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MPI has developed substantial expertise relating to the law and practice of protecting refugees and internally displaced people in areas of conflict as well as in the industrialized countries.
The program on refugee protection and humanitarian assistance works to assess emerging issues and controversies, to promote secure solutions, and to enlarge the international consensus on provision of protection and assistance. It has also taken a leading role in the debate over effective institutional arrangements for comprehensive protection.
In the next few years, MPI will continue to focus on emergencies within the developing world through to understand not only the nature of these conflicts, but also looking at failed refugee policies, economic issues, and the limited opportunities for protection through third country resettlement and asylum.
Another important element of MPI's ongoing protection work is analyzing how developed states can assist in building the capacity to protect refugees and IDPs in regions of origin, while still meeting their obligations to asylum seekers in their own territories.
Additionally, MPI will continue its effort to link research, practice, and policy. A focus will continue to be the positive development of the protection regime to provide more secure protection for internally displaced people (IDPs) and for mass arrivals of people fleeing armed conflict. Finally, MPI will continue to work on strengthening the institutional framework for protection of refugees and IDPs.
More on MPI's policy
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The New "Boat People": Ensuring Safety and Determining Status 
The
United States Refugee Admissions Program: Reforms for
a New Era of Refugee Resettlement
