Taming the Seas: Safety, Protection, and Attempts to Create Order in Maritime...
A book discussion, which will explore the different facets of maritime migration and the challenges governments, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations face in tackling this...
View ArticleNew Approaches to Refugee Crises in the 21st Century: The Role of the...
The movement of more than 1 million refugees across the Mediterranean in 2015 brought much-needed attention to the inadequacy of the global humanitarian system and starkly underlined the need for new...
View ArticleMental Health Risks and Resilience among Somali and Bhutanese Refugee Parents
Somali and Bhutanese refugees are two of the largest groups recently resettled in the United States and Canada. This report examines factors that might promote or undermine the mental health and...
View ArticleTaming the Seas: Safety, Protection, and Attempts to Create Order in Maritime...
Marking the release of All at Sea: The Policy Challenges of Rescue, Interception, and Long-Term Response to Maritime Migration, this book discussion explores the different facets of maritime migration...
View ArticleBeyond Care and Maintenance: Rebuilding Hope and Opportunity for Refugees...
Possibilities for many refugees to return to their country of origin are limited, yet conditions for the displaced in many first-asylum countries are bleak and resettlement places few. This...
View ArticleCooperation on Migration: The Role of the European Union in the Follow-Up to...
One month ago, world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a summit to discuss movements of refugees and migrants, however the absence of concrete commitments in the resulting New York Declaration...
View ArticleThe Nutritional Health of Young Refugee Children Resettling in Washington State
Refugee children are vulnerable to health and nutrition risks that can have long-term consequences for their development and well-being. This report examines the prevalence of malnutrition—from...
View ArticleA Study of Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes among African-Born Women Living in Utah
Resettled African refugee women may experience particularly acute complications during pregnancy, birth, and the child's early infancy. Yet health care-providers and policymakers may not be aware of...
View ArticleIncluding Immigrant and Refugee Families in Two-Generation Programs: Elements...
On this webinar, speakers discuss findings from a new report that analyzes U.S. parent population data and draws from a field study of select two-generation programs that serve immigrant and refugee...
View ArticleTowards a Whole-of-Society Approach to Receiving and Settling Newcomers in...
With the seemingly endless flows of asylum seekers and migrants abated, at least for the present, Europe is now faced with the long-term and complex challenges of integration of these newcomers. This...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #8: New Actors Step Up to Help Shoulder Growing...
2016 saw the emergence of a "whole-of-society" approach to the refugee crisis, with a number of new actors, including many from the private sector, engaging with humanitarian protection issues in...
View ArticleDoctors as Taxi Drivers: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled...
A presentation of the first-ever U.S. estimates on the economic costs of brain waste for highly skilled immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy. The researchers discuss their findings in terms...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #7: Migrants and Smugglers Get Creative to Circumvent...
Smugglers and migrants adapted their paths in light of changing conditions in 2016, including the construction of walls and closure of borders. Cuban and Haitian migrants increasingly chose to make...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #6: Crises with Links to Immigration Result in...
While Europe and the United States saw terror attacks in 2016 carried out by radicalized immigrants or members of the second generation, policy responses varied on either side of the Atlantic. The...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #4: For Every Step Forward on Refugee Protection, Two...
With global displacement at a post-World War II high, the international community made some advances on refugee protection in 2016, but there were also steps backward. The United Nations held the...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #3: European Project Dealt a Blow with Brexit Vote and...
The United Kingdom's stunning decision to leave the European Union in June 2016, intertwined with rising concerns over migration, marked a significant setback to key objectives of the European project,...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #2: As Trump Takes Office, Immigration Enforcement and...
With the incoming Trump administration pledging a crackdown on illegal immigration, construction of border walls, reductions in refugee and immigrant admissions, and greater screening of newcomers,...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2016 – Issue #1: Dawn of New Migration Reality Brings Focus on...
As Europe begins to move beyond the overwhelming flows of asylum seekers and other migrants it experienced starting in 2015, policymakers are paying significant focus to integration coupled with...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees in the United States
More than 18,000 Syrian refugees have been resettled in the United States since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011. Nearly half of Syrian refugees are under age 14, and this population is more...
View ArticleTaking Action to Reflect Current Reality: Obama Administration Ends “Wet...
The Obama administration has taken a bold action to end the decades-old "wet foot, dry foot" policies that have for too long drawn Cubans to the United States in dangerous ways and sizeable numbers....
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