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After Crisis of Unprecedented Migrant Arrivals, U.S. Cities Settle into New...

Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and other migrants have gone directly from the U.S.-Mexico border to New York, Chicago, Denver, and other interior cities, hastening what had previously been a...

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21st Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference

With immigration at the heart of competing policy proposals for the future of the United States, this year's Immigration Law and Policy Conference will feature smart discussions of some of the most...

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What Does Integration Mean in a Multicultural Country like Canada?

Immigration trends in countries such as Canada are pushing some to reconsider how they think about integration. More than half of Canada's population could be immigrants or children of immigrants by...

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U.S. Legal Pathways for Mexican and Central American Immigrants, by the Numbers

Policymakers across the Americas are weighing whether and how to expand legal migration pathways as alternatives to unauthorized movement. But what pathways already exist, and how widely are they used?...

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Trapped by Italy’s Policy Paradox, Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants Can Fall...

Many migrant farmworkers in Italy work under exploitative conditions that some critics describe as modern-day slavery. Often, asylum seekers and other migrants originally hoping to transit Italy for...

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Turkey Aims to Halt Irregular Migration and Migrant Smuggling in the Eastern...

Turkey is engaged in wide-ranging efforts to halt irregular migration and break up migrant smuggling networks. In recent years, the government has installed a three-meter-high wall along much of its...

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Managing the Expectations of Refugees and Other People in Need of...

Helping refugees and others in need of international protection understand what life will be like in a new society is an important part of any sponsorship or complementary pathway program. This fact...

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Approaches to Matching in Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways for Refugees...

Sponsorship and complementary pathway programs take different approaches to matching refugees and others in need of international protection with receiving communities, sponsors, or employers. This...

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Supporting Volunteer Engagement in Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways for...

Community members play an important part in sponsorship and complementary pathway programs, acting as volunteers who welcome and support refugees and others in need of international protection. This...

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Monitoring and Evaluation in Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways for...

How can monitoring and evaluation (M&E) help refugee sponsorship and complementary pathway programs achieve their goals? This fact sheet answers these and other questions about M&E approaches...

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Germany, and Maybe the European Union, Are at a Migration Crossroads

Germany's reinstatement of border controls with its nine neighbors runs the risk of creating a chain reaction, with other EU Member States following suit. In the process, this go-it-alone approach...

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Despite Sharply Different Immigration Rhetoric, Democrats and Republicans Now...

A quiet political realignment has taken place in the United States. As unauthorized crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border have reached record levels in recent years, Democrats have begun to embrace...

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Displacement and International Protection in a Warming World

When drought, floods, and other climate impacts force people to move internationally, do they qualify for refugee status or other form of protection? This issue brief explores the lack of consensus...

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The Nascent Architecture for Managing U.S. Border Arrivals Shows Promise

While unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have plummeted in 2024, improving on these results requires immigration strategies that go far beyond the border. A new architecture for managing...

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New Zealand: From Settler Colony to Country Reliant on Temporary Immigration

New Zealand, once chiefly a destination for British and Irish settlers, has become a destination for temporary labor and student migration from Asia and beyond. Immigrants comprised 29 percent of the...

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Charting a Smart Agenda for Managing Climate Migration

Drawing from a newly released series of MPI policy briefs that chart an agenda for policymakers to manage climate mobility, this expert discussion will offer concrete examples of how governments across...

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The Diaspora's Mobilization Post-Invasion Has Provided Crucial Support...

The Ukrainian diaspora has played a critical but often overlooked role in supporting the homeland since Russia invaded in 2022. Key networks were built years earlier, following the annexation of...

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To Stay or Go: Factors Shaping Ukrainian Refugees’ Intentions Whether to...

Despite the ongoing war and heavy destruction across Ukraine, an estimated 1 million Ukrainians had returned to their country as of August 2024. On this webinar, experts will discuss a new MPI...

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How the Rebuilt U.S. System Resettled the Most Refugees in 30 Years

More refugees were resettled in the United States in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than any year since FY 1994, marking a rapid turnaround from record-low refugee resettlement just three years earlier. The...

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The Reverse of Climate Migration: Should There Be a Right Not to Be Displaced...

This episode of the podcast Changing Climate, Changing Migration speaks with former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees T. Alexander Aleinikoff, who makes the case for a new legal paradigm focused...

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