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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Reinventing Mutual Recognition Arrangements: Lessons from International Experiences and Insights for the ASEAN Region
Mutual recognition arrangements are declining in number globally and mostly cover academic diplomas. They must be reformed to be relevant for 21st-century labor markets.
Firing Up Regional Brain Networks: The Promise of Brain Circulation in the ASEAN Economic Community
Brain drain, brain waste, and weak implementation of mutual recognition arrangements are the key barriers to skilled brain circulation in the ASEAN region.
Open Windows, Closed Doors: Mutual Recognition Arrangements on Professional Services in the ASEAN Region
ASEAN's seven Mutual Recognition Arrangements diverge significantly in structure, constraining their potential to enable real professional mobility across Member States.
Constrained by its Roots: How the Origins of the Global Asylum System Limit Contemporary Protection
Territorial asylum, designed for manageable outflows not mass displacement, requires expanded resettlement, responsibility sharing, and Global South investment to work.
Towards a Whole-of-Society Approach to Receiving and Settling Newcomers in Europe
Europe's refugee integration challenge is compounded by persistent migrant-native gaps and social fragmentation, making a whole-of-society response essential.
Beyond Care and Maintenance: Rebuilding Hope and Opportunity for Refugees (Transatlantic Council Statement)
The global "care and maintenance" model fails most displaced people. Solutions require expanded support, self-reliance opportunities, and investment in host countries.
Taming the Seas: Safety, Protection, and Attempts to Create Order in Maritime Migration Corridors
A book discussion that explores the different facets of maritime migration and the challenges governments, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations face in tackling this issue together.
Cooperation on Migration: The role of the European Union in the follow-up to the UN summit
A panel discussion in Brussels on the future of cooperation at European and international levels on migration policy, in the wake of the United Nations summit.
Protection through Mobility: Opening Labor and Study Migration Channels to Refugees
Legal labor and study migration channels can expand refugee self-sufficiency and relieve the burden on first-asylum countries. But only a small share of displaced people will qualify.
Integrating Refugees into Host Country Labor Markets: Challenges and Policy Options
Refugees have the worst employment outcomes of any immigrant group, a gap that takes over a decade to close without early, coordinated investment in skills and employment.
