Protecting the Forcibly Displaced: Latin America’s Evolving Refugee and...
Signed more than 30 years ago, the Cartagena Declaration sought to address rising flows of refugees and establish regional solidarity in refugee protection in Latin America. This article explores the...
View ArticleWith Little Debate, Congress Enacts Broad Range of Immigration Changes in...
Passed with minimal controversy and public debate, the 2016 spending bill included some of the most substantial immigration policy changes enacted by Congress in the last decade. The changes touched on...
View ArticleRefugee Flows to Lesvos: Evolution of a Humanitarian Response
Lesvos became a major focal point in Europe's migration crisis as more than half a million migrants and asylum seekers transited the Greek island in 2015. Describing the work of ad hoc volunteer-led...
View ArticleReaching a “Fair Deal” on Talent: Emigration, Circulation, and Human Capital...
While skilled migration brings widely acknowledged economic benefits for destination countries and migrants, its impact on countries of origin has been the subject of more debate. Despite a growing...
View ArticleCollege-Educated Immigrants in the United States
The number of college-educated immigrants in the United States has more than tripled in the last two decades. Asians accounted for 46 percent of the 10.5 million college-educated immigrants, with India...
View ArticleEmigration Trends and Policies in China: Movement of the Wealthy and Highly...
This report analyzes the evolution of Chinese emigration from the 1970s, when market-oriented reforms began reducing barriers to movement beyond the country's borders, to the present day. High-skilled...
View ArticleEmigration from Portugal: Old Wine in New Bottles?
While emigration increased after Portugal plunged into an economically turbulent period amid the global financial crisis, the country's image as the poster child for post-crisis outmigration may be...
View ArticleOverwhelmed by Refugee Flows, Scandinavia Tempers its Warm Welcome
Drawn by generous asylum policies and the region's welcoming reputation, hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers arrived in Scandinavia in 2015. As the unprecedented flow overwhelmed the asylum systems...
View ArticleEurope’s Migration Crisis: A Status Report and the Way Forward
MPI's Demetrios Papademetriou discusses the current policy responses to the refugee and migration crisis at EU and national levels, and possible options for dealing more effectively with the crisis and...
View ArticleIncreased Central American Migration to the United States May Prove an...
The complex push and pull factors driving child and family migration from Central America to the United States have changed little since the 2014 crisis. Despite some fluctuation in arrival numbers,...
View ArticleThe Germany-Turkey Migration Corridor: Refitting Policies for a Transnational...
This Transatlantic Council on Migration report describes how the migration of nationals between Germany and Turkey has developed over recent decades; examines the economic, social, and political...
View ArticleSeeking Safety, Jobs, and More: Afghanistan’s Mixed Flows Test Migration...
Afghanistan, once the world's largest origin of refugees, is increasingly experiencing mixed migration, including seasonal and permanent outflows for both economic and humanitarian reasons, internal...
View ArticleSouth American Immigrants in the United States
Growing rapidly from a population of 90,000 in 1960 to nearly 3 million in 2014, South American immigrants now represent 7 percent of all foreign born in the United States. Family-based immigration is...
View ArticleIndia and Bangladesh Swap Territory, Citizens in Landmark Enclave Exchange
In August 2015, India and Bangladesh officially exchanged 162 enclaves, marking the end of a 300-year old anomaly that saw the fragmented territory of one sovereign power located inside another...
View ArticleSpain: New Emigration Policies Needed for an Emerging Diaspora
This report discusses Spain’s changing migration patterns in the wake of dramatic economic downturn, paying special attention to the effects of the emigration of young, native-born Spaniards. The...
View ArticleMexican Immigrants in the United States
Mexican immigration to the United States has slowed in recent years, and since the Great Recession more Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico than have migrated to the United States. Mexicans,...
View ArticleDevelopment through Diversity: Engaging Armenia’s New and Old Diaspora
The Armenian diaspora, which significantly exceeds the country's resident population, has played an instrumental role in Armenia's political and economic development since independence in 1991. Yet a...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Receive Green Light from U.S. Courts, Mixed Reception from...
The Brussels terrorist attacks have renewed national debate in the United States over whether the U.S. refugee admissions program could be a gateway for terrorists to enter the country. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleWho Belongs? Statelessness and Nationality in West Africa
At least 10 million people worldwide are stateless, including 1 million in West Africa, though experts believe the true number may be much higher. West Africa's colonial heritage and nationality laws...
View ArticleFrequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United...
Get all the latest and historical facts and figures on immigrants and immigration in the United States in this handy resource. With immigration often surfacing in public and political debates, learn...
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