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Slipping through the Cracks in South Korea: The Uncertain Futures for the Children of North Korean Defectors

Children born in China to North Korean mothers are a fast-growing but legally overlooked population in South Korea, falling outside defector support programs.

Immigrants from Asia in the United States

Immigrants from Asia in the United States are a fast-growing group that tends to be highly educated. But wide disparities in income and opportunity exist across national- origin communities.

Mobility Shutdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Asia and the Pacific

COVID-19 caused a prolonged mobility shutdown across Asia and the Pacific, devastating labor markets, tourism, and education. Migrants bore disproportionate burdens.

Three migrant men wearing masks in Thailand

Reassessing Recruitment Costs in a Changing World of Labor Migration

COVID-19 raised migrant workers' recruitment costs via new testing, travel, and quarantine rules, exposing regulatory gaps and the need for broader worker protections.

Migrant workers at a textile factory in Jordan

Persistent COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity Has Significant Implications for Refugees and Other Vulnerable Migrants

Vaccine inequity has left refugees underprotected: Despite widespread government commitments, supply shortfalls, legal barriers, and underfunding have blocked access for many.

An Afghan refugee receives a COVID-19 vaccination in Pakistan.

The Benefits of Climate Migration

How can migration, remittances, and skills flows strengthen communities’ ability to cope with climate impacts?

Could Curbing Globalization Prevent Future Pandemics?

Does the effort to curb globalization in the name of public health do more harm than the pandemics it claims to prevent?

Building Climate Resilience through Migration in Thailand

Migration can build climate resilience in Thailand's vulnerable farming communities, but only under the right conditions.

When Disaster Strikes: Responding to Migrants Caught in Crises

Research in six countries shows migrants protect themselves through informal networks when disaster strikes, but fear of detection keeps many from using official services.