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Once Primarily an Origin for Refugees, Ethiopia Experiences Evolving Migration Patterns
Ethiopia is simultaneously one of Africa's largest refugee hosts and a major origin for irregular labor migrants, a duality shaped by decades of conflict, poverty, and geography.
Violent Encounters and Social Status Shape the Conditions for Migrants Fleeing Civil War
Research on Syrian refugees challenges the assumption that violence directly triggers flight, showing that social status and trauma responses shape who migrates first and why.
Top 10 Migration Issues of 2020
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped global mobility, leading to widespread border closures and long-term shifts in migration policies.
Climate Impacts as Drivers of Migration
Climate change is already driving migration—mostly within countries’ borders. But evidence shows it compounds other factors rather than acting alone.
Top 10 Migration Issues of 2019
In 2019, multiple migration crises and conflicts pushed large numbers of refugees and displaced people into harder living conditions, while some countries increasingly used stronger border and return policies.
The UN Refugee Summit: What Can Be Achieved?
Ahead of the September 2016 UN summit, a draft outcome document reaffirms key refugee rights but falls short on responsibility sharing, root causes, and binding commitments.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Migration History Marked by Crises and Restrictions
Crises have turned DR Congo from a regional migration magnet into a major source of refugees and long-term emigrants across Africa and the wider world.
A Forgotten Crisis: Displacement in the Central African Republic
Sectarian violence in the Central African Republic has uprooted hundreds of thousands.
Forced Migration: No Resolution in Sight for Syrians, Violent Outbreaks Displace Thousands across African Continent
More people were displaced internationally in 2011 than at any other point in the prior decade.
Discussion on Possible Solutions for Refugees and IDPs
Breakfast briefing with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees; Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs.
