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United Kingdom’s Decades-Long Immigration Shift Interrupted by Brexit and the Pandemic

Brexit and other events have reshaped UK immigration flows and policy, as this country profile explains.

Refugees prepare to be resettled in the United Kingdom.

As Migration and Trade Increase between China and Africa, Traders at Both Ends Often Face Precarity

Growing China-Africa trade has spurred migration in both directions, but weak immigration frameworks leave many migrants in legally precarious situations.

Two officials visit the China-Uganda Agricultural Cooperation Industrial Park in Uganda.

Deepening Labor Migration Governance at a Time of Immobility: Lessons from Ghana and Senegal

COVID-19 stalled labor migration governance reforms in Ghana and Senegal but created new openings for bilateral and regional cooperation on mobility.

Participants in a program matching Ghanaian workers to jobs in Italy

Future Scenarios for Global Mobility in the Shadow of Pandemic

COVID-19 upended global mobility. This report outlines four possible scenarios for future international mobility.

People with luggage moving through a French train station

Borderless Europe: Seven Decades of Free Movement

Europe's free-movement regime faces its greatest stress test, with Brexit, COVID-19, and rising nationalism challenging an area of mobility spanning more than 460 million people.

Flags of the European Union fly outside of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Achieving the 'Partnership' in the European Union’s Talent Partnerships

The European Commission marks a new chapter in EU cooperation on migration with third countries with the launch of its Talent Partnerships, which seek to combine mobility schemes for work or training with investments in third countries in related areas, such as vocational education and training. The success of these partnerships will hinge on the degree of support they can win from Member States, the private sector, and third countries.