The Re-Emergence of Emigration from Ireland: New Trends in An Old Story
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, Ireland has again experienced emigration flows on a much greater scale than most of its Western European counterparts. Unlike earlier outflows, however,...
View ArticleAddressing the Implications of the Emigration of Skilled and Educated Europeans
A discussion on how governments and societies can retain their most valuable workers, turn emigration challenges into opportunities, and capture more of the potential benefits of emigration.
View ArticleEuropean Immigrants in the United States
European migration, once the driving force of U.S. immigration, has steadily declined over the last 50 years. In 2014, 4.8 million European immigrants accounted for 11 percent of the total foreign-born...
View ArticleLeadership Visions: A Discussion with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia...
An MPI Leadership Visions discussion with the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz-Massieu, for her first public appearance in Washington, DC.
View ArticleReception and Reintegration Services in Central America: Ending the Deportee...
A webinar releasing a report examining deportations to Central America and reception and reintegration services in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #10: Shine Wears Off Investor Visa Programs as...
A number of countries in 2015 redesigned their immigrant investor visa programs in response to questions about their economic benefits or allegations of fraud. The reforms have in some cases made such...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #9: Border Skirmishes Resonate in National Domestic...
Facing electoral challenges, falling approval rates, and weak economies, some political leaders in 2015 altered border policies or engaged in conflicts across borders as tools of domestic policy. This...
View ArticleStopping the Revolving Door: Reception and Reintegration Services for Central...
For a growing population of migrants deported from Mexico and the United States to Central America, the conditions upon return typically are worse than when they left, setting up a revolving-door cycle...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #8: A Shared Challenge: Europe and the United States...
Child migrants traveling alone to Europe or the United States face similar dangers and are particularly at risk of abuse and trafficking. The arrival of tens of thousands of such children in Europe and...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #7: Climate Change and Natural Disasters Displace...
From earthquakes to drought, natural disasters and climate change played a key role in migration flows in 2015. Climate-induced migration surfaced as a concern at the United Nations Climate Change...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #6: Refugee Crisis Deepens Political Polarization in...
As seemingly endless waves of asylum seekers and migrants arrived in Europe in 2015, politicians from across the political spectrum invoked forceful anti-immigrant rhetoric that resonated in some...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #5: Governments Increasingly Restrict Citizenship
Citizenship came under fire in new ways around the world in 2015, with attempts to both restrict who is eligible to become a citizen and who can be deprived of citizenship. Driven by fears of...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #4: Big Business of Smuggling Enables Mass Movement of...
Faced with a flexible, diverse, and seemingly ubiquitous smuggling industry, governments have struggled to respond. Smuggling and trafficking networks, while hardly new phenomena, were put under a...
View ArticleReception and Reintegration Services in Central America: Ending the Deportee...
A webinar releasing a report examining deportations to Central America and reception and reintegration services in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
View ArticleLeadership Visions: A Discussion with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia...
An MPI Leadership Visions discussion with the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Claudia Ruiz-Massieu, for her first public appearance in Washington, DC.
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #3: White House Uses Many Levers of Power to Effect...
President Obama actively utilized the powers of the executive to reshape U.S. immigration policy in 2015. From signature deportation relief programs and changes to visa waiver eligibility to new grants...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #2: Displacement Reaches Record High as Wars Continue...
Global displacement reached a new high with nearly 60 million people worldwide displaced internally or externally in the greatest number since record-keeping began. The trend continued in 2015 as...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Emigration: Harnessing the Potential of the New Greek...
Large outflows of educated young people escaping high levels of unemployment, in tandem with inflows of unauthorized migrants, pose a fresh set of challenges for Greek policymakers. This Transatlantic...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #1: Migration Crisis Tests European Consensus and...
Europe's defining challenge in 2015 was the exponential growth in the number of asylum seekers and migrants arriving on its shores. The European Union and its Member States were slow to respond, and...
View ArticleAsian Immigrants in the United States
The number of Asian immigrants in the United States has increased exponentially over the last 50 years, and Asia is now the second-largest region of birth of U.S. immigrants. The growth of this...
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