Getting the Balance Right: Strengthening Asylum Reception Capacity at...
With arrivals of asylum seekers overwhelming the resources and institutional capacity of some European Union Member States, this report examines the reception capacity challenges faced by national...
View ArticleFocusing on Protection: Previewing Upcoming High-Level Fora on Migration
The Special Representative on International Migration for the UN Secretary-General, Peter Sutherland, and the former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, T. Alexander Aleinikoff, preview upcoming...
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 ArticleEurope’s Migration Crisis: A Status Report and the Way Forward
A discussion with the President of MPI Europe, Demetrios Papademetriou, on the current policy responses to the refugee crisis at EU and national levels, and possible future responses that can deal more...
View ArticleScaling Up Resettlement: The Role of Private Sponsorship Programmes in...
Analysts discuss how private sponsorship programs for refugees, used by Canada and a handful of other countries, could alleviate some of the pressure from the European refugee crisis by allowing...
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 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 ArticleProviding a Head Start: Improving Access to Early Childhood Education for...
This study reveals the challenges and successes of collaboration between refugee resettlement services and Head Start, and demonstrates that increasing the Early Head Start and Head Start enrollment of...
View ArticleHow Well Are Young Children of Refugees Integrating into the United States?
MPI analysts discuss the results of an analysis comparing young children of refugees to other U.S. children on several key indicators of well-being.
View ArticleResettlement Plus: Clearing the Path to Safety and Opportunity for Refugees
Experts discuss what is being done and what can be done to connect Syrians and other refugees with opportunities to settle, work, and live outside the immediate region of the conflict.
View ArticleYoung Children of Refugees in the United States: Integration Successes and...
In an attempt to fill the knowledge gap on integration outcomes for children of refugees, this report presents a demographic and socioeconomic data profile of the 941,000 children ages 10 and younger...
View ArticleNo Way Out? Making Additional Migration Channels Work for Refugees
Although in theory refugees are already eligible to move beyond the circumstances of their displacement through a variety of legal channels, in reality pathways are often blocked by practical,...
View ArticleHow Well Are Young Children of Refugees Integrating into the United States?
MPI analysts discuss the findings of a report comparing young children of refugees to other U.S. children on several key indicators of well-being.
View ArticleThe Paradox of the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal
Far from establishing a workable long-term solution to address overwhelming flows of asylum seekers arriving in Greece, the EU-Turkey deal has many observers concerned about the significant legal and...
View ArticleChallenges in Accessing Early Childhood Education and Care for Children in...
This report examines how refugee families in Massachusetts access early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for their children through the refugee resettlement system. It examines how working...
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 ArticleResettlement Plus: Clearing the Path to Safety and Opportunity for Refugees
MPI Europe expert analysis and discussion with UNHCR and Italian-based NGO representatives on what is being done and what can be done to connect Syrians and other refugees with opportunities to settle,...
View ArticleAsylum Reception in the European Union: A Flexible Model for the Future?
The pressure brought by the influx of migrants and refugees to Europe has drawn attention to the need for systems to receive and house new arrivals that can adapt to unpredictable numbers, remain...
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