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Partner Update

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

The Spring 2005 issue of The Monitor contains analysis and tables based on preliminary year-end data for 2004. Included are analysis and tables on quarterly changes in immigration, foreign worker and foreign student flows, as well as analysis of immigration to Canada in 2004, including a look at immigrant source countries, immigration class, official language ability, mother tongue, destinations in Canada, skill level and education level. The feature article previews CIC’s Recent Immigrants in Metropolitan Areas profile series, which include data on immigrants’ origin and background, family and household structure, participation in the economy, income and housing. Profiles will soon be available for Canada and 13 Canadian cities. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/
monitor/current.html

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada has released two new research papers. The first is entitled, “ Are immigrants buying to get in?: the role of ethnic clustering on the homeownership propensities of 12 Toronto immigrant groups, 1996-2001,” while the second is entitled, “ Intergenerational impact of immigrants' selection and assimilation on health outcomes of children.” Both can be accessed at
http://www.statcan.ca/ cgi-bin/downpub/listpub.cgi?catno
=11F0019MIE.

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

The IOM has published a report called “Fertile Fields: Trafficking in Persons in Central Asia .” The report details regional patterns of trafficking in persons in Central Asia and the links to labour migration, as well as presenting data on trafficking victims assisted in Central Asia, outlining existing gaps and developing recommendations on counter-trafficking responses. For additional information, visit www.iom.int.

• Migration Policy Institute