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![Seeking the US border, many Central American migrants begin their journey in Mexico on 'La Bestia'](https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/styles/multimedia_slider_overlay_2/public/events/2022.5.24-Humanitarian%20Central%20American%20Webinar-IOM-Keith%20Dannemiller.png?itok=IdvVecUE)
Marking the release of a Migration Policy Institute report on possible protection pathways for Central Americans, this webcast offers analysis on regional resettlement and humanitarian channels and the opportunities and obstacles to expanding these programs, along with specific actions that the United States and Canada could take.
![Students in Classroom](https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/styles/multimedia_slider_overlay_2/public/content-media/2022/05/2022.5.17-flickr-10072021-SMC-GusGarciaUniversitySchool-5151562077433_557cddc9c3_c.png?itok=ysUGPwaJ)
Marking the release of a report examining the assessment of English Learner (EL) students after pandemic-induced disruptions, this webinar examines ELs’ learning experiences during the 2020-21 academic year and their performance and participation in statewide testing, and how schools are using data to inform interventions and instruction this year.
![Nigerian Ministry of interior launched IOM’s Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS) in Abuja airport.](https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/styles/multimedia_slider_overlay_2/public/events/2022.5.10-IOM-JorgeGalindo-NigerianMinistryInteriorLaunchedMigrationInformationDataAnalysisSystem-IMG_5849.png?itok=x_wi4Y5b)
Marking the launch of an IOM-MPI report, this webcast examines the state of mobility across world regions into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic—what travel restrictions remain, what policy adaptations have occurred, and how do systems improve for the next public-health crisis.
![Help Wanted sign offers employment in a restaurant in Bethesda, Maryland](https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/styles/multimedia_slider_overlay_2/public/events/2022.4.20-flickr-GPAPhotoArchive-USDepartmentState.png?itok=SypJre4t)
Experts on this webinar examined the scope and reality of skills shortages and the role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market, ways to address the underemployment of highly skilled immigrants, and how immigrants and immigration policy can be used to fulfil needs in the education sector, STEM occupations, and other skills needs.
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Do host communities respond differently to people migrating because of environmental impacts compared to refugees fleeing war or migrants seeking work? Research discussed on this episode of Changing Climate, Changing Migration suggests the answer is yes.
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Los cubanos constituyen el mayor grupo de inmigrantes caribeños en Estados Unidos. La población está creciendo, ya que en los últimos años se ha producido la mayor oleada de emigración de la historia moderna de Cuba. Este artículo ofrece estadísticas clave sobre los 1.3 millones de inmigrantes cubanos en Estados Unidos.
Canada's New Tech Talent Strategy Takes Aim at High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States
Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy is highly unusual for its explicit targeting of visa holders in another country. Opening a dedicated stream specifically for high-skilled immigrants in the United States who hold an H-1B visa is the latest salvo in a growing global competition for talent—one in which some countries are racing ahead of the United States in terms of policy dynamism, as this commentary explores.