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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How Europe Was Transformed by the 2015-16 Migration and Refugee Crisis
Ten years after the 2015-16 migration and refugee crisis, the European Union has reshaped its process for dividing up asylum claims and controlling…
The Shifting Financing of Responses to Venezuelan Displacement
Financing for Latin American responses to Venezuelan displacement has changed over the years, and new approaches are needed in light of foreign aid…
Migration Diplomacy in an Age of Transactionalism
As international cooperation frays, balanced diplomacy—rather than coercive dealmaking—promises the most effective approach to emerging migration…
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Key Statistics
International migrants comprise 3.7 percent of the global population. Learn more about them
304 million
The number of migrants globally in 2024
50.6 million
The number who as of 2025 were refugees or asylum seekers
94 million
The number of international migrants in Europe—the top destination globally
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Beyond Asylum: Rethinking Protection Policies to Meet Sharply Escalating Needs (Transatlantic Council Statement)
Record-high displacement reveals territorial asylum's limits, demanding early investment in host communities, wider legal pathways, and efficient adjudication systems.
No End in Sight: The Worsening Syrian Refugee Crisis
A discussion on the situation of Syrian refugees, recent developments in the region, and the U.S. humanitarian response, along with reports from recent fact-finding missions to the region.
Rethinking Global Protection: New Channels, New Tools
The postwar protection regime is failing under modern displacement crises, and only integrating development programming and legal mobility channels can make it sustainable.
From Dependence to Self-Reliance: Changing the Paradigm in Protracted Refugee Situations
Protracted refugee dependency is neither inevitable nor acceptable. Self-reliance demands work rights, better livelihoods programs, and development actor engagement.
From Refugee to Migrant? Labor Mobility's Protection Potential
Labor mobility for refugees can enhance protection and cut irregular secondary migration, but must be designed to preserve the humanitarian foundation of the refugee regime.
Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Long Road Ahead
Turkey's open-door response to Syrian displacement has grown unsustainable, requiring a shift from temporary protection to long-term integration and burden-sharing.
The Asia-Pacific and Women’s Labour Migration
Marking the release of the MPI-IOM 12th Issue in Brief, this event in Bangkok examined the emerging trends in women’s labor migration in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related opportunities and challenges.
Building Skills in North and Central America: Barriers and Policy Options toward Harmonizing Qualifications in Nursing
Nurse qualification harmonization can ease North American shortages and cut brain waste, but regulatory gaps and credential barriers need political will to overcome.
Protection in Crisis: Forced Migration and Protection in a Global Era
The 1951 Refugee Convention's persecution framework no longer covers most forced migrants, leaving the world's 51 million displaced without adequate legal protection.
Women’s Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges
Female migrants in the Asia-Pacific increasingly migrate independently. Skills mismatch and sector concentration limit their contributions and well-being.
