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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Scientists, Managers, and Tourists: The Changing Shape of European Mobility to the United States
European migration to the United States now centers on highly skilled scientists, managers, and professionals; it remains low profile in U.S. policy debates.
The Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Long- and Short-Term Perspectives
Immigrants have long integrated economically through the U.S. labor market, but the 2007–09 recession and weaker growth may slow mobility and increase vulnerability.
Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience
The release event for MPI’s book, Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience, which reviews how the financial and economic crisis of the late 2000s marked a sudden and dramatic interruption in international migration trends, and the effects of the economic turmoil on immigrant workers in major immigrant-receiving countries in Europe as well as the United States.
Immigration and Competitiveness: Responding to Global Challenges in the European Union and United States
Showcasing joint research by MPI and the European University Institute and funded by the European Commission, this event featured discussion on some of the most promising reform proposals on both sides of the Atlantic. Speakers discuss the project’s comparative research, which draws on MPI’s longstanding experience advising European and North American governments on immigration.
The Role of Civil Society in EU Migration Policy: Perspectives on the European Union's Engagement in its Neighborhood
Civil-society groups in nearby regions are crucial go-betweens for EU migration policy, but they need steadier funding, clearer roles, and stronger recognition.
Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States
Mexican and Central American immigrants are central to the U.S. labor force yet experience lower educational attainment, higher poverty, and more legal vulnerability.
Rethinking Points Systems and Employer-Selected Immigration
Hybrid approaches to admissions are better able to connect migrants’ skills with real labor‑market demand than either points-based or employer-driven systems on their own.
Migration and Development: Policy Perspectives from the United States
Immigration to the United States has often boosted development in migrants’ origin countries through remittances and diaspora ties, but by itself rarely drives development.
Eight Policies to Boost the Economic Contribution of Employment-Based Immigration
Eight policy levers, from visa design to integration and local engagement, can significantly boost the economic contribution of labor migration to the United States.