International Cooperation

Explore all research, analysis, and commentary on the engagement that countries and regions engage in around migration, migration management, humanitarian protection, and integration issues.

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For Every Step Forward on Refugee Protection, Two Steps Back amid Record Displacement

Low- and middle-income countries hosted nearly 90 percent of the world's displaced people, with countries neighboring conflict areas bearing the brunt of refugee movements.

New Actors Step Up to Help Shoulder Growing Refugee Burden, But System Slow to Adapt

In 2016, private-sector and civil-society actors pledged $650 million for refugees, but coordination gaps and government friction limit broader impact.

While Mobility Comes under Assault in Europe, Other Regions Forge Ahead

Even as Europe tightened its borders, regional blocs in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America advanced freer intraregional movement.

Beyond Care and Maintenance: Rebuilding Hope and Opportunity for Refugees (Transatlantic Council Statement)

The global "care and maintenance" model fails most displaced people. Solutions require expanded support, self-reliance opportunities, and investment in host countries.

Refugees in makeshift camp on the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Taming the Seas: Safety, Protection, and Attempts to Create Order in Maritime Migration Corridors

A book discussion that explores the different facets of maritime migration and the challenges governments, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations face in tackling this issue together.

Kate Hooper and Kathleen Newland speaking at an event

Cooperation on Migration: The role of the European Union in the follow-up to the UN summit

A panel discussion in Brussels on the future of cooperation at European and international levels on migration policy, in the wake of the United Nations summit.

All at Sea: The Policy Challenges of Rescue, Interception, and Long-Term Response to Maritime Migration

Maritime migration policy has shifted from rescue to interception, sharpening the tension between border security and the legal obligation to protect those in distress at sea.

New Approaches to Refugee Crises in the 21st Century: The Role of the International Community

International summits and conferences in 2016 produced real pledges on refugee funding and resettlement. Translating them into sustained action remains the central challenge.

World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016.

Protection through Mobility: Opening Labor and Study Migration Channels to Refugees

Legal labor and study migration channels can expand refugee self-sufficiency and relieve the burden on first-asylum countries. But only a small share of displaced people will qualify.

Men building latrines in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.

A New Era in Refugee Protection and Migration Management? Looking Forward After UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants

MPI experts discuss the outcomes from the UN Summit on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants and President Obama's Leaders Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis and what it means for international cooperation on refugee protection and management of migration flows.