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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Credential Recognition in the United States for Foreign Professionals
The patchwork U.S. credential recognition system places the steepest barriers on foreign-trained physicians, wasting human capital as doctor shortages intensify.
Sharing Lessons, Sharing Responsibility: Combating Human Trafficking
A discussion on the Dutch, U.S., and international experiences in preventing human trafficking, with key U.S. and Dutch government officials involved in combating human trafficking.
Changing Dynamics: Immigration, Mexico, and the United States
A discussion with Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States on the changing dynamics of Mexico’s economy, demographics, and large-scale emigration, and their implications for both Mexico and the United States.
The Integration Needs of Mobile EU Citizens: Impediments and opportunities
Mobile EU citizens share many integration needs with third-country nationals yet fall outside EU integration policy, leaving gaps policymakers have yet to close.
Exceptional in Europe? Spain's Experience with Immigration and Integration
Spain's pro-immigrant exceptionalism survived the economic crisis intact, but rising unemployment and a conservative government shift may finally erode it.
Identity and (Muslim) Integration in Germany
Germany's anti-Muslim sentiment—among the strongest in Western Europe—persists despite growing Muslim integration, exposing a gap that top-down policy alone cannot close.
The Netherlands: From National Identity to Plural Identifications
Dutch “culturalized citizenship” policy burdens minorities with conformity demands that cannot resolve the cultural insecurity driving anti-immigration politics.
Immigration and National Identity in Norway
Norway's success has paradoxically fueled resentment toward immigrants, deepening a societal rift between openness to diversity and fears of cultural pluralism.
How Free Is Free Movement? Dynamics and drivers of mobility within the European Union
Intra-EU mobility is more multidimensional than east-to-west flows suggest, with broadly positive economic effects but some perverse consequences for low-skilled workers.
Crime and Violence in Mexico and Central America: An Evolving but Incomplete U.S. Policy Response
The U.S. policy response to crime and violence in Mexico and Central America has grown since 2007 but remains more developed toward Mexico than to northern Central America.
