International Students

Explore all research, analysis, commentary, and data on postsecondary students enrolling in higher education institutions in another country, and the policies governing international student mobility.

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United Kingdom’s Decades-Long Immigration Shift Interrupted by Brexit and the Pandemic

Brexit and other events have reshaped UK immigration flows and policy, as this country profile explains.

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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.

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Future Scenarios for Global Mobility in the Shadow of Pandemic

COVID-19 upended global mobility. This report outlines four possible scenarios for future international mobility.

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Canadian Immigrants in the United States

Canadian immigrants, once a much larger share of immigration to the United States, tend to be older, highly educated, and economically well-positioned.

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Iran Loses Highly Educated and Skilled Citizens during Long-Running “Brain Drain”

Driven by repression, sanctions, and economic decline, Iran has lost highly educated workers in a brain drain that the World Bank estimates at $50 billion per year.

Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States

This data compendium offers statistics on some of the key questions around immigration and immigrants in the United States, who numbered 44.9 million in 2019.

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COVID-19 and the Demand for Labor and Skills in Europe: Early evidence and implications for migration policy

This brief analyzes how COVID-19 is reshaping European labour markets and what this means for skills investment and migration policy now and in the future.

International Students in the United States

The United States hosted 1.1 million international students as of the 2019-20 school year, but enrollment declined for the first time in years due to higher costs and Trump restrictions.

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The “Trump Effect” on Legal Immigration Levels: More Perception than Reality?

Data show pandemic-era curbs on mobility globally, not first-term Trump policies, drove the sharpest decline in U.S. legal immigration, though structural changes may have lasting effects.

The Post-Pandemic Ascent: The Role of Migration in Emerging from the Economic and Labor Market Turmoil

This discussion with MPI and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) examines the impact of the coronavirus on migration and mobility systems, and highlights findings from OECD’s International Migration Outlook 2020 on recent developments in migration movements and policies.