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Emma Dorst
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Emma Dorst

Emma Dorst is a Policy Consultant with the International Program at MPI. Her work with MPI, which began as a Research Intern in 2014, focuses on global refugee protection, including asylum, resettlement, and complementary pathways. Ms. Dorst previously worked for the national office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Prior to that, she worked with the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute for advanced research on Eurasia and with the International Partnership for Human Rights in Belgium and Ukraine. Ms. Dorst also lectured for two years at the Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University in Georgia.

Ms. Dorst holds an MA in international migration from the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies and a BA in politics and Russian and East European studies from Oberlin College.

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Cover image for Managing International Protection Needs at Borders
Reports
July 2024
By  Lucía Salgado, Susan Fratzke, Lawrence Huang and Emma Dorst
Cover image for The End of Asylum?
Reports
July 2024
By  Susan Fratzke, Meghan Benton, Andrew Selee, Emma Dorst and Samuel Davidoff-Gore
Cover image for Engaging Employers in Growing Refugee Labor Pathways
Reports
July 2024
By  Emma Dorst, Kate Hooper, Meghan Benton and Beatrice Dain
Refugee Sponsorship Programs: A Global State of Play and Opportunities for Investment
Policy Briefs
December 2019
By  Susan Fratzke, Lena Kainz, Hanne Beirens, Emma Dorst and Jessica Bolter
Cover of the report Volunteers and Sponsors: A Catalyst for Refugee Integration?
Reports
November 2019
By  Susan Fratzke and Emma Dorst

Recent Activity

Reports
July 2024

Refugee labor pathways offer a potential win-win solution for displaced people with in-demand skills and industries facing acute labor shortages. Why and how do employers engage with these programs? This first-of-its-kind study examines the experiences, motives, and constraints of employers who have recruited workers through these pathways, and what those insights mean for discussions about scaling these programs up.

Reports
July 2024

Over the last decade, the international community has been roiled by crisis after crisis—from Syria and Rohingya displacement, to Venezuela, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Sudan. Territorial asylum, the backbone of the international protection regime, has been unable to keep pace. This report explores what an evolved protection system could look like, one that is orderly, highly efficient, and leverages regional cooperation.

Reports
July 2024

Border management is complex, and particularly so amid high levels of mixed migration. It entails rapidly determining new arrivals’ identity, screening for security risks and protection needs, and moving cases into the appropriate procedural pipelines, such as asylum or return processes. This report explores the key elements of an effective and protection-sensitive border system.

Policy Briefs
December 2019

From Argentina to New Zealand and points beyond, a growing number of countries have begun exploring refugee sponsorship as a way to expand protection capacity at a time of rising need, involving individuals and communities more directly in resettlement. This brief takes stock of what both new and well-established programs need to succeed, and outlines opportunities for private philanthropic actors to support them.

Reports
November 2019

Rising numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and North America have been matched by an equally unprecedented outpouring of public support. How can service providers most effectively harness this volunteering? This report considers where community members can add the most value to integration efforts and offers recommendations for how policymakers can facilitate the effective engagement of communities in integration initiatives.