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Pushing Borders Outward: The state of asylum globally five years after the EU-Turkey Deal

Marking the launch of an initiative led by MPI and the Robert Bosch Stiftung, this event considers the extent to which externalization strategies such as the EU-Turkey agreement or deals with Libya and now-rescinded U.S. agreements to send asylum seekers to Central America have become the dominant strategies deployed by countries of asylum and how these policies have affected both asylum seekers and host and transit countries.

Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States

Nearly 1.2 million Dominican immigrants lived in the United States in 2019, making them the fourth-largest Hispanic immigrant group.

People carry the flag of the Dominican Republic at a parade in Washington, DC.

Border Déjà Vu: Biden Confronts Similar Challenges as His Predecessors

A record surge of unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border in early 2021 exposed the Biden administration's lack of preparation and reliance on the same responses that stymied its predecessors.

Unaccompanied minors undergo processing at a temporary facility in Texas.

COVID-19 and the State of Global Mobility in 2020

In 2020, COVID-19 sharply curtailed global mobility, slashing international flights and leaving nearly 3 million people stranded by mid-year.

Immigrant and U.S.-Born Parents of Young and Elementary-School-Age Children: Key Sociodemographic Characteristics

Drawing on analysis of Census Bureau data, this fact sheet shows immigrant parents of young children face disproportionate barriers in education, income, English, and digital access.

Parents and their children sit in a library for Princeton Children's Book Festival 2018

The Integration of Immigrant Health Professionals: Looking beyond the COVID-19 Crisis

In 2019, about 270,000 immigrant and refugee health professionals in the United States were underemployed. This brief examines barriers and reforms to better tap their skills.

A health-care provider places a bandage on the injection site of a patient who just received a vaccine.

Movement after Migration: Immigrants’ Disproportionate Reliance on Public Transportation

Immigrants are the backbone of public transit ridership in North America and Europe, making COVID-19-era service cuts fall harder on the foreign born and affect their integration.

Immigrants from Asia in the United States

Following the end of exclusionary laws, migration from Asia to the United States has risen since the mid-1960s. As of 2019, migrants from Asia represented nearly one-third of U.S. immigrants.

Hampered by the Pandemic: Unaccompanied Child Arrivals Increase as Earlier Preparedness Shortfalls Limit the Response

The increase in unaccompanied child arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border in February and March has led to backups and overcrowding at U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities ill-suited to house children, in part due to earlier significant reductions in Office of Refugee Resettlement shelter capacity during 2020. This commentary explores preparedness shortfalls and the options the Biden administration has moving forward.

American Dream and Promise Act of 2021: Who Is Potentially Eligible?

These MPI estimates offer insight into how proposed legislation could affect different populations.