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Private-Sector Engagement: A key element of supporting returnee reintegration through employment
Involving companies and other private-sector actors in helping returning migrants find jobs is a promising—but underdeveloped—approach to returnee reintegration.
A New Prime Minister, a New Deal: Time for an ambitious UK–EU pact on small boats
The arrival of a new UK Prime Minister offers a window to strike an ambitious UK-EU deal on Channel crossings, trading increased returns for humanitarian routes from Europe.
The Future of Reintegration Is a Key Missing Piece in Europe’s Focus on Returns
As EU return policy tightens, reintegration is being overlooked—including the need for more coherent strategies and locally embedded systems.
Countries Are Pushing Borders Outward to Expand Deterrence and Protection Alike
Externalization—the enlistment of partner countries to manage migration before people arrive or assist with removals and returns—has shifted from the policy fringe into the mainstream. Models range from deterrence to protection.
The Role of Counselling & Reintegration Support in Shaping Migrants’ Return Decisions
How do reintegration programs shape migrants' return decisions? Analysts examined how counselling approaches, an intervention's timing, and origin-country partners can improve outcomes.
Achieving the "Quadruple Win": Labor migration strategies for Europe to meet its skill needs
This conversation examined best practices for designing and managing labour migration corridors between EU Member States and partner countries.
How Can Labour Migration Policies Help Tackle Europe’s Looming Skills Crisis?
With three-quarters of EU employers struggling to find workers, coordinated labour migration reforms offer Europe a pragmatic way to narrow its growing skills gap.
Small Boats, Big Stakes: Options for a UK-EU deal on migration and asylum
Small boat crossings to the United Kingdom have surged since 2018; a post-Brexit readmissions deal with the EU, paired with managed pathways, could help address them.
Germany, and Maybe the European Union, Are at a Migration Crossroads
Germany's reinstatement of border controls with its nine neighbors runs the risk of creating a chain reaction, with other EU Member States following suit. In the process, this go-it-alone approach could pose a serious threat to the Schengen free movement zone as well as put the common European asylum system at risk, as this MPI Europe commentary explains.
The Door Opens for a New Chapter in European Cooperation on Migration
New leadership in London and in European capitals, alongside continuity at the European Commission, could offer a window for greater European cohesion and creativity on immigration policy. This MPI Europe commentary explores the opportunities for greater UK-EU cooperation on migration and asylum if both sides smartly rekindle their relationship and prioritise strategic engagement.
