Cuban Immigrants in the United States
Cubans comprise the largest Caribbean immigrant group in the United States, and for decades have benefitted from uniquely preferential immigration programs. The population is growing, as recent years...
View ArticleAre Celebrity Spokespeople Always Helpful for Refugee Causes?
Famous faces have become a mainstay in promotional campaigns for humanitarian and refugee organizations. Celebrity advocacy can take a variety of forms, including encouraging donations, raising...
View ArticleAttracting, Retaining, and Diversifying Sponsors for Refugees in Community...
By involving community members in welcoming refugee newcomers, community sponsorship programs hold the potential to open new protection pathways, better support refugee integration, and strengthen...
View ArticleHow the Treacherous Darien Gap Became a Migration Crossroads of the Americas
Passage through the Darien Gap has transformed migration across the Americas. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken the incredibly perilous journey across the remote jungle between Colombia and...
View ArticleInmigrantes cubanos en los Estados Unidos
Los cubanos constituyen el mayor grupo de inmigrantes caribeños en Estados Unidos. La población está creciendo, ya que en los últimos años se ha producido la mayor oleada de emigración de la historia...
View ArticleStrengthening Refugee Engagement in Community Sponsorship Programs
Speakers, including a resettled refugee, examine the challenges that hinder refugee participation in sponsorship program design and operation and explore meaningful ways, tools, and mechanisms for...
View ArticleNew York and Other U.S. Cities Struggle with High Costs of Migrant Arrivals
U.S. cities have spent billions of dollars to provide shelter, health care, and other resources to migrants recently arrived from the U.S.-Mexico border. The exceptional costs, which the New York mayor...
View ArticleThe Power of Refugee Sponsorship: A Sponsor’s Story
How is refugee resettlement evolving? As more countries turn to private or community sponsorship, MPI speaks with Erin Schutte Wadzinski, who leads one of the pioneering private sponsorship groups in...
View ArticleAchieving Meaningful International Cooperation on Displacement: Can the 2023...
The 2023 Global Refugee Forum will test whether global solidarity for refugees and their hosts can be revived as the political environment cools in many countries. With responses to major displacement...
View ArticleCómo el peligroso Tapón del Darién se convirtió en la encrucijada migratoria...
El paso por el Tapón del Darién ha transformado la migración en las Américas. Cada día, más de 1.000 personas cruzan lo que no hace mucho era un tramo de selva poco transitado entre Colombia y Panamá,...
View ArticleVietnamese Immigrants in the United States
The more than 1.3 million Vietnamese immigrants in the United States are the result of nearly 50 years of migration that began with the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. While early generations of...
View ArticleAddressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas
The next major displacement of people in the Americas is in the making, and it is going unnoticed. The response to the steady emigration from Haiti seen since a devastating 2010 earthquake has been...
View ArticleFrom Safe Homes to Sponsors: Lessons from the Ukraine Hosting Response for...
As millions of people fled Ukraine and sought safety in countries across Europe after Russia's 2022 invasion, community-led projects emerged to help newcomers find temporary housing in private homes....
View ArticleDocumenting the Migration Journey: African Kinship Dynamics in Europe
African migrants turn to the strength of kinship-based support systems in pursuit of stability as they settle in a European landscape that is sometimes made precarious by their legal status and...
View ArticleWhy Matching Matters: Improving Outcomes in Refugee Sponsorship and...
In community sponsorship and other programs that directly involve communities and individuals in supporting refugees’ arrival and integration, where and with whom refugees are matched matters a great...
View ArticleCan the Biden Immigration Playbook Be Effective for Managing Arrivals via Sea?
Amid the highest Caribbean maritime migration levels in a generation, the Biden administration is relying on a carrot-and-stick strategy it honed amid record unauthorized migration at the U.S.-Mexico...
View Article20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
The 20th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, organized by MPI, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and Georgetown University Law Center, features fresh, thoughtful policy and legal...
View ArticleIs Climate Migration a Homeland Security Threat?
Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff talks about the security implications of climate change and migration in this episode of the podcast Changing Climate, Changing Migration.
View ArticleThe World’s Leading Refugee Host, Turkey Has a Complex Migration History
Turkey is home to the world’s largest refugee population, a fact that has been a source of pride, a geopolitical tool, and a logistical challenge. This article shows how the millions of Syrians who...
View ArticleEngaging Local Voices: Letting Cities Inform National Refugee Resettlement Goals
With the Global Refugee Forum approaching, this webcast explores how municipalities and other key stakeholders can be engaged in informing and delivering on the 2024 resettlement and complementary...
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