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Beyond Alternation Immigration Statistical Dossier 2006 XVI Caritas/Migrantes Report

Presented the 2006 edition of the Immigration Statistical Dossier edited by Caritas Italiana, the Diocesan Caritas of Rome and the Migrantes Foundation. 100 authors contributed. Among the novelties: a chapter on nomads and two researches (on the unionization of immigrants and cultural mediators). The chapter on Italians in the world finds its natural completion in…
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The European Commission’s Position on Managing Economic Migration

In January 2005, the EU Commission published a green paper on the European Union’s approach to managing economic migration. The aim of the Green Paper, the report’s authors say, is to initiate an in-depth debate, with the participation of the EU institutions, Member States and civil society, on the most appropriate form eu legislation on…
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II Ires-Cgil 2002 Immigration Report

The report begins with a detailed analysis of immigrants’ job placement (job search methods, job placements, contracts and qualifications, skills acquisition, unionization and registration with the CGIL). Subsequently, insights are provided on: the presence in the atypical labor market (with an exploratory research conducted in the north-east areas); collective bargaining and territorial consultation; experiences of trade union action; education…
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Foreign Immigration in Emilia Romagna

Essay published in the Statistical Dossier on Immigration 2002 Caritas / Migrants. A panorama of immigration in Emilia Romagna in 2001 is offered, starting from its historical dynamics .After examining the foreign presences (with particular attention to the country of origin, the gender composition, and the provincial distribution), the insertion into the labor market is analyzed…
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Immigration, Identity and Work: Narrations of Foreign Delegates and Trade Union Operators

The research attempts to highlight various problems starting from the experience and perceptions expressed by those who, in addition to their immigration, labor and trade union trajectory, are in the position, as delegates or as union operators, to be able to reflect with knowledge of the facts also on strategies of the trade union organization…
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Immigrants in Piedmont. An Overview of the Presence of Foreigners in the Region

Report published by IRES Piemonte. The report, after a brief exposition of the immigration situation in Piedmont with respect to the national situation, presents a cartographic reconstruction of the distribution of foreigners in the municipalities of the region. The following paragraphs indicate the main characteristics and emerging problems on the regional territory, furthermore, some points to be…
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Current Population Reports

This report describes the foreign-born population in the United States in 2000. It provides a profile of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, such as region of birth, geographic distribution in the United States, age, educational attainment, earnings, and poverty status. These characteristics are compared with those of the native population, and because the foreign born are a…
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Ethnic Diversity. Perceptions and Attitudes Among the Pre-adolescents of Modena

This is an article published in the magazine “Polis” 2002, edited by the Cattaneo Institute of Bologna and edited by the Mulino. Starting from the results of the research that show that pre-adolescence assumes a significant importance in the formation and stabilization of attitudes towards ethnic-cultural diversity, the results of a survey conducted on a sample…
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Intemigra. Cross-Border Projects. Foreign Immigration in the Adriatic Regions. Summary of the Project. Volume 1

The community project Intemigra is part of the Interreg II C operational program which provides for interventions in the geographical border area between the Europe of the 15 and the other Eastern European countries, called “Cadses space” (Central Adriatic-Danube Europe and south-east). It was a question of creating a cooperation network for the management of socio-economic…
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Immigrants in Correggio: Peoples, Nations, Migrations, Jobs

This work is the result of the reworking of Gli immigrants in Correggio, historical-social research on immigration in the territory of Correggio, edited by the Authors, Municipality of Correggio, December 2001 (but based on data collected in 1999-2000). In the original report created to meet the planning needs of the local administration, we have included the…
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