The Basics
We hope you will find the resources here useful as you seek to learn more about the phenomenon of international migration and some of the 281 million people globally who live outside their country of birth.
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South American Immigrants in the United States
South American immigration to the United States is growing, driven largely by political and economic crisis in Venezuela.
Could a Loss and Damage Fund Compensate Climate Migrants?
The emerging Loss and Damage Fund represents an unprecedented attempt to assign financial responsibility for climate displacement — and the questions it raises are as consequential as the fund itself.
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
The United States faced record border encounters, a swelling population holding “twilight” protection statuses, and visa backlogs stretching decades, as this 2024 compendium of top statistics shows.
Moving Mountains: Climate Migration in High Altitudes
How does climate change interact with migration in mountain communities, and what does the movement of people mean for the resilience of the places — and populations — left behind?
Afghan Immigrants in the United States
The Afghan immigrant population in the United States nearly quadrupled since 2010. Many faced high poverty, limited English proficiency, and no clear path to permanent legal status.
Are the Pacific’s Climate Migration Experiments a Preview for the World?
As climate displacement moves from projection to reality in the Pacific, how are governments and legal frameworks adapting to a challenge that existing migration systems were not designed to address?
European Immigrants in the United States
Once the leading source of immigrants to the United States, Europeans made up just 10 percent of U.S. immigrants in 2022. War in Ukraine pushed more Ukrainians to the United States.
What Exactly Is Climate Migration?
When climate change shapes human movement in ways that are indirect, uneven, and hard to trace, what do researchers mean when they use the term "climate migration" — and what might that framing leave out?
A Passport to Opportunity: The Importance of Refugee Access to Travel Documents
Refugees are among the most mobile people on earth by necessity, yet the international system makes it nearly impossible for them to travel legally.
Haitian Immigrants in the United States
Nearly 731,000 Haitian immigrants lived in the United States in 2022, with many of them having fled cascading crises.
