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Meeting Labour Skill Needs While Expanding Refugee Protection
Labour migration can be a way for qualified refugees to access protection in Europe while meeting destination countries' skill needs. How…
The Role of Counselling & Reintegration Support in Shaping Migrants’ Return Decisions
How do reintegration programs shape migrants' return decisions? Analysts examined how counselling approaches, an intervention's timing, and…
Achieving the 'Quadruple Win': Labour migration strategies for Europe to meet its skill needs
This conversation examined best practices for designing and managing labour migration corridors between EU Member States and partner countries.
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Climate Change and Migration: Converging issues, diverging funding
On this MPI Europe webinar, experts explored different migration policy options related to climate adaptation, the evolving landscape of climate finance tools, what funding gaps and opportunities exist for collaboration with partner countries, and the implications of COVID-19 for migration and climate adaptation funding approaches.
Rethinking and Restarting: What should the returns process look like post-pandemic?
As countries begin to plan for what restaring return operations might look like post-pandemic, this MPI Europe webinar, the first in a series on returns and reintegration, focused on the counselling of (potential) returnees to increase the uptake of voluntary return.
Migrants in Africa & COVID-19: From emergency measures to inclusive social protection systems
This MPI Europe discussion explores what emergency measures have been deployed by African governments and aid actors in response to COVID-19 to assist migrants in need, along with what the health crisis says about social protection systems, the incentives for inclusionary systems for all, and how to make some of these measures sustainable.
Humanitarian Protection in an Era of Pandemic
MPI and MPI Europe experts discuss the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on asylum systems in Europe and North America, as well as in developing regions, where 85 percent of refugees live. During this freeform conversation, our analysts also assess the implications for the principle of asylum and the future for a post-World War II humanitarian protection system that is under threat.
Seasonal Worker Programmes in Europe: Lessons learned and ways forward
While low-skilled workers generally have limited opportunities to legally migrate to the European Union, seasonal migration forms an important exception. This MPI Europe-SVR webinar explores lessons from Europe on managing seasonal worker programs that are responsive to labor market needs but also prioritize the well-being of seasonal workers and interests of receiving countries.
Turning the Tide: Addressing the long-term challenges of EU mobility for sending countries
Amid ongoing debates about the costs and benefits of free movement, this MPI Europe webchat examines big-picture trends of East-West migration; considers possible policy responses at regional, national, and EU levels to alleviate some of the challenges; and reflects on realistic actions that could be taken under the incoming European Commission.
Legal Migration Pathways to Europe for Low- and Middle-Skilled Migrants
This event hosted by MPI Europe and the Research Unit of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration featured a discussion of research into legal migration pathways for work and training for low- and middle-skilled migrants.
On the Wrong Path? Protecting the European Union’s external border in the Western Balkans
With thousands more migrants potentially traveling through the Western Balkans this year, this MPI Europe webinar explores the implications of the buttressed EU border on the bloc’s neighbors, including the issues of outsourcing migration control, EU support for addressing irregular migration in neighboring countries, and considerations for EU policymakers.
Building the Foundations for Inclusion: What does the future hold for immigrant integration in Europe?
This conference, which is part of MPI Europe's Integration Futures Working Group initiative, explored what the future holds for immigrant integration in Europe and the challenges policymakers will likely face.
Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion: A sense of home
The third Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion conference in Brussels, co-organized by MPI Europe with the U.S. and Canadian Missions to the European Union and the European Economic and Social Committee, explored how innovations in living situations for refugees can promote community-driven inclusion, overcome divisions, facilitate economic opportunities, and foster a sense of "home."
