Transatlantic Council on Migration

Commentaries

March 2024

As Europe and the United States Face Similar Migration Challenges, Spain Can Act as a Bridge

Image of female worker at the Boqueria market in Barcelona making a crepe

Marcel Crozet/ILO

Spain and the United States both receive their greatest number of immigrants from Latin America, and have worked collaboratively together on displacement crises and other migration issues. As shared immigration challenges dominate debate on both sides of the Atlantic, Spain can serve as a vital bridge in the policy conversation, this commentary notes.

Reports

March 2022

The Central Role of Cooperation in Australia’s Immigration Enforcement Strategy

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Cooperation with other countries has become a central part of Australian border enforcement. Partnerships with countries such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Nauru, and Papua New Guinea have helped Australia curb irregular maritime migration, but also come at significant costs. This report explores the current and future role of cooperation in Australian immigration enforcement policy.

Reports

March 2022

The Challenge of Coordinating Border Management Assistance between Europe and the Maghreb

Vehicles drive down a road near the Tunisia-Libya border with the sun in the background

IOM/Renato Fogal

To address cross-border challenges, the European Union and its Member States have increasingly partnered with neighboring countries, with those in the Maghreb region of northern Africa playing a particularly important role. This report examines the border security situation in the Maghreb and European efforts to work with Maghrebi partners to strengthen border management. It finds a mismatch in priorities stymies cooperation.

Reports

January 2022

Coming Together or Coming Apart? A New Phase of International Cooperation on Migration

At least 20 flags of different countries fly in the wind outside of two large buildings

Faced with the pandemic and its economic fallout, many countries have looked inward. Yet the nature and scale of the crisis has vividly illustrated the necessity of working across borders to address transnational challenges. This Transatlantic Council on Migration statement examines how the context for international cooperation has shifted since the Global Compact for Migration was adopted, and reflects on a way forward for migration cooperation.

Reports

January 2022

The Winding Road to Marrakech: Lessons from the European Negotiations of the Global Compact for Migration

People walk along the road to the Menara Gardens in Marrakech, Morocco

Eloi_Omella/iStock.com

In the months leading up to the adoption of the Global Compact for Migration in 2018, what had been a quiet negotiation process suddenly became front-page news, drawing unprecedented public attention and sparking protests across Europe. This report explores how the compact negotiations triggered a multilayered institutional and political crisis in the European Union, and how this breakdown continues to affect EU external migration policy.

Policy Briefs

September 2021

Migration Management and Border Security: Lessons Learned

Glenn Fawcett/CBP

What strategic lessons can be learned from the migration- and border-management challenges North America and Europe have faced in recent years? This reflection by a former high-ranking homeland security official explores a range of timely issues, including the need to rethink multilateralism and improve international cooperation, address migrant smuggling, and engage in advanced planning to avoid future crises.

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Commentaries November 2015 Meeting the Education Needs of Rising Numbers of Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Europe and the United States By Julie Sugarman	Reports November 2015 The Southeast Asia-Australia Regional Migration System: Some Insights into the “New Emigration” By Graeme Hugo , Janet Wall and Margaret Young
Reports November 2015 Rethinking Emigration: Turning Challenges into Opportunities (Transatlantic Council Statement) By Demetrios G. Papademetriou	Multimedia October 20, 2015 What's Next for the European Asylum Crisis?
Multimedia September 18, 2015 Simply No Consensus: Can The EU Respond to Continued Refugee Flows?	Multimedia September 14, 2015 Exploring Innovative Ideas to Strengthen the Global Protection System
Reports June 2015 Beyond Asylum: Rethinking Protection Policies to Meet Sharply Escalating Needs (Transatlantic Council Statement) By Demetrios G. Papademetriou	Reports May 2015 From Refugee to Migrant? Labor Mobility's Protection Potential By Katy Long

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Reports September 2014 Immigrant Civic Integration and Service Access Initiatives: City-Sized Solutions for City-Sized Needs By Margie McHugh	Reports September 2014 Residential Segregation: A Transatlantic Analysis By John Iceland
Reports August 2014 The City Brand: Champion of Immigrant Integration or Empty Marketing Tool? By Elizabeth Collett	Reports August 2014 Policies to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurship By Maria Vincenza Desiderio
Reports August 2014 The Human-Capital Needs of Tech City, London By Max Nathan	Reports August 2014 Revitalizing Detroit: Is There a Role for Immigration? By Steve Tobocman
Reports July 2014 Giving Cities and Regions a Voice in Immigration Policy: Can National Policies Meet Local Demand? By Madeleine Sumption	Reports July 2014 Migration’s Local Dividends: How Cities and Regions Can Make the Most of Immigration (Transatlantic Council Statement) By Demetrios G. Papademetriou

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Commentaries

November 2015

Meeting the Education Needs of Rising Numbers of Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Europe and the United States

As flows of young migrant and refugee children increase on both sides of the Atlantic, the demands placed on education systems by newcomer students have never been greater. This commentary addresses the challenges school systems face in building teacher capacity to address the diverse linguistic, academic, and socioemotional needs for newly arrived youth, many of whom have experienced significant disruption.

Reports

November 2015

The Southeast Asia-Australia Regional Migration System: Some Insights into the “New Emigration”

This report dispels the perception that flows between Australia and the ASEAN region are headed in one direction: to Australia. Using unpublished administrative data, the authors sketch a complex picture of skilled Australian emigration to ASEAN, significant temporary movements of skilled workers in both directions, and close connections between the two regions even after migrants permanently return to their country of origin.

Reports

November 2015

Rethinking Emigration: Turning Challenges into Opportunities (Transatlantic Council Statement)

While European countries struggle to manage the recent influx of refugees, many are separately facing a less visible trend: large numbers of talented residents leaving. This Council Statement from the Transatlantic Council on Migration's twelfth plenary meeting examines the new reality of emigration from middle- and high-income countries and identifies how governments can mitigate the costs of emigration and "brain drain."

Video, Audio, Webinars

October 20, 2015

What's Next for the European Asylum Crisis?

An MPI Europe video chat with the outgoing head of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) on the current EU refugee crisis, what strategies Europe ought to be pursuing in response, and the growing role of EASO as well as its track record over its first five years.

Audio, Webinars

September 18, 2015

Simply No Consensus: Can The EU Respond to Continued Refugee Flows?

A webinar/call with senior officials from two EU Member States, Austria and Slovenia, to discuss their differing perspectives on the current refugee crisis, and consider what is needed to ensure a unified, practically feasible response to the biggest crisis that has faced the Common European Asylum System since its inception.

Video, Audio

September 14, 2015

Exploring Innovative Ideas to Strengthen the Global Protection System

A discussion, including the former United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, examining the huge strains on the global protection system and how it can better respond to protracted refugee situations and other long-term displacement, focusing on the conclusions of the Transatlantic Council on Migration's recent meeting, Beyond Asylum: Rethinking Protection Policies to Meet Sharply Escalating Needs.

Reports

June 2015

Beyond Asylum: Rethinking Protection Policies to Meet Sharply Escalating Needs (Transatlantic Council Statement)

MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration convened its thirteenth plenary meeting to propose innovative solutions to address the increasing strains on the global protection system amid huge displacement. This Council Statement highlights the need for national governments and international actors to respond proactively to rising displacement and to look beyond the care-and-maintenance model of protection and help the long-term displaced find their economic and social footing.

Reports

May 2015

From Refugee to Migrant? Labor Mobility's Protection Potential

There has been growing international recognition that continued movement and migration often play an important role in shaping refugees' lives after their initial flight. This report considers the extent to which labor migration is being used—or could be used in the future—to strengthen the international refugee protection regime and facilitate durable solutions for more refugees, many of whom have been displaced for many years.

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