The year 2015 was punctuated by a series of migration crises, from the unrelenting flows of asylum seekers and migrants to Europe’s shores and displacement from new and ongoing conflicts in places such as Yemen and Ukraine, to the Nepal earthquake. In this edition of the Migration Information Source’s annual Top 10 Migration Issues of the year, MPI experts analyze these and other major migration trends and policy developments occurring around the world in 2015.

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