Unauthorized Immigration/Irregular Migration
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Temporary Protected Status in the United States: A Grant of Humanitarian Relief that Is Less than Permanent
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) leaves beneficiaries in extended limbo, as U.S. debates grow over renewals and paths to permanent status.
The EU’s Strategic Guidelines on Migration: Uncontentious consensus, but missed opportunity
The EU Council's 2014 migration guidelines won easy consensus, but sidestep solidarity disputes, offering little direction to address mounting humanitarian crises.
An EU Commissioner for Migration? The devil is in the details
As the European Union weighs creation of a dedicated migration commissioner post, success will necessarily turn on mandate clarity and accountability structures.
Unaccompanied Minors: A Crisis with Deep Roots and No Simple Solutions
This telebriefing by Doris Meissner and Marc Rosenblum of MPI examines factors behind the flow of unaccompanied children from Central America and Mexico to the United States, which has surged 90 percent since last year. The talk also previews a policy brief on unaccompanied minors that MPI will release in July.
Detained or Deported: How Parents in the Immigration Enforcement System Can Protect their Children
A discussion on policies regarding immigrant parent detentions and deportations, related child protection issues, and the implications for the immigration enforcement and child welfare systems. This event is also the release of a related Women's Refugee Commission toolkit for detained or deported parents and those who work on the issue.
Has EU Immigration and Asylum Policy Failed? Can It Ever Succeed?
A telebriefing examining the realities of European policy on immigration and asylum, and future agenda.
Dramatic Surge in the Arrival of Unaccompanied Children Has Deep Roots and No Simple Solutions
A surge of Central American unaccompanied children is straining U.S. systems.
What Is the Right Policy Toward Unaccompanied Children at U.S. Borders?
With 60,000 unaccompanied children expected at U.S. borders in fiscal year 2014, MPI outlines a multipart policy plan that balances enforcement with humanitarian protection.
Future EU Policy Development on Immigration and Asylum: Understanding the challenge
EU migration and asylum policy has grown sclerotic, demanding a new framework focused on adding value to existing national systems rather than producing new EU law.
The Deportation Story: Deporter-in-Chief, Releaser-in-Chief, or Reformer-in-Chief?
The release of MPI's report, examining the U.S. deportation system with analysis on migrant apprehensions, removals, and criminal prosecutions, includes discussion on the evolution of the deportation system over the past two decades and some of the leading policy options circulating as the executive branch undertakes a policy review.
