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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.
What Do Changes in Turkey and Syria Spell for Kurds Seeking Protection Abroad?
Significant shares of Syrians and Turks seeking asylum in the European Union are of Kurdish origin. The 2025 ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK and the 2024 normalization between Turkey and Syria may reshape Kurdish migration.
“Climate Refugees” Do Not Exist as a Concept—But Countries Are Testing New Approaches to Offer Protection
International law does not recognize refugee status for people displaced by the impacts of climate change. But a series of national policy experiments and legal decisions are slowly building a framework for protection.
Ethiopia Crafts a Roadmap for Refugee Inclusion amid Global Aid Cuts
Ethiopia's Makatet framework offers a promising model for refugee inclusion, but funding gaps and the exclusion of tens of thousands of Eritreans reveal its limits.
Diaspora as Diplomacy in Albania
Albania is turning its sizable diaspora into a diplomatic force, leveraging members’ economic, cultural, and political influence.
What Drives Anti-Migrant Vigilantes
Anti-migrant vigilante groups use performative patrols and viral imagery to reframe asylum seekers as security threats, distorting public debate and pushing policy in a more restrictive direction.
Remittances by Another Measure: The Economic Value of Migrants’ Time Supporting Their Homelands
Diaspora professionals donate time worth billions of dollars to their homelands—a largely invisible contribution that current remittance frameworks fail to count.
Top 10 Migration Issues of 2025
Record aid cuts, sweeping U.S. policy shifts, and eroding refugee norms defined 2025—even as post-civil war Syrian returns offered a rare bright spot.
Trinidad and Tobago Grapples with Venezuelan Migrants in a Complex Environment
Venezuelans in Trinidad and Tobago face deportation risk, discrimination, and deepening legal limbo as weak protections and U.S.-Venezuela tensions leave them increasingly vulnerable.
Moldova Shoulders Disproportionately Large Ukrainian Population, in the Shadow of the European Union and Russia
Moldova hosts the world's highest share of displaced Ukrainians relative to its population. But shrinking aid and high poverty strain its capacity to sustain that commitment.
