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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Green Reintegration: Supporting Returning Migrants in Climate-Affected Communities
Migrants returned to climate-affected areas represent an untapped adaptation resource, but only when reintegration programs link them to green jobs and local climate plans.
Managing Changing Migration Dynamics and Policies in West Africa for Regional Gain
Most migration in West Africa happens within West Africa, so what does regional migration governance look like and who is shaping it?
Displacement in the Sahel: Exploring Rising Migration and Responses in West Africa
What is driving the displacement crisis across the Sahel, and what does it look like from inside one of the most affected countries?
Improving Communications in the Voluntary Return and Reintegration Network
This webinar explored the goals and target audiences for public-facing information campaigns on voluntary return and reintegration, dissemination gaps, and risks associated with inadvertently issuing untrusted or misunderstood messages.
Climate Migration 101
What do we really know about climate migration—and what remains uncertain?
Canada's New Tech Talent Strategy Takes Aim at High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States
Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy is highly unusual for its explicit targeting of visa holders in another country. Opening a dedicated stream specifically for high-skilled immigrants in the United States who hold an H-1B visa is the latest salvo in a growing global competition for talent—one in which some countries are racing ahead of the United States in terms of policy dynamism, as this commentary explores.
A Mixed Welcome: Haitian Migration within the Caribbean
Nearly 1.8 million Haitians live outside their country, but the story of where they go within the Caribbean and what awaits them there is rarely told.
Making Refugee Participation in Protection Community Dialogues Meaningful
In the run-up to the 2023 Global Refugee Forum, this discussion examined efforts at facilitating refugee participation and meaningful engagement in policy conversations at global and other levels.
Migration Narratives in Northern Central America
Experts examined migration narratives from 2018-2023 and how they have been used to justify policy approaches or incentivize mobility decisions.
Narrativas Migratorias en el Norte de Centroamérica
Los expertos analizaron las narrativas sobre migración de 2018 a 2023 y cómo se usaron para justificar enfoques de políticas o incentivar decisiones de movilidad.