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After a Slump, Legal Immigration to the United States Is Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
U.S. legal immigration is bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels, but massive processing backlogs continue to slow recovery.
Reassessing Recruitment Costs in a Changing World of Labor Migration
COVID-19 raised migrant workers' recruitment costs via new testing, travel, and quarantine rules, exposing regulatory gaps and the need for broader worker protections.
Rebooting the Asylum System? The Role of Digital Tools in International Protection
COVID-19 accelerated digital innovation across asylum systems. Six key lenses reveal both the promise and significant risks of using technology in humanitarian protection systems.
Digital Health Credentials in India and Africa: Are COVID-19 Travel Passes Catalyzing New Tech Innovations?
Could the digital health infrastructure built to manage COVID-19 travel become the backbone of how the world responds to the next pandemic?
Changing the Playbook: Immigrants and the COVID-19 Response in Two U.S. Communities
Immigrants in Nashville and the San Francisco Bay area served in essential COVID-19 roles while community groups bridged health gaps and pushed for foreign-born access to pandemic relief.
Migrant Integration Governance After the Pandemic: Lasting adaptations?
How did government strategies, practices, and instruments of integration policymaking adapt during the pandemic both in Europe and North America, and what lessons are there for the future?
COVID-19 Pandemic Ushered in Unprecedented Slowdown of Asylum Claims
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the steepest drop in global asylum claims on record, exposing deep vulnerabilities in national systems worldwide.
COVID-19’s Effects on U.S. Immigration and Immigrant Communities, Two Years On
COVID-19 slashed U.S. immigration to decade lows, hit immigrant workers hardest, and excluded many from federal relief because of immigration-status rules.
The COVID-19 Catalyst: Learning from pandemic-driven innovations in immigrant integration policy
COVID-19 forced a rapid digital shift in immigrant integration services across Europe, revealing lessons on online access, collaboration, and system resilience.
The Future of Remote Work: Digital Nomads and the Implications for Immigration Systems
More than 25 countries offered digital nomad visas by mid-2022, but most immigration systems remain ill-equipped for remote work and need reform, including to tax and social security systems.