Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Immigration process / Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Doreen Elliott -- Immigration worldwide : trends and analysis / Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Uma A. Segal -- Nations with large immigrant populations. United States: the changing face of the United States of America / Uma A. Segal -- Russia: immigration to Russia / Vladimir Iontsev, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Svetlana Soboleva -- Germany: immigration and integration policies and practices in Germany / Andrea Schmelz -- France: immigration to France : the challenge of immigrant integration / Ines Michalowski -- Canada: immigration to Canada / Usha George -- India: refugees and dynamics of hospitality : the Indian story / Ranabir Samaddar -- United Kingdom: immigration to the United Kingdom / Will Somerville, Betsy Cooper -- Spain: a "new immigration center" / David Corkill -- Australia: the world in one place / Mel Gray, Kylie Agllias -- Pakistan: refugee history and policies of Pakistan : an Afghan case study / Shireen S. Issa, Gail Desmond, Fariyal Rose-Sheriff --

Nations with increasing immigrant populations. Greece: immigration to Greece : problems and prospects / Anna Triandafyllidou -- Ireland: from emigrant to immigrant society : transition and change in the Republic of Ireland / Theasa Galvin -- Israel: the new immigration to Israel : becoming a de facto immigration state in the 1990s / Rebeca Raijman, Adriana Kemp -- Poland: amorphous population movements into Poland and ensuing policy challenges / Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska, Marek Okólski -- New Zealand: changing tides in the South Pacific : immigration to Aotearoa New Zealand / Richard D. Bedford, Jacques Poot -- Portugal: immigration to Portugal / João Casqueira Cardoso -- Sweden: the immigration and integration experience : the case of Sweden / Pieter Bevelander -- Thailand: immigration to Thailand : the case of migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia / Supang Chantavanich, Ratchada Jayagupta --

Nations with low or declining immigrant populations. Egypt: immigration to Egypt / Ayman Zohry -- Taiwan: immigration to Taiwan / Joseph S. Lee -- China: a new pole for immigration / Kim-wah Chung, Ji Qi, Wenruo Hou -- South Africa: immigration to post-apartheid South Africa : critical reflections / Brij Maharaj -- Ghana: immigration to Ghana / A. Essuman-Johnson -- Nigeria: experiences of immigrants in Nigeria / Adejumoke Alice Afolayan -- Brazil: immigration in Brazil : the insertion of different groups / Zeila de Brito Fabri Demartini -- Regional movements. African Union: return and resettlement : a survey of refugee law and policy in Africa / Andrew Joseph Novak -- European Union: immigration and the European Union / Karen Lyons, Nathalie Huegler -- Concluding chapter. Immigration worldwide : themes and issues / Doreen Elliott, Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas.