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Page 106
WOMEN Women make up an increasing proportion of international migrants . An
analysis of censuses around the world between 1970 and 1986 found that some
77 million people had been enumerated outside their country of birth and that ...
WOMEN Women make up an increasing proportion of international migrants . An
analysis of censuses around the world between 1970 and 1986 found that some
77 million people had been enumerated outside their country of birth and that ...
Page 125
Such flows “ in kind ” may not be the most significant proportion of the total , but
they are certainly the most visible . Planes from the Middle East are often filled
not just with migrant workers but also with television sets , video cassette
recorders ...
Such flows “ in kind ” may not be the most significant proportion of the total , but
they are certainly the most visible . Planes from the Middle East are often filled
not just with migrant workers but also with television sets , video cassette
recorders ...
Page 204
... to involve the creation of new families where one can expect an increasing
proportion of men coming in for an arranged marriage to resident Turkish women
. The proportion of marriages to people of the same nationality is , however falling
.
... to involve the creation of new families where one can expect an increasing
proportion of men coming in for an arranged marriage to resident Turkish women
. The proportion of marriages to people of the same nationality is , however falling
.
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| Title | The Work of Strangers: A Survey of International Labour Migration |
| Authors | Peter Stalker, International Labour Office |
| Editor | Oficina Internacional del Trabajo (Ginebra) |
| Contributors | International Labour Organization, Organisation internationale du travail |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | International Labour Office, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 922108521X, 9789221085218 |
| Length | 327 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Emigration & Immigration |
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