Human Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: A New...
This issue brief addresses the rights of migrants whose movement is induced by environmental degradation or climate change, particularly in the highly vulnerable Asia-Pacific region. The brief...
View ArticleThe Global Forum on Migration and Development: Perspectives from Asia and the...
This issue brief explores the Asia-Pacific region's active engagement in the Global Forum on Migration and Development and suggests modes of collaboration between governments and other migration...
View ArticleFuture EU Policy Development on Immigration and Asylum: Understanding the...
This MPI Europe policy brief, published with the European Council poised to articulate a new set of long-term objectives and priorities for action on migration and asylum policy, details the...
View ArticleStrengthening Refugee Protection and Meeting Challenges: The European Union’s...
With the European Council meeting in late June 2014 to adopt strategic guidelines on asylum and migration policy, amid strains resulting from Syrian refugee migration and other flows, this MPI Europe...
View ArticleExecutive Action for Unauthorized Immigrants: Estimates of the Populations...
In the absence of legislative movement to reform the U.S. immigration system, the Obama administration is considering executive action to provide relief from deportation to some of the nation's...
View ArticleIntegrating Migration into the Post-2015 United Nations Development Agenda
The Member States of the United Nations must negotiate a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) that will frame a new international development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals...
View ArticleEnhancing EU Education Policy: Building a Framework to Help Young People of...
Whilst many European countries have well-established education systems, children with a migrant background are disproportionately among the underperformers and face a number of critical education needs...
View ArticleMentoring: What Can Support Projects Achieve That Schools Cannot?
Mentoring programs can target many core needs of children with an immigrant background that schools are not equipped to address, by providing specific and personalized support on the road to academic...
View ArticleDeveloping School Capacity for Diversity
For children of migrant background, school quality is critical to ensuring academic success. This MPI Europe policy brief examines how European policymakers can support school quality in four key...
View ArticleLanguage Support for Youth with a Migrant Background: Policies that...
It is crucial for children of migrant background in Europe to become proficient in their host country's main language of instruction. This MPI Europe policy brief provides key points and good practice...
View ArticleA ‘Freer’ Flow of Skilled Labour within ASEAN: Aspirations, Opportunities,...
Skilled labor migration is particularly important for developing countries seeking growth and looking to fill skills shortages. How can Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
View ArticleMigrant Education and Community Inclusion: Examples of Good Practice
A number of actors outside the formal educational context, including parents, peers, and other community members, can play an important role in the social and educational development of migrant...
View ArticleReducing the Risk that Youth with a Migrant Background in Europe Will Leave...
Youth of a migrant background are over-represented among those who leave school early in the European Union. This policy brief discusses empirical findings, theoretical insights, and promising measures...
View ArticleImproving Migrants' Labour Market Integration in Europe from the Outset:...
While there is growing consensus on the value of immigrant integration support prior to departure, such initiatives generally have not fully realized their potential. This policy brief reviews...
View ArticleUnderstanding Transnational Dynamics in European Immigrant Integration Policy
In light of the recognition of the need for a new approach to immigrant integration policy in the European Union, policymakers and other actors are beginning to look at the role that origin countries...
View ArticleThe Development of EU Policy on Immigration and Asylum: Rethinking...
Despite the European Union's high expectations for effectively resolving migration-related challenges, it has become clear that the policy-making structure in place today does little to support this...
View ArticleWomen’s Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges
The number of women migrants in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region is on the rise. While migration can provide unique opportunities for female workers to improve their livelihoods and gain...
View ArticleFrom Dependence to Self-Reliance: Changing the Paradigm in Protracted Refugee...
The majority of the 51 million people displaced in the world today are in protracted situations, forcing them to live in limbo for years. This policy brief by the UN Deputy High Commissioner for...
View ArticleIrregular Maritime Migration in the Bay of Bengal: The Challenges of...
Irregular maritime migration across the Bay of Bengal to Southeast Asia entered a period of crisis in spring 2015 as a wave of migrants and refugees crossed, most departing from ports in Myanmar and...
View ArticleDACA at the Three-Year Mark: High Pace of Renewals, But Processing...
With August 2015 marking the three-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, this issue brief examines the status of DACA renewal applications and adjudications,...
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