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Migration, Climate Change, and Security in the Pacific
How does climate-driven displacement in the Pacific complicate the already fragile boundaries between humanitarian response, diplomacy, and military action?
Is the Humanitarian Protection System Falling Apart or Quietly Evolving?
The post-World War II refugee protection system is straining under record displacement, but also quietly evolving through use of temporary statuses and offshore processing.
Mexico at a Crossroads Once More: Emigration Levels Off as Transit Migration and Immigration Rise
Mexico's role is shifting as the country becomes a major transit country; remittances are increasing as is authorities’ detention of migrants.
De los principios a la acción: una nueva agenda para el segundo aniversario de la Declaración de Los Ángeles
Dos años después de la firma de La Declaración de Los Ángeles sobre Migración y Protección, los gobiernos de a través de las Américas se reunieron en Guatemala para analizar el estado de cooperación en el hemisferio. Organizaciones no gubernamentales e internacionales produjeron una agenda de acción práctica para el próximo año. Se explica en este comentario.
Translating Principles into Action: Countries Set New Agenda on the Los Angeles Declaration’s Second Anniversary
Two years after signing the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, governments from across the Americas met in Guatemala to assess the state of cooperation in the hemisphere. Working with nongovernmental and international organizations, they also produced an agenda for practical action for the next year, as this commentary explains.
Title 42 Postmortem: U.S. Pandemic-Era Expulsions Policy Did Not Shut Down the Border
Nearly 3 million migrant expulsions occurred under Title 42. Use of the authority to expel border arrivals, which bypassed U.S. asylum law, drove up recidivism and “gotaways.”
The State of Global Mobility in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 shut down global mobility during the first year of the pandemic. But 2022 saw a rapid rebound. This IOM-MPI report reveals shifting patterns post-pandemic, from Gulf labor flows to climate-driven displacement.
The Limits of the Go-It-Alone Approach: U.S. Migration Management Increasingly Requires Other Countries’ Cooperation
As border flows grow more global and diverse, the United States increasingly depends on the cooperation of Mexico and other countries to manage migration.
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
The United States faced record border encounters, a swelling population holding “twilight” protection statuses, and visa backlogs stretching decades, as this 2024 compendium of top statistics shows.
Converging Crises: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in South America
COVID-19 border closures deepened migrants' precarity in South America, excluding millions of displaced Venezuelans from jobs, legal status, and social protections in their host countries.
