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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Mentoring: What can support projects achieve that schools cannot?
Mentoring by immigrant-background students improves grades and self-esteem but stays marginal without stable funding and institutional embedding in EU systems.
Developing School Capacity for Diversity
School quality affects migrant children more than higher-status peers, making professional capacity for diversity the central lever for closing the achievement gap in European education systems.
Language Support for Youth with a Migrant Background: Policies that effectively promote inclusion
Language barriers block academic progress for migrant children, but no single EU model exists, making context-sensitive national strategies essential.
Aiming Higher: Policies to get immigrants into middle-skilled work in Europe
European integration policies have prioritized getting immigrants into work over career progression. Without reform, persistent labor market gaps will widen.
The Global Boom in Investor Immigration: What Are the Lessons for Policymakers?
A discussion on the extraordinary boom in investor immigration. From the rapidly expanding EB-5 visa in the United States to Malta’s controversial “cash for citizenship” policy and a host of programs across Europe and the Caribbean, governments are increasingly offering residence rights or citizenship to wealthy individuals in return for a significant economic investment.
Benign Neglect? Policies to Support Upward Mobility for Immigrants in the United Kingdom
The flexible UK labor market helps immigrants find work but not advance, and austerity cuts to language and vocational training have left upward mobility largely to chance.
Building an Integration System: Policies to Support Immigrants’ Progression in the Czech Labor Market
The Czech Republic has built an integration policy on paper, but funding constraints, EU dependency, and neglect of upward mobility have limited its reach and impact.
Shifting Focus: Policies to Support the Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in France
France subordinates socioeconomic integration to cultural goals, leaving immigrants more likely to be unemployed or in low-skilled work.
Turning a Corner? How Spain Can Help Immigrants Find Middle-Skilled Work
Spain's economic boom removed incentives to build integration infrastructure, and the 2008 global financial crisis exposed structural gaps that recovery-era reforms must address.
Investing in the Future: Labor Market Integration Policies for New Immigrants in Germany
Germany's immigrants face language and credential barriers that a fragmented multilevel policy system has only partially addressed.
