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MALA 6050, GEOG 4360, and GS 3040: Contemporary Immigration & Migration Studies: GS 3040-Student Topics / Assignments

Contemporary immigrant groups / communities

Rohingya in Myanmar

The Human Right to Citizenship
In practice, the legal claim of citizenship is a slippery concept that can be manipulated to serve state interests. Chapter 4 is devoted to Rohingya.

Rohingya Refugee Report - from UN Refugee Agency
All You Can Do Is Pray: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State
From Human Rights Watch
Living in a Nowhere Land
They Tried to Kill Us All: Atrocity Crimes Against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar
International Crisis Group -- Reports & Briefs on Rakhine
U.S. Dept. of State Report: Documentation of Atrocities in Northern Rakhine State
U.S. Dept. of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Burma
Myanmar's Killing Fields (video report)
PBS Frontline
Myanmar's Ethnic Cleansing (UN Human Rights)
The Antechamber of Hell: The World's Largest Refugee Camp
"A gripping portrait of trauma and resilience of the Rohingya people in the world's largest refugee camp."
Photo Essay --Teens from Rakhine Hang Onto Hope in Bangladesh Camps
from International Red Cross
Rohingya Emergency (UNHCR update)
contains link to data portal for most recent statistics
War Crimes Against Rohingya Minority
Summarizes and links to a UN report detailing war crimes committed by the Myanmar military.

Climate Driven Migration

Climate and Human Migration
Call Number: 2nd Floor -- 304.8 M45c
Provides a comprehensive review of how physical and human processes interact to shape migration.
Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century
Argues that no nation can tackle this universal problem alone.

Climate Refugees: The Global Human Impact of Climate Change (video)
No Person Is an Island
Oceania regions
The First American Climate Refugees and the Need for Proactive Relocation
advocates changes to existing laws to cover impending climate change disasters
Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration (World Bank report)
How Climate Change Is Fueling the U.S. Border Crisis
Consequences of climate change in Central America

Venezuelan Diaspora

Venezuela: Social, Economic and Environmental Issues
Chapter one discusses the patrimonial state under Venezuela's twenty-first century socialism and the influence of Chavez. Sets up a timeline that leads to current events.

Child Migration at U.S. & Mexican Border

Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families
Addresses the policy landscape affecting immigrant and refugee children in the United States. Chapter 5: Latino Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families
Border Brokers: Children of Mexican Immigrants Navigating U.S. Society, Laws, and Politics
Portrays the complexity of life in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (Office of Refugee Resettlement)
Unaccompanied Alien Children (Office of Refugee Resettlement)
The Immigration Paradox: Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration (video)
Disparate Treatment of Mexican Unaccompanied Alien Children (U.S. Violation of Trafficking Protocol)
Contains section discussing current treatment of Mexican UACs after apprehension at the border [ p. 851]
Senseless Violence Against Central American Unaccompanied Minors
Psychological aspects and reasons why so many children from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador illegally cross the Mexican border into the United States.
Here and There: Children and Youth's Perspectives of Borders in Mexico- United States Migration
explores children's perspectives regarding migration and family separation on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border.
Crossing the Mexico-U.S. Border: Illegality and Children's Migration to the United States
Child-centered analysis of Mexican migration with and without legal documents.
Psychiatric-Legal Partnerships Addressing Family Seperation at the Border and the Long-Term Effects of Trauma
Background of separation policies and physical/mental effects of enforcing the policies. Includes sections on detention conditions and child deaths.
Here's Everything to Know About the Status of Family Seperation at the U.S. Border
Sept. 22, 2019; quick overview from Time magazine.
Family Separation - PBS News Hour reports

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Subjects: Geography, Global Studies

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