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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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.
Strengthening Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Europe: Innovative ways to prepare migrants before departure
A discussion in Brussels examining how useful existing predeparture measures are in facilitating migrants’ labor market insertion, examples of structural cooperation between origin and EU destination countries, and successful private-sector practices.
Improving Migrants' Labour Market Integration in Europe from the Outset: A cooperative approach to predeparture measures
Predeparture integration measures have underperformed because origin and destination countries rarely coordinate their design, undermining labor market outcomes.
Supporting Immigrant Integration in Europe: What role for origin countries' subnational authorities?
Origin-country subnational authorities can support immigrant integration in Europe, but their reach is limited by inadequate devolved powers and financial constraints.
Migrant Education and Community Inclusion: Examples of good practice
Family and community involvement in schools is essential for migrant student integration, and a range of European good practices show how to build those bridges effectively.
Reducing the Risk that Youth with a Migrant Background in Europe Will Leave School Early
Migrant youth left school early in EU countries at more than double the native rate in 2012, and structural reforms, not language support alone, are needed to close the gap.
The Field of Migration Studies Loses a Giant: Graeme Hugo
In a personal tribute, MPI President Emeritus Demetrios G. Papademetriou reflects on the life and career of Graeme Hugo, a world-renowned scholar who died in January 2015.
