emigration and immigration

Fifteen-year-old Abdul, having lost everyone he loves, journeys from Baghdad to a migrant community in Calais where he sneaks aboard a boat bound for England, not knowing it carries a cargo of heroin, and when the vessel is involved in a skirmish and the pilot killed, it is up to Abdul and three other young stowaways to complete the journey.

Describes Allied treatment of the Jews during and after their liberation from Nazi concentration camps and examines the struggles Jewish displaced persons faced, covering refugee internment camps, immigration policies, and the establishment of the State of Israel.

Chronicles the events surrounding the famine in Ireland in the late 1840s and discusses how the famine caused thousands of Irish families to immigrate to the United States.

An alphabetical reference work examining the background, statistics, reception, and current status of those groups who have immigrated to America throughout history.

Discusses those people who came to the United States from the British Isles as the settlers of new English colonies and, later, as immigrants seeking a home in a new nation. Includes a chronology of the U.S. immigration laws.

The recollections of twelve people who immigrated to the United States during the period of the Great Migration between 1900 and 1930.

Discusses the experiences of immigrants from China, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam to the United States. Includes a chronology of U.S. immigration laws.

Discusses the experiences of immigrants from Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Spain. Includes a chronology of U.S. immigration laws.

Discusses the experiences of immigrants from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia to the United States. Includes a chronology of U.S. immigration laws.

Presents fictional stories of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island, as well as inspectors, doctors, nurses, cooks, social workers, and others who lived and worked there.