The U.S. Stands Alone in Explicitly Basing Coronavirus-Linked Immigration...
The U.S. in April became the first country to explicitly justify immigration curbs not on grounds of COVID-19, but to protect the jobs of U.S. workers at a time of skyrocketing unemployment. A Trump...
View ArticleA Warm Welcome for Some: Israel Embraces Immigration of Jewish Diaspora,...
Israel has a remarkably open immigration system for anyone who can prove Jewish ethnicity. But as this country profile explores, migration is extremely difficult for non-Jews, including asylum seekers....
View ArticleCuban Immigrants in the United States
Cuban immigration to the United States has slowed in recent years, rising by 2 percent from 2017 to 2018. Overall, Cubans represent 3 percent of all immigrants in the United States. Compared to the...
View ArticleAs #DefundThePolice Movement Gains Steam, Immigration Enforcement Spending...
Calls by activists to "defund the police," in the wake of a string of deadly encounters for Black community members, echo earlier demands to "abolish ICE" and reflect broader criticism of enforcement...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Pandemic Profoundly Affects Bangladeshi Workers Abroad with...
Bangladesh is one of the world’s largest migrant-origin countries, and money sent home by its workers abroad is crucial to an economy that has become one of the more vibrant ones in South Asia. Against...
View ArticleFilipino Immigrants in the United States in 2018
Immigration from the Philippines to the United States has been taking place for more than a century, escalating towards the end of the 20th century. Filipinos now represent the fourth-largest U.S....
View ArticleMientras Crece el Movimiento para Desfinanciar a la Policía en EUA, el Gasto...
Los llamados de los activistas a "desbancar a la policía", a raíz de una serie de encuentros mortales para los miembros de la comunidad negra, hacen eco de las demandas anteriores de "abolir el ICE" y...
View ArticleImpending USCIS Furloughs Will Contribute to a Historic Drop in U.S....
A looming furlough of 70 percent of staff at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could halt processing for tens of thousands of green cards, citizenship applications, and other immigrant benefits...
View ArticleOnce a Destination for Migrants, Post-Gaddafi Libya Has Gone from Transit...
Libya was once a prized destination for workers from around the world. But after Muammar Gaddafi’s overthrow in 2011, the country became the transit point for hundreds of thousands of Europe-bound...
View ArticleHaitian Immigrants in the United States
The United States is the top global destination for Haitian migrants, who left Haiti in the wake of political instability and a series of natural disasters, including a 2010 earthquake that devastated...
View ArticleHaiti’s Painful Evolution from Promised Land to Migrant-Sending Nation
For more than a century, Haiti was considered a prime destination for migrants from the United States and around the world. In the wake of the Haitian Revolution, Haiti marketed itself to freed slaves...
View ArticleSoutheastern Europe Looks to Engage its Diaspora to Offset the Impact of...
Southeastern Europe is experiencing one of the sharpest depopulations in the world, with countries such as Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia on pace to see their populations shrink...
View ArticleThe Digital Divide Hits U.S. Immigrant Households Disproportionately during...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the effects of the so-called digital divide for U.S. immigrants and other groups with reduced online connectivity. Internet access and the skills to navigate...
View ArticleGaps in India’s Treatment of Refugees and Vulnerable Internal Migrants Are...
India has no law on refugee law and has not signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, leaving many of its estimated 250,000 recognized refugees in a legal gray area. Meanwhile, more than 450 million internal...
View ArticleCollege-Educated Immigrants in the United States
Nearly 13 million immigrants have a four-year college degree or better. But these highly educated immigrants are not spread evenly throughout the labor market. They make up disproportionate shares of...
View ArticleGreece Struggles to Balance Competing Migration Demands
When he was elected prime minister in 2019, Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised what he called “strict but fair” reforms to secure Greece's borders and speed up transfers of asylum seekers crowding Aegean...
View ArticleThe U.S. Presidential Campaign Cements Political Parties’ Deepening Schism on...
In the United States, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided on immigration. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have offered sharply diverging policy positions,...
View ArticleCriminalization of Search-and-Rescue Operations in the Mediterranean Has Been...
Even as the number of people making the dangerous journey through the Central Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe has declined since the migration and refugee crisis of 2015-16, the rate of...
View ArticleIndian Immigrants in the United States
There are 2.7 million Indian immigrants in the United States, making them the second-largest immigrant group after Mexicans. This number has increased dramatically in recent years, growing 13-fold...
View ArticleImpacts of Climate Change as Drivers of Migration
Climate change is affecting human movement now, causing internal displacement and international migration, and will do so in the future. But the impact is often indirect, and rarely is the process as...
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