Recruitment

Explore all the research, analysis, and commentary on the policies that governments have established to recruit migrant workers, as well as the recruitment process itself and oversight of recruitment agencies.

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The Canadian Expression of Interest System: A model to manage skilled migration to the European Union?

Canada's Express Entry system offers the European Union a practical model for improving skilled-talent matching without requiring a full overhaul of Member State competences.

Achieving Skill Mobility in the ASEAN Economic Community: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Implications

The ASEAN's skilled-labor mobility goal is far from reality, blocked by credential recognition barriers, national restrictions, and professionals' reluctance to move within the region.

Shortage Amid Surplus: Emigration and Human Capital Development in the Philippines

The Philippines' labor export policy has fueled remittances but also has created domestic skill shortages in STEM, medicine, and aviation.

The Emigration of Health-Care Workers: Malawi’s Recurring Challenges

Malawi’s effort to stem health workers’ emigration was helped by raising salaries and increasing training, but other challenges remain.

Fifty Years On, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act Continues to Reshape the United States

Fifty years after passage, the 1965 immigration law still anchors U.S. policy, driving more diverse inflows, uneven integration, and recurring political battles.

Green-Card Holders and Legal Immigration to the United States

In 2013, nearly 1 million new lawful permanent residents were admitted to the United States, mostly through family reunification.

Business as Usual? Regularizing Foreign Labor in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s 2010 migration reforms seek to regularize Nicaraguan workers, but high costs and weak institutions keep many in precarious jobs.

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Redefining Nepal: Internal Migration in a Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Society

Nepal’s post-conflict, post-disaster internal migration is reshaping regions, gender roles, and federal politics in ways aid and leaders must navigate.

Revolution and Political Transition in Tunisia: A Migration Game Changer?

Tunisia’s 2011 revolution turned a longstanding emigration country into a key transit state, testing new migration and asylum policies.

Indian Immigrants in the United States

In 2013, 76 percent of Indian immigrants in the United States held at least a bachelor's degree.