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Spain’s Labour Migration Policies in the Aftermath of Economic Crisis

Spain's demand-driven labour migration system worked well before the 2008 global economic crisis. Slow recovery and irregular migration persist, offering lessons for EU-level cooperation.

Sweden: By Turns Welcoming and Restrictive in its Immigration Policy

Sweden took in a record 162,877 asylum seekers in 2015, more per capita than any other country, then sharply reversed course the following year.

In Search of a New Equilibrium: Immigration Policymaking in the Newest Era of Nativist Populism

Nativist populism's most lasting impact is not electoral but indirect—reshaping immigration agendas and pulling mainstream parties to the right across liberal democracies.

Tapping the Talents of Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States: Takeaways from Experts Summit

Brain waste costs the United States roughly $10 billion in forgone taxes each year, and reducing the underemployment of college-educated immigrants requires coordinated action.

A Needed Evidence Revolution: Using cost-benefit analysis to improve refugee integration programming

European refugee integration policy relies too often on political pressure rather than evidence, and cost-benefit analysis can help policymakers quantify its long-term social value.

A language class for asylum seekers at the University of Salzburg

Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together

Marking the release of MPI President Andrew Selee's book, this discussion explores the emerging trends in migration, economic interdependence, technology innovation, and cultural exchange that are transforming the relationship between the United States and Mexico.

Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together

Mexico's economic and cultural transformation has created deep, mutually beneficial interdependencies with the United States that no border wall can undo, this book by MPI’s president argues.

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.

State and Local Labor Standards Enforcement in Immigrant-Dense Industries

Marking the release of an MPI report, this discussion focuses on the dynamics in low-wage workplaces and immigration law that have contributed to systematic violations of labor standards and explores new and effective enforcement strategies that state and local governments across the United States are utilizing.

Strategic Leverage: Use of State and Local Laws to Enforce Labor Standards in Immigrant-Dense Occupations

Immigrants experience labor violations at twice the rate of U.S.-born workers. State and local governments have unique tools to fill the enforcement gap left by federal retreat.