When: Thursday, April 25, 2024 10:00 A.M. EDT (New York, D.C.) / 3:00 P.M. BST (London, Lisbon) / 4:00 P.M. CEST (Brussels, Geneva) Where: MPI-IOM Webinar Speakers: Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director...
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Venezuela + 9 more
Converging crises: the impacts of COVID-19 on migration in South America
By Luisa Feline Freier, Andrea Kvietok and Leon Lucar Oba Executive Summary Like those in other world regions, South American governments moved quickly in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic to...
Lebanon + 21 more
Diverging paths: the impacts of COVID-19 on migration in the Middle East and North Africa
By Samuel Davidoff-Gore Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted efforts to manage migration and displacement into, within, and out of the Middle East and North Africa. In many ways, the...
World + 9 more
Coordination breakdown: the impacts of COVID-19 on migration in Europe
By Frey Lindsay Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped migration and mobility in Europe, and some of the impacts still linger. In many ways, Europe was better prepared than other regions to...
Lessons from COVID-19: Managing borders in the next global public-health crisis
By Meghan Benton and Lawrence Huang Executive Summary The world has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has yet to fully reckon with its unprecedented shutdown of the global mobility system...
World + 20 more
Mobility Shutdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Asia and the Pacific
Governments in Asia and the Pacific imposed some of the strictest and longest-lasting limits on human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic, triggering a collapse in migration, stranding migrants...
Iran Faces Dwindling Water and Escalating Climate Pressures, Aggravating Displacement Threats
By Javid Rostami and Arash Asad Paski Drought, floods, and extreme weather have had devastating effects on Iran, forcing people to move internally, affecting one of the world’s largest populations of...
Reliant on labor migration, the Global South forges a new social contract with its citizens
By Kamal Sadiq and Gerasimos Tsourapas The realities of South-South migration remain misunderstood. In popular discourse, migrants’ countries of origin are often inaccurately viewed as weak and...
USA + 1 more
Afghan Immigrants in the United States
By Julian Montalvo and Jeanne Batalova In the past decade, the Afghan immigrant population in the United States has grown dramatically, as the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan ended. Between...
USA + 1 more
Outmatched: The U.S. Asylum System Faces Record Demands - In Search of Control, United States of America Country Report
Known for its long tradition of providing refuge, the U.S. humanitarian protection system is under significant strain at a time of mass displacements globally, a backlog of 2 million asylum...
The Mobility Key: Realizing the Potential of Refugee Travel Documents
Unlocking Mobility: Analysis Examines Refugees’ Limited Access to Travel Documents and Recommends Ways to Overcome Challenges WASHINGTON, DC — Governments increasingly are experimenting with new...
Türkiye + 15 more
Expanding Protection Options? Flexible Approaches to Status for Displaced Syrians, Venezuelans, and Ukrainians
Flexible Approaches to Protection for Displaced Individuals Bring Benefits in Certain Circumstances but Must Not Replace Refugee Status WASHINGTON, DC — Faced with displacement crises that have...
USA + 13 more
Shifting Realities at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Immigration Enforcement and Control in a Fast-Evolving Landscape
New Report Calls for Major Investments and Reforms to Build a U.S. Border Control System that Can Address Present and Future Challenges WASHINGTON, DC — A new report out today calls for major reforms...
World + 5 more
Confronting Compassion Fatigue: Understanding the arc of public support for displaced populations in Turkey, Colombia and Europe
Compassion Fatigue: New report examines drivers of changing public sentiment toward refugee populations BRUSSELS — Public sentiment towards refugees is dynamic and susceptible to political winds...
World + 1 more
What Role Could Digital Technologies Play in the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum?
Thoughtfully deployed, digital technologies could represent a key way to support implementation of the EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum BRUSSELS — What seemed close to impossible in recent...
Often Shut Out of the Financial System, Refugees and Other Migrants Face Economic Integration Challenges
DECEMBER 6, 2023 By Ting Zhang Globally, significant strides have been made in recent years to expand affordable financial services to marginalized populations. Services such as low-cost microcredit...
USA + 7 more
The Unmet Potential of Community Consultations in U.S. Refugee Resettlement
The U.S. humanitarian protection system is in a period of rapid change. After several years of record low refugee resettlement during the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic, refugee...
Pakistan + 10 more
Climate Migration 101: An Explainer
By Lawrence Huang Human mobility linked to environmental drivers is not new, but global climate change is triggering more internal and international migration and displacement. Sometimes, the impacts...
Côte d'Ivoire + 9 more
Migration and Displacement in Secondary Cities: Insights from Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda
Research Conducted in Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda Outlines Ways to Strengthen Responses in Small and Mid-Size Cities to Forced Displacement & Migration WASHINGTON — Migrants and displaced persons...
USA + 2 more
The U.S.-Mexico Border Problem Will Not Be “Solved” Until All Parts of the Border Enforcement System Are Properly Resourced
By Doris Meissner Sometimes money is just what the doctor ordered to try to solve a problem. Current border security needs are a case in point. The emergency supplemental spending bill the Biden...