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Part of a New Community: The Integration of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees in South America

Featuring the release of an MPI-International Organization for Migration analysis on the socioeconomic integration of Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, this webinar explores the pace of Venezuelan integration considering evolving regional and national policies, the COVID-19 pandemic, and changing migration dynamics. 

Immigrants from Iran in the United States

There were 385,000 Iranian immigrants in the United States as of 2019, forming a highly educated, largely naturalized population concentrated in California.

A woman holding an Iranian flag at sunset.

A Solvable Challenge: Improving Asylee Access to Health and Other Benefits

While asylees are eligible for many of the same public benefits and services as resettled refugees, including health care and employment assistance, there is no system to inform them of their eligibility and to help connect them to resources. MPI estimates that fewer than 20 percent of those granted asylum in recent years received Office of Refugee Resettlement benefits during their first year. The U.S. government could address this gap with a few simple measures.

Bhutanese refugee sits on bed in family's apartment in New York