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Does Migration Increase Happiness? It Depends

Surveys of 36,000 migrants from 150+ countries, which fed into the 2018 World Happiness Report, show migration generally raises life satisfaction, but gains vary by origin and destination.

No Retreat: Climate Change and Voluntary Immobility in the Pacific Islands

Most Pacific Island communities threatened by climate change prefer to stay, viewing retreat as a last resort and immobility as an act of cultural self-determination.

Rising sea levels threaten Pacific Islands

In Search of Safety, Growing Numbers of Women Flee Central America

Women from Central America face femicide and forced gang recruitment, and receive inadequate protection in the United States and upon return home.

A woman walks alongside a train in Mexico.

“The Missing Piece in the Globalization Mosaic”: A Conversation with IOM Director General William Lacy Swing

After a decade at the helm of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Director General William Lacy Swing reflects on the migration landscape.

Profiting from Enforcement: The Role of Private Prisons in U.S. Immigration Detention

CoreCivic and GEO Group manage more than half of all U.S. private prison contracts and earned combined revenues exceeding $4 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2017.

Once Homogenous, Tiny Iceland Opens Its Doors to Immigrants

Iceland has opened its doors to immigration, with the foreign-born population share growing from around 4 percent in 1990 to 11 percent in 2017.

A Two-Way Street: How Immigration Shapes Everyday Life in Silicon Valley

Immigrants were 37 percent of the population in Silicon Valley in 2010, nearly triple the national average and deeply shaping—and being shaped by—the region.