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	<title>The Swarthmore Migration Project &#187; Features</title>
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		<title>The Swarthmore Migration Project &#187; Features</title>
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		<title>UN, World Bank devote annual development reports to geography and migration</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/un-world-bank-devote-annual-development-reports-to-geography-and-migration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amalia Feld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what may be a sign of an increasing awareness of the (long-standing) relevance of geographical factors relating to world poverty, hunger, and political and economic development, among other global concerns, both the United Nations and the World Bank have dedicated their respective 2009 annual development reports to the theme of geography.
While the official publication [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=635&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International student profile: Hena Choi &#8216;11</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/international-student-profile-hena-choi-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Lin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is our first installment in a series of interviews with Swarthmore international students. We hope to showcase the international student experience and explore the reasons why students leave their home countries to come to study in the United States.
Hena Choi &#8216;11 was born in Seoul, South Korea. In this interview, she discussed her reasons [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=614&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A community in pictures: Philadelphia&#8217;s Italian Market</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/a-community-in-pictures-philadelphias-italian-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Photos by Calvin Ho.
Last week, several SMP members took a trip to the Italian Market, a section of 9th Street in South Philadelphia. We found a vibrant commercial area that has been undergoing a dramatic demographic shift. The northern parts of the area were filled with Italian-American shops catering to locals and tourists. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=600&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A community in pictures: Philadelphia Chinatown</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/a-community-in-pictures-philadelphia-chinatown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Lin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
In a recent trip to Philadelphia Chinatown, the Swarthmore Migration Project visited establishments previously profiled by our sister organization, the Chinatown Youth Radio Project. We went to Abakus Takeout, an urban apparel retailer that incorporates kitschy elements associated with Americanized Chinese restaurants. Next, we had lunch at Nan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodle House, an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=585&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The economic crisis and Asia&#8217;s migrant worker population</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/the-economic-crisis-and-asias-migrant-worker-population/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amalia Feld</dc:creator>
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In a recent article published in the International Herald Tribune, Thomas Fuller looks at the global economic crisis and its impact on the migrant worker population of South East Asia. In response to the economic downturn, many of those who had left the countryside for jobs in the cities are now returning to their families [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=556&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: anti-casino activist Jethro Heiko criticizes Chinatown casino project</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/interview-anti-casino-activist-jethro-heiko-criticizes-chinatown-casino-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Lin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a phone interview with the Swarthmore Migration Project, anti-casino activist Jethro Heiko shared his thoughts on the proposed Foxwoods casino in Chinatown. Heiko is a founder of Casino-Free Philadelphia, a group that works to oppose the introduction of casinos into Philadelphia neighborhoods through political organization, advocacy, and education.
The proposed casino at The Gallery at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=515&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia Chinatown casino project &#8211; interview with anti-casino activist Debbie Wei</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/philadelphia-chinatown-casino-project-interview-with-anti-casino-activist-debbie-wei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foxwoods Development Company, developer of the Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, plans to build a casino in The Gallery at Market East, a Center City Philadelphia shopping mall located less than a block from Chinatown. The proposal angered many Chinatown residents, activists, and entrepreneurs, who claim that a casino would have dire social and economic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=512&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Audio feature: How migrant workers from El Salvador risk their lives to get to the US</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/audio-feature-how-migrant-workers-from-el-salvador-risk-their-lives-to-get-to-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States struggles to curb illegal immigration from Mexico, but Mexico has illegal immigration issues of its own. Many under-privileged Central Americans use Mexico as their primary gateway to the United States. In this audio feature, we hear from international relations specialist Clemencia Muñoz about transnational migration from El Salvador to Mexico. Listen now.
See [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=494&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A community in pictures: Chinatown San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/a-community-in-pictures-chinatown-san-francisco/</link>
		<comments>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/a-community-in-pictures-chinatown-san-francisco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown, the oldest and largest in North America, is full of contrasts. Curio shops catering to tourists lie just a few doors away from community organizations. Shops just slightly off the beaten path sell traditional Chinese foods one is unlikely to find on a take-out menu. It is a place where Chinese [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=376&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A community in pictures: Hsi Lai Temple (Hacienda Heights, California)</title>
		<link>http://swatmigration.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/a-community-in-pictures-hsi-lai-temple-hacienda-heights-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Hsi Lai Temple, founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun and completed in 1988, is situated in the Los Angeles suburb of Hacienda Heights. According to the Los Angeles Times, Hacienda Heights, along with nearby Rowland Heights, Walnut, and Diamond Bar, is part of a &#8220;new Chinatown&#8221; in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, in contrast [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swatmigration.wordpress.com&blog=5295263&post=374&subd=swatmigration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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