel. 33 01 44 10 84 84; Fax: 33 01 44 10 84 50.
? 1999 Conference (EPC99): The
European Population Hague,
Netherlands, August 30-September 3, 1999: Organized by the European
Association for Population Studies and the International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population. The scientific program includes the fol?
lowing plenaries: Migration Pressures on Europe; Internal Migration and
Regional Population Dynamics; and International Migration. Contact:
Vera Holman-Marijnen, Executive Committee of EPC99, NIDI, P.O. Box
11650, 2502 ARs-Gravenhage, Netherlands.

ITEMS
? Call for
Papers:
a) Research Committee 31 Sociology of Migration , ISA XIV World
Congress of Sociology, June 26-August 1, 1998, Montreal, Canada.
The RC 31 is organizing five sessions:
? in Migration -
Theory and Methods Organizer: Han Entzinger,
AWSB, University Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht,
Netherlands; Tel: 31-30-2539220; Fax: 31-30-2539280; E-mail:
<entzinge@fsw,ruu.nl>.
? Policies Ursula Mehrlaender, Friedrich-
Migration Organizers:
Ebert-Foundation, D-53170 Bonn, Germany; Tel: 49-228-883245;
Fax: 49-228-883625; E-mail:<mehrlaeu@fes.de>; Catherine Wihtol
de Wenden, CERI FNSP, 4 rue de Chevreuse, F-75006, Paris,
France; Tel: 33-1-47347785; Fax: 33-1-44108450.
? and Transnationalism ? Marco Martiniello,
Migration Organizers:
Fac de Droit, Bt. 31 Bte. 43, University de Liege, 7 blvd. du
Rectorat, B-4000 Liege, Belgium; Tel: 32-4-3663040;
Fax: 32-4-3664557; E-mail: <m.martiniello@ulg.ac.be>; Aristide R.
Zolberg, Department of Political Science and Director, ICMEC,
Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, 65 Fifth Avenue,
Rm. 232, New York, NY 10003, USA; Tel: 212-229-5475;
Fax: 212-989-0504; E-mail: <arizol@newschool.edu>.
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? -
Regional Trends in Migration Organizers: Maria Beatriz Rocha-
Trindade, CEMRI, Aberta University, Rua Escola Politecnica 147,
P-1300 Lisboa, Portugal; Tel: 351-1-3972334; Fax: 351-1-3973229;
E-mail: <mbeatriz@univ-ab.pt>; Aderanti Adepoju, I.D.E.P, BP
3186, Dakar, Senegal. Tel. 221-215033; Fax: 221-236441; E-mail:
<unfpa-i@endadak.gn.apc.org>.

? ? Michael Centre for Refugee

Refugees Organizers: Lanphier,
Studies, York University, York Lanes Bdg. S.322, 4700 Keele Street,
North York, ONT M3J 1P3, Canada. Tel. 1-416-7365663;
Fax: 1-416-7365837; E-mail: <lanphier@orion.yorku.ca>; Robin
Cohen, University of Warwick, Department of Sociology, GB-
Coventry CV47AL, United Kingdom. Tel. 44-1203-523497;
Fax: 44-1203-523160; E-mail: <SYSAKE@CSVWarwick.AC.UK>.

Abstracts should be sent to one of the appropriate session organizer not

later than January 30, 1998. Please indicate the title of your proposed
paper, your name, your institutional affiliation and your full address
(including telephone, fax, and E-mail). Abstracts should not exceed
100-200 words in length. Your abstract must be typed double spaced.
For further information, contact RC31 Secretary/Treasurer, Ursula
Mehrlaender, at above address.

b) The Department of Social Anthropology of Lund University and the

Heteorgenensis Magazine are soliciting papers for the World of Latin
America to be presented at a conference to be held during the second
half of 1998 and then considered for publication in a book. One of the
themes is "Migrations and Diaspora" from Latin America. The deadline
for the reception of the papers is March 31, 1998 and they should be
sent to: Enrique Perez, Socialantropologiska Institutionen, Box 114,
221 00, Lund, Sweden.

c) The Migration/Immigration Network of the Social Science History

Association is calling for paper and panel proposals for the November
1998 SSHA convention in Chicago. Among the suggested themes are:
New migrants from former Soviet lands, Immigrants and slaveowning,
Asylum and refugee status, Pacific migration, Soldiers/military and set?
tlement, Linking internal and international migrations, Various disci?
plinary perspectives on transnational migrations, Negative aspects of
immigrant networks (abuse), Immigrants and food (Chinese restaurants
in different cultures), Immigrant authors, African-American migration
to Chicago, Servants in migration, Ethnic migrations when borders
change, Psychology of those who move, Rural migrants to Paris,
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Immigrant (constitutional
citizenship interpretations/implementation),
Temporary migrants. All proposals for this network should be submit?
ted to: Suzanne Sinke (Department of History, Clemson University,
Clemson, SC 29634; (864) 656-4427, E-mail; <ssinke@clemson.edu>)
and Stan Nadel (Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Southwestern
Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK 73096, E-mail:
<Nadels@host 1 .swosu.edu>).

d) The Oral History Association invites

proposals for papers and presen?
tations for its 1998 annual meeting, to be held October 15-18 in
Buffalo, New York. The theme of the meeting is "Crossing the
Boundary, Crossing the Line: Oral History on the Border." Proposals
that relate to migration and immigration are especially encouraged. For
further information or to submit proposals, contact: Debra Bernhardt
(Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, 70 Washington Square South, New
York, NY 10012; (212) 998-2640; Fax: (212) 995-4070; e-mail:
<bernhrdt@elmerl.bobst.nyu.edu>) or Cliff Kuhn (Department of
History, P.O. Box 4117, Atlanta, GA 30302-4117; (404) 651-3255,
Fax: (404) 651-1745, E-mail: <hiscmk@panther.gsu.edu>.

e) The American Italian Historical Association invites papers on the gen?

eral theme of the annual conference on "Italian American Politics:
Local, Global/Cultural, Personal" to be held at Hunter College/CUNY,
New York, on November 12-14, 1998. Proposal deadline is May 1,
1998. Paper and panel proposals should be sent to Prof. Philip
Cannistraro, Department of History, Queens College/CUNY, 63-30
Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367-1597.

? Wu Christine
Tong (UNSW) and Inglis have just been successful in
getting an Australian Research Council large grant for a project entitled -
"British and Chinese Immigrant Professionals in a Global City: A
Comparison of Their Migration Channels and Settlement Experiences in
Sydney, Australia."

? The formed Asia-Pacific Centre for Human Resource and

newly
Development Studies at the University of Newcastle has on its website the
latest issue of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Councils Human
Resource Development Outlook 1997-1998. Readers can both browse the
publication and download the country profiles, articles, and statistics. The
APC s website also has a working paper series where readers can both
browse and download working papers. The website address is
<ttp://www.fec.newcastle.edu.au/^apc/>.
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? Intercultural Research Group head?

Relations, Identity and Citizenship.
ed by Stephen Castles (University of Wollongon, Australia) with Dr.
Michael Bommes (University of Osnabr^ck, Germany) and Dr. Catherine
Wihtol de Wenden (CERI, Paris, France); Program 1996-1998.
? CEIFO (Stockholm
University), is organizing, together with a regional
network on "Management of Cultural Pluralism in Europe," a series of
open lectures in spring term 1998, each month on Thursdays, focusing on
refugees. Contact: Dr. Anina Dacyl, Tel: 46 8 162690; Fax: 46 8 156720.

PUBLICATIONS
? OECD/SOPEMI, Trends in International Annual
Migration. Report
1996. Paris, 1997. Pp. 272. $58. It describes the recent trends in interna?
tional migration, the magnitude of flows, the different channels for immi?
gration and the nationality of the immigrants concerned. Detailed coun?
try notes present the main migration characteristics of 26 OECD countries
and Bulgaria, Romania, and the Slovak Republic. A statistical appendix
provides tables on foreign and immigrant populations, foreign workers,
migration flows, and naturalizations.
? Free Trade and Regional Integration in Central and Eastern
Migration,
Europe. Vienna: WIFO, 1997. Pp. 384. $50. The authors of this collection
of papers presented at the Seminar on "Migration, Free Trade and Regional
Integration in Central and Eastern Europe" (held in Vienna in 1996) high?
light the factors which contribute to the intraregional mobility of labor
between Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and some EU
countries, such as similar general education and higher education systems
and linguistic and cultural links. They point out the key role of "gateway"
cities in restructuring the regional economy and labor market. Finally, they
consider how a reduction of economic imbalances between the different
CEECs could affect the magnitude, direction, and nature of migration
flows in Europe.
? Two new publications have been produced by the New Zealand
Migration Research Network:
1) Policy, Research and the New Zealand Immigration Service" by
Debbie Lange; and
2) two papers on East Asian migration to New Zealand, the first by
Wardlow Friesen and Manying Ip entitled "New Chinese New
Zealanders: Profile of a Transnational Community in Auckland."
The second by Elsie Ho, Richard Bedford, and Joanne Goodwin on
"Astronaut' Families: A Contemporary Migration Phenomenon."
These are available from Paul Sponley (Massey University at Albany,
Private Bag 102-904, North Shore, New Zealand).
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? Aaron Stern, "Thailand's Situation and its Relations with

Migration
APEC Members and Other Countries in Southeast Asia." This report is
essentially an overview of Thailand's migration situation, both for migra?
tion into and out of the country. It focuses mainly on labor migration and
migration associated with trade. It is approximately 70 pages, containing
extensive tables with Thai migration data. The Asian Research Center for
Migration will publish it through the Institute of Asian Studies,
Chulalongkom University, Thailand.

? New Publications from the Center for Migration Studies of New York:
1) In Defense of the Alieny Vol. XX. Edited by Lydio F. Tomasi. New York:
The Center for Migration Studies, 1998. Pp. 300. ISBN 1-57703-003-
6. $19.95. The 1997 Legal Conference Proceedings deal with welfare
entitlements for legal and illegal immigrants; new legislation's impact on
migrant farmworkers; due process and other constitutional issues; asy?
lum procedures; new grounds for exclusion and deportation; natural?
ization; and future perspectives.

2) Portrait of an Italian-American Neighborhood: The North End of

Boston. By Anthony V Riccio. New York: The Center for Migration
Studies, 1998. Pp. 230. ISBN 1-57703-006-0. $29.95. This book
reconstructs the entire social history of an Italian-American neighbor?
hood covering the period from 1890 to 1980. In-depth, first-hand oral
history research is combined with a wealth of newly discovered histori?
cal photographs.

3) IMR Cumulative Indexy 1990-1996. Compiled by Marie-Christine

Michaud. New York: CMS, 1997. ISBN 1-57703-005-2. $29.95. A
cumulative index of the International Migration Review (IMR) from its
inception in 1964 through 1989 was published in 1991. This new
index covers the years 1990 through 1996, and is composed of two sec?
tions: Section 1, a compilation of the contents of the journal for the last
seven years ("Article Abstracts"; "Documentation"; and "Books
Received"); Section 2, which provides indexes referring to this compila?
tion (Author Index; Subject Index; and Geographic/Ethnic Index). The
Index incorporates material drawn from all sections of IMR, rather than
just the articles; thus, researchers have available a whole range of infor?
mation found in the journal.
? Antonio Perotti, LElise et les migrationsy Un prEcureur Giovanni Battista
Scalabrini. Paris: CIEMI L'Harmattan, 1997, Pp. 224.
? Alec Cultures in France.
Hargreaves and Mark McKinney, Post-Colonial
London: Routledge, 1997. Pp. 299.
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Denis Lacorne, La crise de Tidentite amiricaine. Du melting pot au multi

culturalisme. Paris: Fayard, 1997. Pp. 394.

Emile Malet and Patrick Simon, eds., Les territoires de Vintigration.

Paris: Ed. Passages, 1997. Pp. 155.
"Mots et Migrations," Cahier de la M&diterranie. Centre de la
Mediterranee Moderne et Contemporaine, No. 54, June 1997 (University
of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis).

"La France et le monde Arabe. Au-dela des fantasmes," Confluences

M?diterran?e. Paris: L'Harmattan, No. 22, Summer 1997.