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What Drives Refugees’ High Poverty in the Early Years after U.S. Resettlement?
In their initial years after arrival, resettled refugees have high poverty rates despite strong employment, reflecting structural barriers and the focus on self-sufficiency.
West African Countries Offer Citizenship to Descendants of Enslaved Africans
West African governments are offering citizenship to descendants of enslaved Africans and other diaspora members as both a symbolic act of reparative justice and a practical strategy to attract investment, skills, and tourism.
Refugees in the City: How Humanitarian Migration Transforms Urban Areas
Refugees reshape cities; they may strain services in the short term but offer long-run potential for new economic, civic, and demographic vitalization depending on responses by local leaders.
Spain and Latin America Take Diverging Paths on Regularization
Spain’s 2026 regularization drew nearly 1.2 million applications, even as many Latin American countries have pulled back from similar measures for Venezuelans.
España y América Latina siguen caminos divergentes en materia de regularización
El proceso de regularización de 2026 en España recibió cerca de 1,2 millones de solicitudes, aun cuando muchos países latinoamericanos han dado marcha atrás en medidas similares para los venezolanos.
Countries Are Pushing Borders Outward to Expand Deterrence and Protection Alike
Externalization—the enlistment of partner countries to manage migration before people arrive or assist with removals and returns—has shifted from the policy fringe into the mainstream. Models range from deterrence to protection.
From Temporary Climate-Induced Displacement to Permanent Urban Settlement in Pakistan
Pakistan's climate disasters have driven permanent urban resettlement to Karachi, rather than mass cross-border migration.
How Immigration Crackdowns and Aid Cuts Are Reshaping Migration Across Central America
Tighter U.S. and Mexican border policies and sharp humanitarian aid cuts are reshaping Central America into a region of prolonged transit, forced return, and stranded mobility.
Central Asian Migrants Look Beyond Russia, Yet New Destinations Carry Challenges Too
As Russia becomes less safe and hospitable for Central Asian workers amid the war in Ukraine, new corridors to Europe and beyond have become attractive.
Chasing Public Opinion, UK Immigration Policy Has Swung Cyclically
Since 2010, the United Kingdom has repeatedly swung between opening and tightening its labor migration pathways, often driven by the fluctuating public salience of immigration.
