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Transatlantic Council on Migration

Transatlantic Council on Migration

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Reports
March 2022

The Central Role of Cooperation in Australia’s Immigration Enforcement Strategy

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iStock.com/Михаил Руденко

Cooperation with other countries has become a central part of Australian border enforcement. Partnerships with countries such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Nauru, and Papua New Guinea have helped Australia curb irregular maritime migration, but also come at significant costs. This report explores the current and future role of cooperation in Australian immigration enforcement policy.

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March 2022

The Challenge of Coordinating Border Management Assistance between Europe and the Maghreb

Vehicles drive down a road near the Tunisia-Libya border with the sun in the background
IOM/Renato Fogal

To address cross-border challenges, the European Union and its Member States have increasingly partnered with neighboring countries, with those in the Maghreb region of northern Africa playing a particularly important role. This report examines the border security situation in the Maghreb and European efforts to work with Maghrebi partners to strengthen border management. It finds a mismatch in priorities stymies cooperation.

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Reports
January 2022

Coming Together or Coming Apart? A New Phase of International Cooperation on Migration

At least 20 flags of different countries fly in the wind outside of two large buildings
© FAO/Alessia Pierdomenico

Faced with the pandemic and its economic fallout, many countries have looked inward. Yet the nature and scale of the crisis has vividly illustrated the necessity of working across borders to address transnational challenges. This Transatlantic Council on Migration statement examines how the context for international cooperation has shifted since the Global Compact for Migration was adopted, and reflects on a way forward for migration cooperation.

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Reports
January 2022

The Winding Road to Marrakech: Lessons from the European Negotiations of the Global Compact for Migration

People walk along the road to the Menara Gardens in Marrakech, Morocco
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In the months leading up to the adoption of the Global Compact for Migration in 2018, what had been a quiet negotiation process suddenly became front-page news, drawing unprecedented public attention and sparking protests across Europe. This report explores how the compact negotiations triggered a multilayered institutional and political crisis in the European Union, and how this breakdown continues to affect EU external migration policy.

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Policy Briefs
September 2021

Migration Management and Border Security: Lessons Learned

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Glenn Fawcett/CBP

What strategic lessons can be learned from the migration- and border-management challenges North America and Europe have faced in recent years? This reflection by a former high-ranking homeland security official explores a range of timely issues, including the need to rethink multilateralism and improve international cooperation, address migrant smuggling, and engage in advanced planning to avoid future crises.

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Reports
December 2020

How Will International Migration Policy and Sustainable Development Affect Future Climate-Related Migration?

A boy on a boat in a Bangladeshi community affected by river erosion
Amanda Nero/IOM

Climate change is likely to increase the intensity of extreme-weather events already shaping human mobility and displacement. The nature, scale, and direction of future climate-related migration will depend on many factors. This report takes stock of the influence that different combinations of migration, development, and climate policies could have on migration in regions around the world for the 2020-2050 and 2050-2100 periods, using a first-of-its-kind systematic exercise.

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Recent Activity

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Reports
April 2008
Local Voting Rights for Non-Nationals in Europe: What We Know and What We Need to Learn
By  Kees Groenendijk
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April 2008
Delivering Citizenship (Transatlantic Council Statement)
By  Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Annette Heuser and Hans Martens
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September 2007
Early Education for Immigrant Children
By  Paul Leseman
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March 2007
The Age of Mobility: How to Get More Out of Migration in the 21st Century
By  Demetrios G. Papademetriou

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Reports
April 2008

The Complexities of Immigration: Why Western Countries Struggle with Immigration Politics and Policies

Over 100 million migrants live in the more developed regions of the world, including nine million in Northern Europe, 22 million in Western Europe and 38 million in the United States. This report takes a closer look at the challenges of immigration for Western countries.

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April 2008

Stakeholder Citizenship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

This paper proposes a stakeholder principle that should guide citizenship policies in Europe and North America. This principle applies to both immigrants and emigrants. Stakeholders in this sense are those who have a stake in the polity’s future because of the circumstances of their lives.

Reports
September 2007

Early Education for Immigrant Children

This policy brief outlines the causes of educational disadvantage among young children of immigrants and explores strategies for improving their educational and socioeconomic outlook.

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March 2007

The Age of Mobility: How to Get More Out of Migration in the 21st Century

More countries are now significant players in the international migration system than at any time in history. For the biggest such players, migration is sufficiently large to be fueling rapid, profound, and highly visible social and cultural change.

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