INS: Asylum, Border, Sanctions
Asylum. The INS in December 2000 announced draft regulations that will make it easier for victims of domestic violence to obtain asylum.

Bush, Congress: Legalization
President-elect George W. Bush favors more guest workers- both professionals and farm workers.

Labor: Education, Guest Workers
The United States' GDP reached $10 trillion at the end of 2000, including $1.4 trillion in California.

Mexico: Fox, Returns, Progresa
Vicente Fox became President of Mexico on December 1, ending 70 years of governance by the Institutional Revolutionary Party

Canada: Liberals, Chinese
Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his Liberal Party won re-election in Canada on November 27, increasing their number of seats

Latin America
The North American Free Trade Agreement encouraged many US and Canadian firms to shift factories from the Caribbean to Mexico.

ASIA

China: Migrants, Nepal
In China, young people are moving west to east, with interior provinces such as Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi losing migrants to Guangdong

Japan: No Local Voting
There are about 635,000 ethnic Koreans who are permanent residents of Japan, born in Korea or the children of Koreans brought to Japan

Korea: Guest Workers?
The ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) in December 2000 continued to struggle to turn foreign trainees into guest workers.

Southeast Asia: Migrants
Philippines. The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) returning home for the Christmas holidays was lower than usual in 2000

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EU: Enlargement?
The European Union's 15 leaders met in Nice, France in December 2000 to discuss how to share power in an enlarged EU

Southern Europe: Migrants
The New York Times reported on December 25, that illegal immigration into Europe from the south and east is rising sharply

UK: Migrants, Asylum
Migrants. The UK and France continued to debate how to deal with migrants who attempt to enter Britain by slipping onto UK-bound trucks

Germany: Migrants, Asylum
Germany's political parties continued to debate how best to deal with immigration and to integrate foreigners.

Russia, Eastern Europe
Russia. Russia's population is shrinking by 0.5 percent or 750,000 a year, the fastest decline in the world

Austria, Switzerland
The US restored normal relations with Austria in November 2000. The US reduced diplomatic ties in February 2000

Benelux, France
Belgium. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt wants to streamline its asylum processing system to reduce the number of applications

Scandinavia
Sweden will hold the rotating presidency of the EU between January 1, 2001 and June 30, 2001, and announced that it will focus on the three E's

OTHER

Australia: New Zealand, Detention
New Zealand. The largest country of origin of immigrants to Australia is New Zealand. There are about 400,000 New Zealand-born residents

Africa
South Africa. On November 28, 150 asylum seekers protested outside the South African Department of Home Affairs offices in Johannesburg

Gulf States
Bahrain. Bahrain announced another amnesty that permits illegal migrants to leave without penalty by December 31, 2000

Israel-Palestine
The October-November 2000 uprising of Palestinians against Israel resulted in the closure of Gaza and the isolation of many West Bank towns.

South Asia
Pakistan in Fall 2000 began restricting the entry of Afghans through the Kyber Pass: Afghans are fleeing continued fighting

Global Trends
Migrants/ Refugees. December 18 was declared International Migrant's Day by the UN in recognition of the 150 million persons living outside their country of birth or citizenship.