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Giving Cities and Regions a Voice in Immigration Policy: Can National Policies Meet Local Demand?
Regional visa programs in key immigrant destinations direct workers to underserved areas but risk poor integration outcomes by overriding immigrants' market-driven location decisions.
Migration’s Local Dividends: How Cities and Regions Can Make the Most of Immigration (Transatlantic Council Statement)
Immigration benefits and challenges are asymmetrically distributed, and effective governance demands giving cities and regions a seat at the national policy table.
Migration of Health Workers: The WHO Code of Practice and the Global Economic Crisis
Health worker migration fell in major destination countries around 2008, but immigrant health professionals proved more resilient to the global economic crisis than other workers.
Migration and the Great Recession: A Keynote Lecture
This German Historical Institute keynote lecture, organized together with the Migration Policy Institute, is part of the conference Migration during Economic Downturns—from the Great Depression to the Great Recession. The event will begin with a reception.
Tackling Brain Waste among Immigrant Professionals: Initiatives to Improve the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications
This event marked the release of MPI's final project report on international cooperation for the mutual recognition of foreign credentials. Report authors were joined by government professionals and the CEO of Upwardly Global.
Green-Card Holders and Legal Immigration to the United States
In 2012, more than 1 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status, with 53 percent arriving as status adjusters already in the United States.
Reaping the Benefits? Social security coordination for mobile EU citizens
EU social security coordination is poorly defined, inconsistently applied, and publicly distrusted—eroding support for both free movement and the welfare state.
What We Know About Migration and Development
The migration-development link is well evidenced but weakly governed, and most countries still treat emigration as a drain rather than a potential development asset.
Labor Migration in the United Arab Emirates: Challenges and Responses
The UAE's 7.8 million migrants as of 2013 comprised the vast majority of its population, yet domestic workers remain exposed to various abuses.
A House Divided: Divergent Views in Congress Over Immigration Reform
An online web chat with MPI's Doris Meissner and Muzaffar Chishti examining the U.S. Senate & House bills for Immigration Reform in 2013.
