Data
on Asylum Seekers Worldwide
Between 1980 and 2004, 9.9 million applications for
asylum were lodged in 39 countries. See the numbers and origins of asylum
seekers over 24 years.
Country
and Comparative Data Our interactive and expanding database gives
you instant access to migration data from 17 countries.
Global
Remittances Guide Learn
about remittance trends and patterns in terms
of the volume and the share of GDP, by selecting
the geography of interest.
Maps
of the Foreign Born in the United States See settlement patterns of the foreign born from Mexico, China, India, Vietnam,
the Philippines, South America, the Caribbean,
Africa, and Iran.
MPI News: The Latest Research and Analysis
The
Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Need for Action
By Kelly O'Donnell and Kathleen Newland
Report, January 2008
As border restrictions both within and outside Iraq tighten and
sectarian violence persists, the options for Iraq's estimated 4.5
million internally and externally displaced appear bleak. MPI's
report on the Iraqi refugee crisis examines the situation in Iraq,
Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, as well as the response of the United
States and select EU Member States.