Migration, One of Globalization's Few Exclusions
Otto Boye

This article reviews briefly the status of the main international and regional legal instruments that cover the issue of migration: some have not been ratified and others are inadequate. In view of the magnitude of migration flows and their effects on all aspects of society, the author points to the need to include the issue of migration on the agenda of current and future international negotiations.

Professional Emigration in the Knowledge-Intensive Society:
A Few Unanswered Questions
Claudio Rama

The author examines the recent evolution of higher education in Latin American and Caribbean countries, pointing out that the number of professionals who graduate from the region's universities and higher education institutions has increased considerably. However, he warns that the quality of higher education has decreased, widening the gap with the levels established in developed countries. The author concludes posing a number of questions regarding education and migration and pointing out that the close link that exists between both processes needs to be taken into account in view of the fact that in the new knowledge-intensive society migration flows will increasingly include professionals.

Migration, Integration and Development
Fidel Jaramillo

This article presents data on migrations in Latin America and the Caribbean: its main destinations, the number of undocumented migrants as well as the volume of remittances migrants send to their families in the region. The author concludes with a brief analysis of the links that bind integration processes, migration and development.

International Migration in LAC:
Social, Demographic and Economic Traits
Miguel Villa and Jorge Martínez P.

In this article the authors examine the major tendencies and traits of Latin American and Caribbean migration. To begin with, they offer some general reflections on the new complexities of international migration, pointing to the paradox that excludes migration from globalization. They then identify the three major coexisting migration patterns, whose importance has been changing over time. Finally, they examine the uncertain future of migration trends and the possibilities countries have to make strides towards the administration of migration. A brief exploration of the links that exist between migration and development leads them to underline the potentials offered by open regionalism and integration, within the wider globalization scenario.

Reflections on Skilled Migration
Adela Pellegrino

This article examines the issue of skilled migration and its recent characteristics. The article is divided into three sections: in the first, the current context of international migration, particularly skilled migration, as well as its future prospects, is examined; the second section reviews the impact of skilled migration on Latin American countries and the last examines the evaluations that have been made of this phenomenon so far.

ILO Standards on Labour Migrations
Daniel Martínez

The author reviews the evolution of international labour migration, its volumes, countries of destination and nature, as well as the specific issues of irregular migration and women migrants. In the second section of the article, he examines the status of the main legal instruments on labour migration that have been proposed or adopted within the framework of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

An Analysis of International Migration Trends
Marta Roig Vila

This analysis is aimed at providing an answer to the following three questions: (a) has the number of international migrants increased? In other words, has the real absolute and relative number of people born abroad increased? (b) Is there evidence of a "universalization" of migration, a real worldwide migration? In other words, is there evidence of a diversification of both origins and destinations, or rather, are migration movements still taking place between some (very few) countries that are linked by historical bonds? (c) Have new migration trends emerged? Secondly, the author analyses migration trends from a global perspective. Finally, he examines in depth the trends in the main receiving countries for which more information is generally available. After a regional analysis, the author reviews some phenomena that are acquiring more importance, as evidenced from the available information.

Mexican Migration, Its History and Effects
Fernando Lozano-Ascenso

This paper comprises two main sections. The first section analyses the impact of Mexicans' migration to the U.S. on Mexico's population's growth rate and structure, based on the main demographic elements: mortality rate, fertility and international migration. The second section examines the recent evolution of migrants' remittances and the impact such revenues have on family economies. The analysis focuses on the years 1999 and 2000 and is based on data from population censuses in Mexico and the U.S., as well as on information from the Bank of Mexico.

Living Off the North
Alejandro I. Canales

This paper analyzes the differences between households that receive remittances and those that do not, focusing on one of Mexico's high migration communities, Los Altos de Jalisco. The objective is to evaluate the statistical significance of each factor that accounts for the differences between such households. To this end, the author examines the role remittances play in the community and the social and demographic profiles of remittances-receiving households, based on a logical regression model.

The Cuban Case: An Age Old Phenomenon
Rolando García Quiñones

In this article the author analyzes the specific case of international migrations in Cuba. He points out that even though Cuban migration began in aboriginal times, it reached peculiar characteristics only during the last forty years, as a result of changes in political relations between the United States and the largest island in the Antilles, following the triumph of the Cuban revolution in 1959.