European Union Third-Country Partnerships: Where Do We Go From Here?
A discussion on longer-term interventions the European Union may pursue to find solutions for asylum seekers, including cooperation with other countries on migration management.
View ArticleConstrained by its Roots: How the Origins of the Global Asylum System Limit...
While territorial asylum—the principle that a refugee must reach the territory of a host country in order to lodge a protection claim—has become the dominant response to refugee outflows, it does not...
View ArticleEuropean Union Third-Country Partnerships: Where Do We Go From Here?
In the year since the Valletta Summit, the European Union and Member State governments have ramped up cooperation with origin, transit, and hosting countries, yet questions remain over how effective...
View ArticleThe Refugee Resettlement Program Is an Unsuitable Target
The executive order halting the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days and cutting refugee placements by more than half has identified a singularly unsuitable target. None of the more than 3...
View ArticleNew EU Partnerships in North Africa: Potential to Backfire?
Eager to emulate the success of an EU-Turkey deal that has helped sharply reduce crossings into Greece, the European Union is exploring similar partnerships with transit countries along the North...
View ArticleTrump Executive Order on Refugees and Travel Ban: A Brief Review
This fact sheet examines key provisions of President Trump's recent executive order suspending travel from certain majority-Muslim countries and pausing the U.S. refugee resettlement program, comparing...
View ArticleThe Evolving and Diversifying Nature of Migration to the U.S.-Mexico Border
Two significant migration shifts at the U.S.-Mexico border have been obscured by talk of walls and further border security: Mexicans no longer represent the top unauthorized crossers, replaced by...
View ArticleJudge’s Pause of Trump Travel Ban Takes Page from Republican Challenge to...
The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to halt President Trump's controversial executive order on immigration and refugee resettlement has strong legal parallels to an earlier...
View ArticleImproving the Labour Market Integration of Migrants and Refugees: Empowering...
Cities have played a significant role in addressing Europe’s migration crisis, including by helping migrants and refugees integrate successfully into the local labor market. This report identifies...
View ArticleThe Revised Trump Travel Ban: Who Might Be Affected from the Six Targeted...
The revised travel ban executive order signed by President Trump on March 6, 2017 significantly narrows an earlier order that provoked chaos at U.S. airports and sparked many legal challenges. Still,...
View ArticleFrequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United...
In 2015, 43.3 million immigrants lived in the United States, comprising 13.5 percent of the population. The foreign-born population grew more slowly than in prior years, up 2 percent from 2014. Get...
View ArticleThe Migration Crisis Is Over: Long Live the Migration Crisis
It is clear that while the chaos of 2015 has abated, the conditions that fuelled huge spontaneous flows of asylum seekers and migrants to Europe have not changed. Europe faces a fundamental governance...
View ArticleRebuilding after Crisis: Embedding Refugee Integration in Migration...
This Transatlantic Council Statement explores the integration questions that the recent refugee and migration crisis in Europe has brought to the fore and their effect on broader governance structures...
View ArticleRevised Trump Executive Order and Guidance on Refugee Resettlement and Travel...
This brief examines President Trump's revised executive order issued in March 2017, replacing an earlier legally contested version suspending travel from certain majority-Muslim countries and pausing...
View ArticleThe Economic Integration of Refugees in Canada: A Mixed Record?
Refugees in Canada have experienced mixed success when it comes to economic outcomes. While they struggle to enter the labor market, over time they catch up to other immigrants and the Canadian born....
View ArticleAs Colombia Emerges from Decades of War, Migration Challenges Mount
Colombia has more internally displaced persons (IDPs) than any other country in the world, the result of a 52-year civil war. Beyond improving the lives of its 7.3 million IDPs, the country faces a...
View ArticleImmigration and its Discontents: European Elections and Future Policy
Public anxiety about immigration and the fast pace of social change has reached a boiling point in many parts of Europe, contributing (in part) to the ascent of populist far-right parties. This...
View ArticleThe First 100 Days: Immigration Policy in the Trump Administration
As President Trump’s 100th day in office approaches, join this MPI discussion examining the administration’s actions related to U.S. immigration policy and possible steps forward.
View ArticleThe First 100 Days: Summary of Major Immigration Actions Taken by the Trump...
During his first 100 days in office, President Trump has taken a sweeping set of actions on immigration, ranging from imposing a travel ban to cutting refugee admissions, "extreme" vetting, and...
View ArticleUptick in Northern Border Crossings Places Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country...
Amid a sense of declining welcome in the United States, growing numbers of asylum seekers have crossed into Canada in recent months, entering illegally to take advantage of a loophole in the...
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