In Canada’s French-Speaking Quebec, Immigration Sparks Anxieties about...
Canada's ambitions to dramatically increase immigration have met resistance in Quebec, the country's only majority-French province, where many worry their identity is under threat. Provincial officials...
View ArticleBuilding Meaningful Refugee Participation into Protection Policymaking
One promising—but often underutilized—element of addressing the world’s urgent humanitarian protection needs is meaningfully engaging refugees in policymaking processes. As this report highlights,...
View ArticleRefugees and Asylees in the United States
U.S. refugee resettlement is slowly increasing after hitting a historic low, rebounding from the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce humanitarian migration as well as pandemic-era restrictions on...
View ArticleMaking Refugee Participation in Protection Community Dialogues Meaningful
In the run-up to the 2023 Global Refugee Forum, this discussion examines efforts at facilitating refugee participation and meaningful engagement in policy conversations at global and other levels. It...
View ArticleA Mixed Welcome: Haitian Migration within the Caribbean
MPI Senior Policy Analyst Valerie Lacarte speaks with experts Bridget Wooding and Louby George about migration of Haitians to the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
View ArticleActivism on Immigration by U.S. States Is Back, with New Tactics and...
Renewed U.S. state activism on immigration has echoes of the early 2010s, when Arizona’s SB 1070 defined a Republican-led push to increase enforcement that was ultimately muted by the courts and public...
View ArticleImproving Stakeholder Coordination in Refugee Resettlement: A Path to More...
Many actors have a hand in refugee resettlement, including national and local governments, international organizations, and civil society. Strong coordination between these stakeholders is needed if...
View ArticleHaitians Flee a Nation Nearing Collapse
The Haitian diaspora has swelled since a massive earthquake in 2010 and in the wake of violent riots that culminated in a political crisis in 2018 and the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse....
View ArticleStraining under the Backlog: Fixing a U.S. Immigration Court System in Crisis
As the U.S. immigration court system struggles with record case backlogs, decisions take years, immigration enforcement is delayed, and wait times incentivize unauthorized arrivals. This discussion...
View Article20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
Save the date for the 20th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, taking place in Washington, DC and online on September 18. The conference will feature fresh, thoughtful policy and legal...
View ArticleClimate Migration 101
Climate migration sounds simple. It is not. MPI’s Lawrence Huang answers some of the most common questions around one of the least understood dynamics in human movement.
View ArticleAt the Breaking Point: Rethinking the U.S. Immigration Court System
With a backlog of nearly 2 million cases, years-long wait times for decisions, and overwhelmed judges whose productivity has declined, the U.S. immigration court system is in urgent need of repair....
View ArticleStraining under the Backlog: Fixing a U.S. Immigration Court System in Crisis
As the U.S. immigration court system struggles with record case backlogs, decisions take years, immigration enforcement is delayed, and wait times incentivize unauthorized arrivals. This discussion...
View ArticleTechnology Can Be Transformative for Refugees, but It Can Also Hold Them Back
While smartphones and other technologies can assist decision-making, they do not always improve migrants’ journeys or lives. Forcibly displaced populations can face barriers in the form of limited...
View ArticleDisplacement in the Sahel: Exploring Rising Migration and Responses in West...
MPI Europe Associate Director Camille Le Coz discusses rising displacement in the Sahel, which is experiencing multiple crises, with development economist Alexandra Tapsoba.
View ArticleIn the Twilight Zone: Record Number of U.S. Immigrants Are in Limbo Statuses
An estimated 1.9 million migrants are in the United States or have been authorized to enter with a twilight immigration status that does not automatically lead to to permanent residence but temporarily...
View ArticleTanzania’s Open Door to Refugees Narrows
Tanzania’s previously generous policies towards refugees have been growing more restrictive. Many refugees are confined to camps separated from the rest of the community, and authorities have been...
View ArticleManaging Changing Migration Dynamics and Policies in West Africa for Regional...
MPI Europe Associate Director Camille Le Coz discusses migration dynamics in West Africa and and how African leaders are responding to these trends with Leander Kandilige, a senior lecturer at the...
View ArticleAs Nauru Shows, Asylum Outsourcing Has Unexpected Impacts on Host Communities
For two decades, asylum seekers seeking to reach Australia by boat were diverted to Nauru, a small Pacific Island nation that made a hefty profit off the extraterritorial asylum arrangement. But...
View ArticleStrengthening Refugee Engagement in Community Sponsorship Programmes
Speakers on this CAPS-EU webinar will examine the challenges that hinder refugee participation in sponsorship program design and explore meaningful ways, tools, and mechanisms to effectively expand...
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