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The Canadian Express Entry System for Selecting Economic Immigrants: Progress and Persistent Challenges
Canada's Express Entry system, launched in 2015, modernized economic immigrant selection by cutting backlogs, but gaps remain on skills assessment and low-skilled workers.
Mexican Migration to Canada: Temporary Worker Programs, Visa Imposition, and NAFTA Shape Flows
Mexicans represent a small but growing population in Canada, including as temporary farm workers. Imposition in 2009 of a visa requirement for Mexicans halved their arrivals.
Exploring New Legal Migration Pathways: Lessons from Pilot Projects
Legal migration pilot projects have mixed results; success hinges on partner selection, sector targeting, cost-sharing, and strong reintegration support.
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.
Gauging the Impact of DHS’ Proposed Public-Charge Rule on U.S. Immigration
The proposed 2018 public-charge rule would put 69 percent of recent green-card recipients at risk of denial and shift legal immigration away from Latin America and toward Europe, MPI estimates.
15th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
At a time of intense and fast-moving action on immigration, 2018's Immigration Law and Policy Conference offered an excellent opportunity to go beyond the headlines with thoughtful analysis from leading experts.
Making the Global Compact on Migration a Reality: Ideas for Enhancing Regular Migration Pathways at All Skill Levels
As the final phase of preparations for the historic adoption of a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration approaches, this webinar explores two central objectives of the compact: enhancing the availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration, and investing in skills development.
Reimagining Skilled Migration Partnerships to Support Development
Skilled migration partnerships hold promise for linking labor demand with origin-country development, but high costs and weak outcomes stall most programs at the pilot stage.
Connecting Across Nationalities: Inter-Ethnic Relationships in a Kuwaiti Workplace
A network analysis of a small Kuwaiti firm finds workplace interactions cut across ethnic and class lines, challenging notions that the kafala system defined relationships.
Canadian Immigrants in the United States
Canadians account for a declining share of all U.S. immigrants. They do have above-average education, high incomes, and near-average naturalization as compared to other immigrants.
