International Cooperation

Persistent COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity Has Significant Implications for Refugees and Other Vulnerable Migrants

Vaccine inequity has left refugees underprotected: Despite widespread government commitments, supply shortfalls, legal barriers, and underfunding have blocked access for many.

An Afghan refugee receives a COVID-19 vaccination in Pakistan.

Vaccine Requirements Predate the COVID-19 Pandemic by More than a Century

COVID-19 vaccine requirements are not the first: governments have tied vaccination to international travel for more than a century.

A woman in Italy is vaccinated before travel in 1951.

Beyond the Border: Opportunities for Managing Regional Migration between Central and North America

With migration from Central America increasing, the region from Canada to Panama faces an opportunity to build an effective regional approach to migration by focusing on several areas that are ripe for significant policy innovation. This commentary sketches a vision, offering a road map to more detailed research that outlines strategies for cooperation on legal pathways, humanitarian protection, migration management, and sustainable development.

Image of Central American migrant caravan passing through Chiapas, Mexico

Destination-Country Policies to Foster Diaspora Engagement in Development

Few Western destination countries sustain diaspora-for-development programs. Patience, capacity support, and long-term commitment are key to success.

Participants in a horticultural development project, organized by the IOM Coordinating Office for th

Digital Health Credentials and COVID-19: Can Vaccine and Testing Requirements Restart Global Mobility?

Fragmented digital health credential systems hamper recovery of travel after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Woman holding a passport and mobile phone with a vaccine credential app in her right hand and yellow

The UK-Rwanda Agreement Represents Another Blow to Territorial Asylum

The United Kingdom’s controversial deal with Rwanda to relocate certain asylum seekers there—not for offshore processing for possible settlement in the United Kingdom but as a permanent destination—will have far-reaching implications, possibly destabilizing the norms and architecture of the post-World War II protection system, this commentary argues.

Home Secretary Priti Patel & Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta hold asylum accord

Controversial U.S. Title 42 Expulsions Policy Is Coming to an End, Bringing New Border Challenges

The end of the use of Title 42 after 1.7 million expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border promises to reshape processing, but the transition poses major challenges for the Biden administration.

U.S. Border Patrol agents prepare to transport unauthorized migrants to Mexico under Title 42.

'Migrants’? ‘Refugees’? Terminology Is Contested, Powerful, and Evolving

The language used to describe people crossing borders carries real legal and political consequences that shape who receives protection.

A word cloud showing terminology used to refer to people crossing borders.

Comprendiendo los factores que impulsan la migración irregular desde Guatemala

Este evento analizó los cambios en los patrones migratorios desde Guatemala, cómo los responsables políticos y los profesionales del desarrollo pueden ayudar a crear opciones de subsistencia, abordar factores que impulsan la migración y proporcionar alternativas a la migración irregular.

Understanding Drivers of Irregular Migration from Guatemala

This event explored changing migration patterns from Guatemala, how policymakers and development practitioners can help create livelihood options, address drivers of migration, and provide alternatives to irregular migration.