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...
View ArticleWestern Sahara’s Sahrawi Refugees Face an Uncertain Future after 50 Years of...
For five decades, Sahrawi refugees have been displaced from Western Sahara, which many people call "Africa’s last colony" and which the United Nations considers the world’s largest and most populous...
View ArticleThe Future of Complementary Pathways: Paving the Way for Growth
Experts explore the steps that can be taken to unlock further growth and overcome obstacles to scaling various refugee sponsorship initiatives and complementary pathway schemes, including education and...
View ArticleComplementary Pathways: Key Factors in Future Growth
Humanitarian admission, sponsorship, and education- and employment-based mobility programs are becoming important tools for refugee protection, alongside traditional resettlement. Yet even as these...
View ArticleEmerging and Established Efforts by States to Expand Language Access
Government officials from Colorado, Michigan, and New York discuss how their states’ language access efforts have evolved, how they are structured, and what innovative approaches they have undertaken...
View ArticleBiden’s Mixed Immigration Legacy: Border Challenges Overshadowed...
The Biden administration took significantly more executive actions on immigration than its predecessors, including during Donald Trump's first term, although it has been unable to escape criticism for...
View ArticleThe Biden Legacy on Immigration: A Complex Picture
As the Biden administration draws to a close, this webinar examines the Biden record on border management, legal immigration, and refugee resettlement, among other aspects. The speakers will assess the...
View ArticleLegal Pathways and Enforcement: What the U.S. Safe Mobility Strategy Can...
The Biden administration's ambitious migration management strategy, which combined increased regional cooperation and expanded lawful pathways with a more orderly system for border arrivals, eventually...
View ArticleExploring Refugees’ Intentions to Return to Ukraine: Data Insights and Policy...
The European response to displacement from Ukraine has been unprecedented. Yet as the war has stretched on, uncertainty has grown about whether and when refugees will be able to return home. This...
View ArticleCharting a Smart Agenda for Managing Climate Migration
Drawing from a series of MPI policy briefs that chart an agenda for policymakers to manage climate mobility, this expert discussion offers concrete examples of how governments across the globe can...
View ArticleTo 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 discuss what shape refugees’...
View ArticleThe Complicated Reality of Syrians’ Return
While the fall of the al-Assad regime is a seismic moment, it may be premature for sizable numbers of Syrians to return after years abroad—as some host countries want. Conditions remain unstable and...
View ArticleThe Future of Complementary Pathways: Paving the Way for Growth
Experts explore the steps that can be taken to unlock further growth and overcome obstacles to scaling various refugee sponsorship initiatives and complementary pathway schemes, including education and...
View ArticleEmerging and Established Efforts by States to Expand Language Access
Government officials from Colorado, Michigan, and New York discuss how their states’ language access efforts have evolved, how they are structured, and what innovative approaches they have undertaken...
View ArticleThe Biden Legacy on Immigration: A Complex Picture
As the Biden administration draws to a close, this webinar examined the Biden record on border management, legal immigration, and refugee resettlement, among other aspects. Speakers assessed the Biden...
View ArticleOne of the World’s Largest Refugee Populations, Afghans Have Faced Increasing...
Iran, host to the world's largest refugee population, has long served as a refuge for Afghans escaping instability and conflict. The government welcomed refugees and other migrants from Afghanistan and...
View ArticleJimmy Carter and Immigration: A Wide-Ranging Legacy That Remains Relevant Today
The passing of the nation’s 39th president has sparked numerous assessments of the Carter presidency, yet few have focused on the wide-ranging legacy that Jimmy Carter left in the immigration realm....
View Article21st Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference
With immigration at the heart of competing policy proposals for the future of the United States, 2024's Immigration Law and Policy Conference featured smart discussions of some of the most important...
View ArticleWith “Shock and Awe,” the Second Trump Term Opens with a Bid to Strongly...
Within hours of his second inauguration, President Donald Trump moved to dramatically reshape U.S. immigration enforcement and policy. The changes set the stage for mass deportations, all but foreclose...
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