Legal Snags and Possible Increases in Border Arrivals Complicate Biden’s...
President Joe Biden has grand ambitions to reshape the U.S. immigration system, but his administration has run into early stumbling blocks in rolling back the strict enforcement regime of his...
View ArticleViolent Encounters and Social Status Shape the Conditions for Migrants...
Millions of people flee civil wars for safety elsewhere, but predicting precisely when refugees and asylum seekers will be displaced is not as easy as it seems. There is not always a direct correlation...
View ArticleImmigrants from Asia in the United States
Nearly one-third of all immigrants in the United States come from Asia, and Asian countries such as India, China, and the Philippines are the origin for a growing number of foreign-born U.S. residents....
View ArticleStateless and Persecuted: What Next for the Rohingya?
The Rohingya people have been rendered stateless and subjected to repeated abuse that has made them the world’s most persecuted minority, with hundreds of thousands pushed into neighboring Bangladesh,...
View ArticleMovement after Migration: Immigrants’ Disproportionate Reliance on Public...
Across North America and Europe, immigrants rely on public transit at higher rates than the native born. This article explores why migrants are disproportionately more likely to use public...
View ArticleHampered by the Pandemic: Unaccompanied Child Arrivals Increase as Earlier...
The increase in unaccompanied child arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border in February and March has led to backups and overcrowding at U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities ill-suited to house...
View ArticleBorder Déjà Vu: Biden Confronts Similar Challenges as His Predecessors
The number of unaccompanied child migrants at the U.S. southern border has risen, presenting President Joe Biden with challenges similar to those faced by his predecessors in 2014 and 2019. This...
View ArticleThe EU-Turkey Deal, Five Years On: A Frayed and Controversial but Enduring...
The European Union’s landmark 2016 migration deal with Turkey offered aid and other benefits in exchange for Turkey's assistance in helping reduce arrivals of asylum seekers and other migrants. At its...
View ArticleImmigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic are the fourth-largest Hispanic immigrant group in the United States, and number nearly 1.2 million people. This population has increased almost tenfold since...
View ArticleChanging Climate, Changing Migration: No “Climate Refugees,” But Still a Role...
Technically, people forced to move because of climate disasters are not considered “refugees.” But the UN High Commissioner for Refugees still takes climate issues into account, and since 2020 Andrew...
View ArticleIran Loses Highly Educated and Skilled Citizens during Long-Running “Brain...
Large numbers of well-educated Iranians have left their country of birth since its 1979 revolution, in a “brain drain” that has held back Iran’s economy and cultural institutions. Iran’s isolation from...
View ArticleBorder Challenges Dominate, But Biden’s First 100 Days Mark Notable...
During his first 100 days in office, U.S. President Joe Biden took more than three times as many executive actions on immigration as predecessor Donald Trump. While rising encounters at the U.S.-Mexico...
View ArticleEurope’s Tackling of ‘Root Causes’ of African Migration Has a Mixed Record
The European Union has tried to leverage development assistance to address root causes of migration from Africa, including poverty, instability, and conflict. The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa,...
View ArticleRefugees and Asylees in the United States
The United States historically led the world in refugee resettlement, but was surpassed by Canada in 2018—and U.S. refugee admissions fell to a record low 12,000 in 2020. With the country now on course...
View ArticleMexico’s Search for Disappeared Migrants Has Evolved, but Challenges Remain
Tens of thousands of migrants have gone missing in Mexico in recent years, with the country having one of world's highest rates of disappeared persons. In 2015, the Mexican government created...
View ArticleU.S. Government Makes Significant Strides in Receiving Unaccompanied Children...
The federal government has made notable progress since March 2021 in getting unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border out of Border Patrol facilities and into Office of Refugee...
View ArticleSlowing U.S. Population Growth Could Prompt New Pressure for Immigration Reform
Results from the 2020 census show that the U.S. population has been growing at its slowest rate since the Great Depression. Reduced immigration has been one component of this sluggish population...
View ArticleBorderless Europe: Seven Decades of Free Movement
Between Brexit and COVID-19, Europe’s 31-country zone of free movement has been profoundly tested. Still, the area has constantly evolved over the last 70 years, to include new groups of individuals...
View ArticleStrengthening Services for Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Communities
While record monthly arrivals of unaccompanied minors in early 2021 have drawn considerable attention, important questions surround what happens once the children are released from federal custody to...
View ArticleIntersecting Crises: Pandemic and Hurricanes Add to Political Instability...
A disproportionate number of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States come from Honduras, driven by government corruption, impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, and...
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