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Vulnerable to COVID-19 and in Frontline Jobs, Immigrants Are Mostly Shut Out of U.S. Relief
Immigrants powered the U.S. frontline pandemic response but faced disproportionate health and economic risks and were largely excluded from federal COVID-19 relief efforts.
Venezuelan Immigrants in the United States
Venezuela's collapse has driven immigration to the United States, bringing a highly educated but economically vulnerable population that is concentrated in Florida.
Expert Podcast: Meeting Seasonal Labor Needs in the Age of COVID-19
What happens to agriculture and food security when pandemic travel restrictions block seasonal migrant workers?
A Race Against the Clock: Meeting Seasonal Labor Needs in the Age of COVID-19
As governments have reacted to the coronavirus pandemic by closing borders, seasonal workers have been kept out, raising a pressing question: who is going to produce the food amid agricultural labor shortages? Policymakers in the Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America have responded by seeking to recruit residents, lengthen stays for already present seasonal workers, and find ways to continue admitting foreign seasonal labor, as this commentary explores.
Seasonal Worker Programs in Europe: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward
While low-skilled workers generally have limited opportunities to legally migrate to the European Union, seasonal migration forms an important exception. This MPI Europe-SVR webinar explores lessons from Europe on managing seasonal worker programs that are responsive to labor market needs but also prioritize the well-being of seasonal workers and interests of receiving countries.
Japan’s Labor Migration Reforms: Breaking with the Past?
Japan's 2018 labor migration reforms opened a path for medium-skilled workers, but slow uptake and a contested trainee program raise questions about implementation.
Seasonal Worker Programmes in Europe: Promising practices and ongoing challenges
Europe's seasonal worker programmes fill key labour gaps but face challenges in recruitment transparency, worker protection, and maximising benefits for origin countries.
Global Demand for Medical Professionals Drives Indians Abroad Despite Acute Domestic Health-Care Worker Shortages
India exports tens of thousands of doctors and nurses to wealthy nations each year, widening a critical domestic health-care gap.
Brexit Day—Is This the Dawning of the Age of Immobility?
Brexit Day, on January 31, 2020, marks a dramatic turn for the United Kingdom as it leaves the European Union, in significant measure because it wants to control its immigration destiny. But it remains unclear whether Brexit will allow the United Kingdom to cast a net wider for the global workers it seeks or will deepen the moat around the island. Either way, Brexit is likely to spark new forms of mobility—and immobility.
Legal Migration Pathways to Europe for Low- and Middle-Skilled Migrants
This event hosted by MPI Europe and the Research Unit of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration featured a discussion of research into legal migration pathways for work and training for low- and middle-skilled migrants.