Global Program
The Global Program acts as a policy laboratory for innovative, evidence-based, and politically feasible solutions to migration policy challenges. From direct policy advice to deep comparative research, its work interrogates policy design and effectiveness, helps countries newer to immigration learn from innovation and evidence in other regions, and anticipates how demographic, economic, and technological shifts will reshape migration in the years ahead. It supports governments in responding to crises with greater coordination and foresight, and provides a trusted off-the-record space for engaging with sensitive topics. Its main geographical focus is Europe, the Americas, and Australia, but it increasingly works with governments and other partners worldwide, including in East Africa and Asia. For more on the Global Program, click here.
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Population Aging Is Here. Immigration Can Offer Half an Answer.
Immigration on its own cannot solve population aging, but five policy principles can help it play a more effective role in a broader demographic…
Creating Inclusive Urban Economies for Migrants and Refugees
Cities hold powerful levers to turn migrants' and refugees' underused talent into economic growth—but doing so requires moving beyond first…
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Key Statistics
International migrants comprise 3.7 percent of the global population. Learn more about them
304.0 million
The number of migrants globally in 2024
50.6 million
The number who as of 2025 were refugees or asylum seekers
94.0 million
The number of international migrants in Europe—the top destination globally
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Retos y oportunidades de una agenda migratoria en América Latina
En este encuentro se discutieron las perspectivas actuales de la agenda migratoria en América Latina, en cuanto a los desafíos y oportunidades que presentó. El encuentro buscó conocer buenas prácticas migratorias de varios países de la región, con base en tres subtemas: regularización, integración y alianzas intersectoriales.
Meeting Global Skills and Talent Needs in Changing Labor Markets
The discussion focused on the extent to which labor market needs should shape future immigration policy decisions, and how countries are adjusting—and could adjust—their immigration systems to meet human capital and competitiveness needs.
What Role Can Immigration Play in Addressing Current and Future Labor Shortages?
Immigration can help address labor shortages across skill levels, but must be paired with training investments, flexible pathways, and cross-portfolio talent strategies.
New Avenues to Help Refugees Get to Safety and Restart Their Lives
How can complementary pathways and labor migration expand protection options for refugees beyond traditional resettlement and asylum?
The Golden Ticket? Exploring the World of Investor Visas
Sixty countries sell residency rights to foreign investors; but what are they selling, and who is actually buying?
Migration in the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities for a Changing Region
Looking at migration in Caribbean countries, this event outlined challenges and opportunities for integration, successful diaspora engagement to advance development, and how to strengthen the region’s capacity to accommodate changing migration patterns.
Migración en el Caribe: Desafíos y oportunidades para una región en transformación
En este webinar, expertos del Banco Interamericano (BID) y MPI presentaron las principales conclusiones de su publicación sobre la realidad migratoria de la región y compartieron algunos de los desafíos y oportunidades para la integración de la población migrante y para capitalizar el potencial de sus diásporas como un impulso para el desarrollo.
Migration, Integration, and Diaspora Engagement in the Caribbean: A Policy Review
Caribbean countries face high emigration, fragmented integration policy, and underused diaspora ties. Coordinated regional action is needed to close persistent gaps.
External Processing: A Tool to Expand Protection or Further Restrict Territorial Asylum?
External processing can widen or narrow asylum access; whether it protects or deters hinges on design, procedural safeguards, and international cooperation.
Using Risk Analysis to Shape Border Management: A Review of Approaches during the COVID-19 Pandemic
During COVID-19, widely varying border risk-analysis approaches revealed the need for consistent, data-driven, rights-respecting frameworks for future crises.
