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Elizabeth Collett

Director of MPI-Europe
Senior Advisor to MPI’s Transatlantic Council on Migration
ecollett@MigrationPolicy.org | +32 (2) 235 2113

Elizabeth Collett is Director of Migration Policy Institute Europe and Senior Advisor to MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration. She is based in Brussels, and her work focuses in particular on European migration and immigrant integration policy.

Her published works include Emerging Transatlantic Security Dilemmas in Border Management, A New Architecture for Border Management (co-author), Immigrant Integration in a Time of Austerity, and Soft, Scarce, and Super Skills: Sourcing the Next Generation of Migrant Workers in Europe (co-author).

Prior to joining MPI, Ms. Collett was a Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre, a Brussels-based think tank, and was responsible for its migration program, which covered all aspects of European migration and integration policy. During her time at EPC she produced numerous working papers and policy briefs focused on the future of European Union immigration policy. She has also worked in the Migration Research and Policy Department of the International Organization for Migration in Geneva and for the Institute for the Study of International Migration in Washington, DC.

Ms. Collett holds a master's degree in foreign service (with distinction) from Georgetown University, where she specialized in foreign policy and earned a certificate in refugee and humanitarian studies, and a bachelor's degree in law from Oxford University.

Research by Elizabeth Collett

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Report: The Integration Needs of Mobile EU Citizens: Impediments and Opportunities

Policy Brief : Facing 2020: Developing a New European Agenda for Immigration and Asylum Policy

Report: Emerging Transatlantic Security Dilemmas in Border Management

Report: A New Architecture for Border Management

Report: Immigrant Integration in a Time of Austerity

Report: Soft, Scarce, and Super Skills: Sourcing the Next Generation of Migrant Workers in Europe

Multimedia

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk: Should the West cry foul over a growing number of Muslims? Recent data show that in the US alone Muslim population will double by 2030. Do Muslims promote jihad and Sharia and endanger European values? And is the West still willing to stand up for multiculturalism? MPI’s Elizabeth Collett joins the discussion.

MPI’s Elizabeth Collett joins panel discussion in London, supported by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, which brought together experts from the worlds of policy and academia to take stock of the impact of the financial crisis on immigration and integration.

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