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Events

Events

Family with baby daughter at home
iStock.com/dolgachov
Webinar
April 5, 2024

Speakers will discuss the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services, highlighting approaches that have successfully connected immigrant and refugee families with beneficial and culturally relevant services. They also will offer recommendations to expand accessibility and responsiveness of these services.

Displaced Ukrainian woman walks along the Danube River in Bratislava
IOM 2022
Webinar
March 4, 2024

On the second anniversary of the first-ever activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), this MPI Europe webinar considers how the European Union can continue supporting millions of displaced Ukrainians, what may happen when the TPD expires in a year, and what are other innovative approaches to temporary status taken globally.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with recently resettled Afghans and with staff members and volunte
State Department
Webinar
November 30, 2023

This conversation considered the importance of community consultation in the rapidly evolving U.S. refugee resettlement landscape and explored actionable steps toward a more inclusive, collaborative, and adaptable process.

Market on a dirt road in an African community
Peace Corps
Webinar
November 16, 2023

This webinar examines the challenges that refugees and other migrants face in—and place on—secondary cities, municipal capacity to respond to needs, the types of support required at national and other levels, and how development actors can better partner with secondary cities and local actors. The discussion features the launch of a related report.

Twin sisters from Syria shared their experience of living in exile
Jesuit Refugee Service International
Webinar
November 14, 2023

With the Global Refugee Forum approaching, this webcast explores how municipalities and other key stakeholders can be engaged in informing and delivering on the 2024 resettlement and complementary pathways pledges. 

USDA language access services website screenshot
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Webinar
October 11, 2023

White House, Department of Health and Human Services, and national advocacy officials review executive-branch efforts related to language access provision, discuss upcoming actions, and explore opportunities to improve the provision of information and services in languages other than English in federal programs.

Help Wanted sign offers employment in a restaurant in Bethesda, Maryland
April 20, 2022

With the United States having 11.3 million unfilled positions as of March 2022 and facing an aging population, declining fertility, and shifting skills needs, what role can immigration serve in fulfilling labor market needs, particularly in the area of health care? Experts will explore on this webinar.

Tribute for Demetrios G. Papademetriou - Doris Meissner speaker
March 28, 2022

MPI and MPI Europe celebrated the life and career of Dr. Demetrios G. Papademetriou, bringing together speakers from around the world to speak to his legacy. 

Guatemalan migrant family in Mexico
March 16, 2022

This event explored changing migration patterns from Guatemala, how policymakers and development practitioners can help create livelihood options and address other drivers of migration, and the broader lessons for policy approaches in sending and receiving countries that could help better manage migration and provide alternatives to irregular migration.

On 27 February 2022, people cross the border from Ukraine into Poland.
March 8, 2022

With hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine in the first days after invasion and predictions of an exodus of several million more, this webinar features expert discussion on the implementation of the EU Temporary Protection Directive, prospects for the integration of the displaced, and lessons from the 2015-2016 refugee crisis.

Close-up of online learning -  A computer screen shows the classes a student
February 24, 2022

Marking the release of an MPI report, this webinar takes stock of lessons learned about remote learning during the pandemic and examines how governments, schools, and service providers can advance digital equity for children in immigrant families.

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Beneficiaries of Finca Sana wait for medical assistance
November 30, 2021

Este webinar marca la publicación de un informe que examina el marco institucional y las iniciativas del estado de Costa Rica que apoyan la integración de migrantes y refugiados, un área de política particularmente crítica a medida que la población inmigrante continúa creciendo.

Demetrios G. Papademetriou and António Vitorino at MPI 20th Anniversary Conference
November 15, 2021

MPI’s 20th Anniversary Conference featured the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, António Vitorino, in an armchair conversation with MPI co-founder and President Emeritus Demetrios G. Papademetriou, as well as a panel discussion with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and MPI co-founder Kathleen Newland and KIND President Wendy Young.

Photo of classroom of Latino students
November 2, 2021

This webinar examines how the pandemic upended school life, the challenges for high school English Learners (ELs), state- and district-level efforts that can help ELs recover academically and address mental health needs, and the results of new research on the postsecondary aspirations of immigrant-background Latina/o students following the pandemic. 

Immigrant Integration After the Pandemic
November 1, 2021

This symposium features two panel discussions that will provide government and NGO perspectives from Canada and the United States on the challenges and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic poses for immigrant integration.

Photo of Syrian refugees receiving a medical screening prior to resettlement
October 28, 2021

This expert panel comprised of international and regional policy specialists, practitioners, advocates, and researchers will discuss the connections between refugee sponsorship and complementary pathways.

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