European leaders should de-escalate crisis around migration, says MPI Europe...
BRUSSELS – The European Union needs to boost its institutional capacity to predict and handle future volatility in migration to ease the sense of crisis hanging over national leaders, argues a new...
View ArticleHow Does Immigration Drive the Success of the Radical Right in Europe? New...
WASHINGTON — Though elections in Austria, Germany and France in 2017 and recent electoral outcomes in Italy and Hungary have demonstrated the rising power of radical-right parties in Europe, the...
View ArticleIntegrating Migration into Development Portfolios Carries Both Risks and Rewards
WASHINGTON — Spikes in irregular migration have prompted policymakers in the European Union, United States and elsewhere to look beyond border management for ways to address the underlying factors that...
View ArticleRadical-Right, Anti-Immigration Party in the Netherlands Has Significantly...
WASHINGTON — While Geert Wilders and his radical-right, anti-immigration Party for Freedom (PVV) failed to secure a victory in the 2017 Dutch parliamentary elections, the country’s experience shows...
View ArticlePolicymakers need new tools and better evidence for assessing returns on...
BRUSSELS – Billions of euros will be spent on efforts to integrate refugees in Europe over the next few years, so it is vital that policymakers use solid methods to monitor their spending on these...
View ArticleGlobal Compact Lays the Groundwork for International Cooperation on Migration
The United Nations has marked an important milestone: its members have agreed on the text of a wide-reaching agreement to cooperate on migration. The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular...
View ArticleConsidering how asylum seekers form and act on preferences for certain...
BRUSSELS – The latest idea for distributing asylum seekers around the European Union through a system of ‘regional disembarkation platforms’ may have a better chance of success if policymakers...
View ArticleThrough the Back Door: Remaking the Immigration System via the Expected...
A Trump administration “public-charge” rule expected to be unveiled soon could create the potential to significantly reshape family-based legal immigration to the United States—and reduce arrivals from...
View ArticleMPI Analysis Finds Trump Administration Could Significantly Reshape Future...
Effects Would Fall Most Heavily on Asian, Hispanic and African Immigrants
View ArticleNew Fact Sheets Examine Immigrant & English Learner Student Demographics...
WASHINGTON — As states shape and implement policies that hold K-12 schools and districts accountable for meeting federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) mandates regarding English Learners (ELs), it...
View ArticleGlobal Compact for Migration’s Focus on Skills Partnerships to Train...
WASHINGTON — As policymakers increasingly recognize that expanded legal migration pathways should be a component of their migration-management strategies, they are revisiting the role that partnerships...
View ArticleReport: Immigrants Play Outsize Role in Houston Area’s Workforce Yet Earn...
HOUSTON – As the Houston metro area experienced the third largest job growth in the United States between 2016 and 2017, a new Migration Policy Institute (MPI) report out today sketches the significant...
View ArticlePeople Leave Footprints: Millions More Unauthorized Immigrants Cannot Be...
In a commentary, MPI and Penn State researchers explain why an academic article suggesting the unauthorized population is significantly higher than previously estimated derives from seriously flawed...
View ArticleMPI: Millions More Unauthorized Immigrants Cannot Be ‘Hidden’ in Data...
WASHINGTON – Migration Policy Institute and Penn State researchers today took issue with a newly published academic exercise that suggests the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population is at least several...
View ArticleAmid Rising Asylum Claims, Growing Backlogs & Harsh Policy Responses, MPI...
WASHINGTON – Faced with a surge in asylum claims, huge backlogs and the resulting likelihood of misuse of the asylum system, the Trump administration has acted to deter new arrivals and narrow access...
View ArticleReducing pain of job market revolution requires joint action by migration and...
BRUSSELS — Millions of workers, including many migrants, will need help to cope with rapid shifts in the job market brought by automation and other transformations. Efforts to integrate immigrants...
View ArticleTeaching refugees IT skills could be a win-win for integration and the job...
BRUSSELS — Germany has an IT skills shortage which leaves possibly tens of thousands of jobs unfilled every year, but a potential solution has emerged—teaching refugees how to code. A handful of...
View Article‘Nudge’ approach could offer a quick and cost-effective way to promote social...
BRUSSELS — Virtual reality, simple writing exercises and football games between mixed teams could all help migrants to settle into new societies and foster connections among diverse groups, according...
View ArticleAs Governments Place More Emphasis on Removing Unwanted Migrants, Need for...
WASHINGTON — Returning migrants who do not qualify for residence or asylum to their countries of origin represents one of the most contested areas of migration policy around the world. The United...
View ArticleThree Things the European Union Can Do to Support Private Sponsorship for...
Amid disagreement over the appropriate way to manage European borders and grant access to asylum, there is one policy priority that has support across (most) Member States and the institutions of the...
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