International Migration Review

This paper describes the recent trends in migration throughout the Middle East, identifying the major implications of this movement, and isolating the critical policy issues for both Egypt and other Arab states. The author argues that international migration in the Middle East harbors political and economic effects that may be potentially explosive. It is demonstrated that current migration related policies may be counter-productive for all parties concerned. This paper highlights the emergence of new issues in Middle East politics without attempting a detailed analysis of their many facets.

This paper uses the need hierarchy theory of Abraham Maslow (1970) to describe the stages in the adjustment process of new immigrants. This notion is then developed and applied to interpreting some longitudinal data on the changing needs of immigrants to Israel during the first two years after their arrival.

This paper is an analysis of the Strange Farmers of the Gambia who represent one of the oldest labor migration systems in West Africa. Exploring the formation and continuance of the Strange Farmer system, this paper uses the Gambian Sample Survey of Agriculture, which followed the Population Census of 1973, to present an assessment of the numbers farming, their origins and their distribution within the country.

This article sketches the international labor and accompanying family migration in the Federal Republic of Germany and identifies policy issues and preliminary findings of research with respect to the adaptation problems of the children of the foreign workers.

Presenting an analysis of the demographic data on the Italian community in Metro Toronto, this article delineates the relationships between the Italian community and the entire Italian migratory flow overseas following World War II. This study reveals the Italian group as a demographically active community, representing a considerable portion of the social dynamics of the entire Toronto community in development.