Throughout it’s nearly 400-year history, New York City’s demography has been characterized by an ever-changing series of immigration waves, coming...

From 1820 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. The interactive map visualizes...

War, famine, economic boom and bust, religious persecution, and government intervention have all caused wild swings in the rate of...

Massive genome-wide study in the United States has revealed a ‘historical portrait’ of post-colonial population patterns across the country. Following the...

Our last name holds clues into your family history. Whether you have a common or unique last name, learning the...

In Europe the oversas immigration was tied to colonial migration traditions which created overseas expansion in its early stage. Apart...

In order to survive twentieth-century financial upheavals such as the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent depression, achieving legal...

Immigration is widely considered to be in the national interest since it permits individuals to better themselves as it strengthens...

European exploration of the African coast began in the 13th century when Portugal committed itself to discover an alternative route...

For more than two centuries, extensive immigration has underpinned economic and social development in Australia. The immigrant share of Australia’s...