The Mobility Key: Realizing the Potential of Refugee Travel Documents
Travel documents are critical facilitators of mobility. But for refugees, who cannot safely use a passport issued by their origin country, the lack of a usable travel document can shut them out of...
View ArticleSouth Asia’s Tibetan Refugee Community Is Shrinking, Imperiling Its Long-Term...
The number of Tibetan refugees in India, Nepal, and Bhutan has been on a steady decline since the mid-2000s, posing a threat to the future of an exile community that has developed a robust governance,...
View ArticleOutmatched: The U.S. Asylum System Faces Record Demands
The U.S. humanitarian protection system, known for its long history of assisting those in need, has come under incredible pressure in recent years. The asylum adjudications system, which is...
View ArticleAfghan Immigrants in the United States
The Afghan immigrant population in the United States has grown dramatically since 2010, and particularly since the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Most Afghans who obtained a green...
View ArticleUkrainians in the EU: What Is Next After the Temporary Protection Directive?
On the second anniversary of the first-ever activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), this MPI Europe webinar considers how the European Union can continue supporting millions of...
View ArticleStandoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes...
Rising tensions between Texas and the federal government have sparked fears of a constitutional crisis after the state deployed its National Guard to prevent the U.S. Border Patrol from conducting...
View ArticleIran Faces Dwindling Water and Escalating Climate Pressures, Aggravating...
Floods, heatwaves, and other extreme weather events have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Iran, with repercussions for residents including the 3.4 million refugees and other forced...
View ArticleCoordination Breakdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Europe
The story of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe is chiefly one of challenges to solidarity and coordination. Cross-border movement—even within Europe’s Schengen Area—ground to a halt, and countries took...
View ArticleConverging Crises: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in South America
The COVID-19 pandemic hit South American nations at a time when many were already contending with major migration challenges. Historic levels of intraregional migration and displacement, notably from...
View ArticleDiverging Paths: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in the Middle East and...
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on mobility in the Middle East and North Africa were immediate and wide-reaching. These include the world’s largest and most sustained repatriation efforts for stranded...
View ArticleFrequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United...
Immigration touches on many facets of life in the United States. Get the facts with this useful resource, which compiles in one place answers to some of the most often-asked questions about immigration...
View ArticleGlobal Affordable Housing Shortages Can Harm Migrant Reception and Integration
One-fifth of the planet lacks adequate housing. That scarcity, expected to affect 3 billion people by 2030, is a problem for native-born and immigrant communities alike. The global housing shortage can...
View ArticleConnecting Immigrant Communities to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health...
Speakers will discuss the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services, highlighting approaches that have successfully connected immigrant and refugee families with beneficial and...
View ArticleThe Limits of the Go-It-Alone Approach: U.S. Migration Management...
The U.S. immigration enforcement system increasingly depends on other countries to help halt irregular movements through the Americas and accept the return of unauthorized migrants. Foreign governments...
View ArticleSupporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood...
Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) services can offer vital support for young children’s healthy development. Yet, young children in immigrant and refugee families often do not benefit,...
View ArticleMapping Global Human Mobility in an Increasingly Complex World
Featuring the IOM Deputy Director General for Operations, this webinar will discuss the latest MPI-IOM research exploring the rich tapestry of human mobility in a post-pandemic world, with climate...
View ArticleSupporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for Refugees’ Transition out of...
As more countries launch refugee sponsorship and complementary pathways programs, planning for and supporting refugees’ transition out of these programs is essential. While often receiving less...
View ArticleBangladesh’s Economic Vitality Owes in Part to Migration and Remittances
For a young country, Bangladesh has a complex migration history, with periods of forced migration during the partition of India and Pakistan as well as the 1971 war of independence. In recent years,...
View ArticleTitle 42 Postmortem: U.S. Pandemic-Era Expulsions Policy Did Not Shut Down...
Once an obscure section of U.S. law, Title 42 was used to expel unauthorized migrants reaching U.S. borders nearly 3 million times from March 2020 to May 2023. Despite idealized depictions of its...
View ArticleThe State of Global Mobility in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
While human mobility globally has largely recovered from its pandemic-era drop, it is undergoing considerable change. The causes are diverse, from climate shocks and shifting economic conditions to...
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