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Overwhelmed by Refugee Flows, Scandinavia Tempers its Warm Welcome
Scandinavia’s 2015 asylum surge, fueled by generous policies, diasporas, and even smugglers with bicycles, has triggered sharp moves to deter future arrivals.
Scaling Up Resettlement: The Role of Private Sponsorship Programmes in Addressing the Refugee Crisis
A webinar discussing how private sponsorship programmes for refugees, used by Canada and a handful of other countries, could alleviate some of the pressure from the European refugee crisis, by allowing individuals, groups, businesses, and other entities to sponsor individual refugees for resettlement. Discussion includes findings and analysis from a MPI Europe report.
Getting the Balance Right: Strengthening asylum reception capacity at national and EU levels
EU asylum reception demands simultaneous flexibility, efficiency, and quality, and when any Member State fails to maintain all three, the effects cascade across the bloc.
Refugee Flows to Lesvos: Evolution of a Humanitarian Response
The Greek island of Lesvos hosted more than half a million asylum seekers in 2015, revealing both remarkable volunteer ingenuity and deep gaps in Europe’s frontline response.
Focusing on Protection: Previewing Upcoming High-Level Fora on Migration
A webinar with the UN Secretary-General's special representative on migration and the former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees previewing upcoming high-level humanitarian protection and migration summits, focusing on what tangible results might occur.
Protecting the Forcibly Displaced: Latin America’s Evolving Refugee and Asylum Framework
From Colombia to Syria, Latin America’s framework has broadened refugee protection, yet politics and capacity limits still affect how fully it is realized.
Migration Crisis Tests European Consensus and Governance
In 2015, unprecedented Mediterranean arrivals and faltering EU solidarity turned migration into a test of Europe’s borders, institutions, and political resolve.
Displacement Reaches Record High as Wars Continue and New Conflicts Emerge
Record global displacement neared 60 million as outflows from Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, and elsewhere burdened developing host countries.
Refugee Crisis Deepens Political Polarization in the West
Refugee arrivals have sharpened partisan divides in Europe and the United States, as leaders harness migration fears in increasingly polarizing debates.
Welcoming Engagement: How private sponsorship can strengthen refugee resettlement in the European Union
Private sponsorship could substantially expand EU refugee resettlement and generate the political will that governments alone have failed to muster.
