The International Migration System: Reflections on the Challenges and...
A reflection by MPI's co-founder, Demetrios Papademetriou, as he takes leave from his day-to-day role at MPI on the challenges and opportunities ahead for international migration systems over the next...
View ArticleReimagining Skilled Migration Partnerships to Support Development
While partnerships to facilitate skilled migration have had mixed success in the past, the Global Compact for Migration is advancing a new approach that may change this. This policy brief compares this...
View ArticleSustainable Reintegration: Strategies to Support Migrants Returning to Mexico...
Reception and reintegration programs for deported and other returning migrants represent a long-term investment for migrant-origin and destination countries, holding the potential to reduce...
View ArticleExploring New Legal Migration Pathways: Lessons from Pilot Projects
As European countries launch ambitious new legal migration partnerships with several origin and transit countries in Africa, this report takes stock of the long and mixed history of such projects. To...
View ArticleMigration, Development, and Global Governance: From Crisis toward Consolidation
Migration and development policy discussions have edged closer to each other on the international stage. The adoption of the Global Compact for Migration in December 2018 marks an important milestone....
View ArticleChronicling Migration in the 21st Century Through One Family's Journey
This event marked the launch of New YorkTimes reporter Jason DeParle's book tracing the arc of migration as a phenomenon, witnessed through three decades observing a particular Filipino family moving...
View ArticleTurning the Tide: Addressing the Long-Term Challenges of EU Mobility for...
Amid ongoing debates about the costs and benefits of free movement, this MPI Europe webchat examines big-picture trends of East-West migration; considers possible policy responses at regional,...
View ArticleGlobal Demand for Medical Professionals Drives Indians Abroad Despite Acute...
India is the world's largest source for immigrant physicians, and for Indian-trained doctors and nurses the allure of working abroad is strong despite an acute domestic shortage of health-care workers....
View ArticleAfrica Deepens its Approach to Migration Governance, But Are Policies...
While migration once was a lower-priority topic for African governments, the last decade has seen a deepening in governance. Policymakers have integrated migration into their national development...
View ArticleUnder Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Europe Feels the Pinch from Slowed...
Border closures and lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic have put a chill on intra-EU labor mobility, most immediately with the difficulty for European farmers to gain access to much-needed seasonal...
View ArticleSoutheastern Europe Looks to Engage its Diaspora to Offset the Impact of...
Southeastern Europe is experiencing one of the sharpest depopulations in the world, with countries such as Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia on pace to see their populations shrink...
View ArticleBuilding Climate Resilience through Migration in Thailand
Migration can help build resilience against the encroaching effects of climate change. Instead of being passive victims of environmental degradation, individuals sometimes move to gain money,...
View ArticleChanging Climate, Changing Migration: The Benefits of Climate Migration
Popular discussions usually frame climate change-induced migration negatively, often as a strategy of last resort. But migrating abroad can also be an effective way to build resilience against the...
View ArticleIran Loses Highly Educated and Skilled Citizens during Long-Running “Brain...
Large numbers of well-educated Iranians have left their country of birth since its 1979 revolution, in a “brain drain” that has held back Iran’s economy and cultural institutions. Iran’s isolation from...
View ArticleDeepening Labor Migration Governance at a Time of Immobility: Lessons from...
The pandemic has dramatically curtailed labor migration opportunities in West Africa, as it has around the world. What does this mean for countries such as Ghana and Senegal that have been working to...
View ArticleSouth Africa Reckons with Its Status as a Top Immigration Destination,...
South Africa hosts the most immigrants of any African country. Yet it faces conflicting pressures, including the legacy of apartheid, a steady outflow of well-educated South Africans, and the need to...
View ArticleHow Can Europe Deliver on the Potential of Talent Partnerships?
Europe has announced it will launch a set of Talent Partnerships, combining new mobility schemes for workers or students with related investments in capacity-building in partner countries. As the...
View ArticleOrigin of World’s Largest Migrant Population, India Seeks to Leverage...
With nearly 18 million nationals abroad, India is the origin of more international migrants than any other country and claims the world's largest diaspora. Indian emigration can be traced back to the...
View ArticleDestination-Country Policies to Foster Diaspora Engagement in Development
Emigrants and their descendants can play a critical role in the development of their countries of origin or ancestry. In fact, many such countries have policies that seek to leverage their diaspora’s...
View ArticleDiscovery of Oil Could Bring Migrant Labor Opportunities and Climate...
The discovery of massive oil reserves off the Guyana coast will bring immense riches to this small South American country. This windfall will draw migrant labor and the return of some diaspora members...
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