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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Language Policies and Practices for Helping Immigrants and Second-Generation Students Succeed
Analysis of 14 immigrant-receiving countries shows that sustained language education support can substantially narrow immigrant student achievement gaps.
Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System
The emerging global mobility system seeks to manage labor flows as a shared labor market while advancing migrant integration and development in Europe and partner countries.
Pathways to Success for the Children of Immigrants
A comparative review of five EU countries shows that school structures and transition systems strongly shape the mobility of Turkish second-generation youth.
European Immigration and the Labor Market
Immigration plays a minor role in European unemployment. Structural labor market weaknesses and social insurance policies that enable inactivity are more important drivers.
Immigration and the 2007 French Elections
Immigration dominated France's 2007 presidential race as Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal offered sharply contrasting visions on enforcement and integration.
The Age of Mobility: How to Get More Out of Migration in the 21st Century
MPI President Demetrios G. Papademetriou argues that states must modernize migration policy to reduce unauthorized immigration and maximize gains from global mobility.
Remittances and Development: Trends, Impacts, and Policy Options, A Review of the Literature
Remittances show real development promise, but critical knowledge gaps persist, including basic questions such as who remits, in what quantities, and through which channels.
From A Zero-Sum to a Win-Win Scenario? Literature Review on Circular Migration
Circular migration holds real development potential, but realizing win-win outcomes depends on conditions that research has only begun to map.
America's Emigrants: U.S. Retirement Migration to Mexico and Panama
Rapidly growing U.S. retiree migration to Mexico and Panama, driven by lower costs at destination and higher U.S. health care expenses, is reshaping local economies and communities.
Emigrantes estadounidenses: Migración de los jubilados de EE.UU. a México y Panamá
El creciente flujo de jubilados estadounidenses hacia México y Panamá transforma comunidades locales y funciona como importante inversión extranjera directa.