Asylum Seekers

Interview with Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres called for separating asylum from security debates and improving public outreach.

The United States Refugee Admissions Program: Reforms for a New Era of Refugee Resettlement

After a steep post-9/11 decline, the U.S. refugee resettlement program is at a crossroads, needing structural reforms to build a more flexible, responsive system.

Drop in Asylum Numbers Shows Changes in Demand and Supply

Asylum applications across industrialized countries reached a 16-year low in 2004, as conflicts stabilized and restrictions tightened.

U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers and Human Rights

U.S. detention of asylum seekers expanded after 2001, causing tension with international standards that treat detention as a last resort.

The Hague Program Reflects New European Realities

Adopted in November 2004, the EU's Hague Program set a five-year migration and asylum agenda, but left legal immigration and integration largely to individual Member States.

Confronting the Realities of Forced Migration

Despite political rhetoric about a migration crisis, forced migrants are relatively few in number and concentrated in the world's poorest countries.

Educating Refugees in Countries of First Asylum: The Case of Uganda

Uganda's 1999 Self-Reliance Strategy sought to fold refugee education into national systems, but security gaps and movement restrictions undercut results.

EU Sees Sharp Drop in Asylum Applications

EU asylum applications fell 22 percent in 2003 to the lowest since 1995, led by drops from Iraq and Afghanistan, while applications rose in the ten acceding states.

Belgium's Undocumented Hold Lessons for EU

Interviews with 130 undocumented migrants in Belgium showed motivations are complex, challenging EU migration policy assumptions.

Testimony before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission)