Immigration

The purpose of the Immigration Workshop is to stimulate and promote the development and discussion of theoretical and empirical research related to international migration and immigrants’ experiences. The immigration related issues cut across historical periods, generations, languages, and national boundaries. Who are those people who choose to migrate? Why do they migrate? How do host countries define migrant rights and obligations? How do immigrants and their families integrate into their host societies? How do immigrants influence their host societies? What are the relationships between immigrants and their countries of origin? How does international migration influence global dynamics? The Immigration Workshop provides a venue in which to address these and many other questions central to the academic and public debates on immigration.