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The article presents abstracts of various papers related to the migration that were published in several periodicals. One of the papers discussed is "Talent That Won't Stay Put," by Walter Adams. The author of "The Brain Drain" attempts to present the facts about the brain drain and to raise serious questions about the conventional interpretation of these facts, emphasizing once more that the brain drain is a fascinatingly intricate movement which warrants far more clear- headed attention than it has heretofore received. Another paper discussed is "Contact Hypothesis in Ethnic Relations," by Yehuda Amir. Research regarding the effects of inter-group contact on ethnic relations is reviewed. The investigations discussed include both intra-and cross-cultural studies involving contact between various ethnic groups. The principles and generalizations emerging from these studies are categorized under the following topics: opportunities for contact, the principle of equal status, contact with high-status representatives of a minority group, cooperative and competitive factors, casual versus intimate contact, institutional support, personality factors, and direction and intensity of initial attitude.

The article presents abstracts of various papers related to various countries of the world that were published in several periodicals. One of the papers discussed is "International Migration and Social Mobility: An Australian Case Study," R.T. Appleyard. This case study emphasizes the differential expectations and short-run achievements of two ethnic groups in Australia's immigration program by reporting the findings of two major research projects on emigration from Europe to Australia: British assisted families in 1959 and Greek single workers in 1965. Both projects were longitudinal in type, interviews with sampled emigrants before the departure for Australia probed their approach to the emigration threshold, how long they stayed there, what finally decided them to step across it, their socio-economic background and their expectations and knowledge of Australia. Another paper discussed is "Factors Related to Immigrant Assimilation: Pre-Migration Traits," by Jerold Heiss. Using Italian immigrants in Australia, an attempt is made to test the hypotheses: Pre-migration traits are associated with later assimilation because they affect the subjects' early post-migration opportunities, motivation and reward for learning the new culture. The data indicate that a number of the pre-migration traits are related to assimilation, but the factors mentioned do not seem to be the intervening variables.

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The article presents information on various research papers related to migration of ethnic groups, published in an earlier issue of the journal "International Migration Review". "Religious Problems of Migrants," by H.G. Aerts is concerned with the problems brought about by the fact that, as a consequence of the large-scale migration, a great many religious traditions are now represented in Australia. "Professional on the Move," by R. W. Fisher is a report on emigration of skilled, trained workers from developing countries. "China's Minority Nationalities in the Cultural Revolution" reconsiders the question of nationalities within the cultural revolution. It examines divergent opinions within the government regarding immediate and total assimilation. "Immigration and Factionalism: An Analysis of Factions in Rural Israeli Communities of Immigrants," by Moshe Shokeid presents some findings of a research project in Israel which tried to reconstruct and analyze the history and conditions under which factions first emerged and then disappeared in two newly created communities of immigrants in the course of ten years.

The article presents information on various research papers published in the earlier issue of the journal " International Migration Review." Some of the research papers are, "The Jews in Russia," by Edy Kauman. The article shows that the discrimination Jews suffer in the Soviet Union today is more subtle but not less real than the Tzars' persecutions or Stalin's manifest anti-Semitism, and is an integral part of Russia's opposition to the state of Israel. "Economic Aspects in the Urbanization Process," by E. Ruzaxina; "Equality of Nationalities in the USSR: The Case of Central Asia," by A.Sheehy; "Alien Criminal Defendent: An Examination of Immigration Law Principles for Criminal Practice," by D.B. Wexier.