What Role Could Digital Technologies Play in the New EU Pact on Migration and...
With EU migration systems under strain, many observers have high hopes that the New Pact on Migration and Asylum will be able to help Europe address pressing challenges. This policy brief explores how...
View ArticleThe Mobility Key: Realizing the Potential of Refugee Travel Documents
Travel documents are critical facilitators of mobility. But for refugees, who cannot safely use a passport issued by their origin country, the lack of a usable travel document can shut them out of...
View ArticleA New Way Forward for Employment-Based Immigration: The Bridge Visa
U.S. employment-based visa policies, last updated in 1990, are not aligned with the country’s current and future labor market needs. This policy brief outlines MPI’s proposal for a new visa pathway...
View ArticleLessons from COVID-19: Managing Borders in the Next Global Public-Health Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic both shocked the global mobility system and reaffirmed the centrality and resiliency of human mobility. Four years on, public and political attention to COVID-19’s unprecedented...
View ArticleSupporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood...
Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) services can offer vital support for young children’s healthy development. Yet, young children in immigrant and refugee families often do not benefit,...
View ArticleSupporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for Refugees’ Transition out of...
As more countries launch refugee sponsorship and complementary pathways programs, planning for and supporting refugees’ transition out of these programs is essential. While often receiving less...
View ArticleCompeting for Talent: What Role Can Employment- and Skills-Based Mobility...
In the global race for talent, governments in Europe and beyond are exploring ways to attract workers with needed skills. At the same time, some lower- and middle-income countries are seeking to expand...
View ArticleExpanding Language Access in Federally Supported Programs: Practical...
Ensuring that individuals with limited English proficiency have access to information and services in federally funded programs has long been a requirement. But providing effective language access,...
View ArticleBridging the Gap between the Gig Economy and Migration Policy
Gig work is on a meteoric rise, including on-demand driving, delivery, and home services, but also web-based translation, legal, and other services. In many countries, immigrants play a prominent role...
View ArticlePublic Opinion of Climate Migrants: Understanding What Factors Trigger...
Climate change is increasingly affecting how, when, and where people move. Whether climate migrants’ arrival triggers anxiety or support can vary considerably, and for a wide range of reasons. This...
View ArticleThe Role of Immigrant Workers in the Green Transition
The time-critical work of cutting global emissions depends on countries’ ability to cultivate a workforce with the skills needed in sectors such as clean energy. Immigrants are already playing a role...
View ArticleDisplacement and International Protection in a Warming World
When drought, floods, and other climate impacts force people to move internationally, do they qualify for refugee status or other form of protection? This issue brief explores the lack of consensus...
View ArticleEngaging Local Communities for More Effective Climate Mobility Programming
Climate change can affect human mobility in many different ways. Designing policies and programs that reflect local conditions and affected communities’ priorities and needs is key to effectively...
View ArticleUnderstanding Obstacles to Foreign Qualification Recognition for Key U.S....
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems across the United States are grappling with worker recruitment and retention challenges. At the same time, immigrants with relevant education and work...
View ArticleTowards the More Effective Use of Irregular Migration Data in Policymaking
Numbers play a major role in European debates and policymaking related to irregular migration. Yet, reliable data and estimates of irregular migrant populations, border crossings, and other relevant...
View ArticleNo One-Size-Fits-All: Outreach and Counselling for Irregular Migrants
With heightened pressure to tackle irregular migration, many European governments are exploring the potential of outreach and counselling for irregular migrants. Various initiatives have sought to...
View ArticleSet Up for Success: Supporting Immigrant Youth Through the Workforce...
Young people’s transition to adulthood has important implications for their long-term career prospects and for the U.S. economy. This policy brief examines how workforce development programs, and...
View ArticleFunding Climate Mobility Projects: Key Players and Strategies for Growth
As the scale and costs of climate change and environmental disasters grow, so do their impacts on migration and displacement. Tackling climate mobility will thus require well-designed investments. This...
View ArticleMigration Governance in Unsettled Times: How Policymakers Can Plan for...
Even as advanced economies with aging populations are increasingly reliant on immigrant workers, concerns have grown about how immigration could affect the cost of living and public infrastructure,...
View ArticleFacing New Migration Realities: U.S.-Mexico Relations and Shared Interests
No country has been more critical to U.S. border enforcement than Mexico, with Mexican policies central to reductions in irregular border arrivals witnessed since the start of 2024. As the United...
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