immigration quota
Newcomer admission limit
An immigration quota is a limit on the number of people allowed to immigrate to a country during a given period.
Quotas may apply broadly or target specific nationalities, regions, or categories of immigrants: The 1924 law established strict immigration quotas favoring Northern Europeans.
Countries use quotas to control population growth, labor markets, or demographic composition.
- cultural integrationAbsorbing into mainstream society
- labor demandEmployers' need for workers
- brain drainEmigration of skilled workers
- human rights advocacyPromoting fundamental freedoms for all
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
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- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- immigrationvisa, refugee, citizenship, asylum, deportation
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Unregulated international passage
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