More Deportee Reception and Reintegration Efforts Required in Central America...
WASHINGTON — Over the past five years, hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants—a significant number of them children—have been deported from Mexico and the United States back to the Northern...
View ArticleNew Education Legislation Includes Important Policies for English Learners,...
In this commentary, the day before President Obama signs into law the 2015 reauthorization of the federal education statute, the Migration Policy Institute’s new Senior Fellow for Education Policy,...
View ArticleNew Fact Sheet Series Offers Characteristics of Immigrant and Native-Born...
WASHINGTON — As states and the federal government ramp up their efforts to implement the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which provides the framework for provision of adult education...
View ArticleParents’ Unauthorized Status Places 5.1 Million Children, Nearly 80 Percent...
86% of Such Children Could Potentially See Parents Benefit from Suspended DAPA Program
View ArticleMPI, Asian Development Bank Report Explores Challenges to Achieving ASEAN...
Mobility for Highly Skilled Professionals Essential to ASEAN Region’s CompetitivenessWASHINGTON, DC – Progress towards achieving the ASEAN Economic Community’s goal of a free flow of skilled labor has...
View ArticleDAPA Families Could See a 10% Income Gain as a Result of Work Authorization,...
Report: More than 10 Million People Live in Households with Potential DAPA Recipients
View ArticleFederal WIOA Plan Requirements Ignore Opportunities to Support Equitable...
As states move to implement the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which provides the national framework for workforce training and adult education services, the Obama...
View ArticleCanadian system for managing highly skilled migration could offer a way...
BRUSSELS – With the European Commission poised to unveil a new legal migration policy package in the coming weeks in support of its overarching goal of boosting growth and competitiveness across the...
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 ArticleNew MPI Europe report explores ways to open additional legal migration...
BRUSSELS — Close to half of the global refugee population, now 20 million, has been displaced for five years or more, many for more than 20 years. As the world buckles under the strain of relatively...
View ArticleRefugee Families with Young Children in the United States Are Generally...
WASHINGTON—Despite facing significant risks to their well-being including linguistic isolation, poverty, and past experiences of trauma, on the whole refugee families with young children in the United...
View ArticleChildren: The Forgotten Aspect of the EU-Turkey Deal
The implications of the just-implemented EU-Turkey refugee deal for children seeking asylum in Greece have thus far been largely overlooked by critics of the controversial accord. This MPI Europe...
View ArticleMPI Releases Useful Compilation of Top Current and Historical Facts, Trends...
WASHINGTON — In need of current or historical statistics on immigrants in the United States, immigration flows or citizenship and visa trends? The Migration Policy Institute’s online journal, the...
View ArticleMPI’s Transatlantic Council Examines Public’s Eroding Trust in Governments’...
WASHINGTON – Public trust in the ability of governments in Europe and North America to manage migration has eroded amid protracted, chaotic mixed flows of asylum seekers and migrants leaving unstable...
View ArticleBlue Card Redux: European Commission Plan to Recast Work Permit for Highly...
The European Commission has unveiled a bold plan to revitalize the Blue Card system, which has proven lackluster in attracting highly skilled international talent and has received little uptake from...
View ArticleAs Number of Immigrant-Origin Children Rises in North America and Europe,...
A report by MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy and the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und...
View ArticleWhen the Dust Settles: Migration Policy after Brexit
While the political and economic ramifications of the UK vote to quit the European Union hit with full force within hours, it will take far more time to sort out what Brexit means for migration policy....
View ArticleAmid Rising Public Anxiety about Immigration in Europe and North America, MPI...
WASHINGTON – Recent events in Europe and North America—the Brexit referendum on withdrawing the United Kingdom from the European Union, growing support for far-right parties across Europe and the...
View ArticleMPI Estimates 93% of DACA Enrollees Eligible for Renewal Have Re-Applied; New...
WASHINGTON — Ninety-three percent of the unauthorized immigrants participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program who are eligible to apply for renewal have done so, the...
View ArticleAs Many School Districts Struggle to Meet Needs of English Learners, MPI...
WASHINGTON – With nearly 10 percent of U.S. elementary and secondary students less than fully fluent in English, many school districts are struggling to develop the capacity to meet the needs of...
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