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The Educational Experiences of Refugee Children in Countries of First Asylum
Disrupted schooling and language barriers in first-asylum countries shape refugee children's readiness for U.S. education but remain largely hidden from their teachers.
Finding Connections: The Nexus between Migration and Corruption
Corruption shapes who migrates, how, and whether they return—yet migration theories rarely account for it, leaving a critical gap in analysis.
Following the Money: Chinese Labor Migration to Zambia
Chinese investment has driven a 60 percent rise in Chinese migration to Zambia since 2009, yet these immigrants remain a small share of the population.
World Confronts Largest Humanitarian Crisis since WWII
In 2014, global displacement due to conflict or persecution hit 51.2 million, the highest since World War II.
Building Borders around Ebola
Ebola-related border closures and travel bans reshaped mobility from West Africa, but also stranded refugees and may have complicated some efforts to contain the virus.
A Forgotten Crisis: Displacement in the Central African Republic
Sectarian violence in the Central African Republic has uprooted hundreds of thousands.
A Conversation with the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees T. Alexander Aleinikoff about Syrian Crisis, Other Work
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees T. Alexander Aleinikoff joined MPI’s Kathleen Newland for a discussion of UNHCR’s work, the Syrian refugee crisis, and the situation of IDPs and refugees from Somalia.
Mapping West Africa's Migration and Land-Management Crisis
Drought-driven migration and other factors are deepening a land crisis in West Africa.
The Lampedusa Tragedy Prompts the Question: Does the UN have any impact on the world’s migrants?
As hundreds drowned near Lampedusa in 2013, a rare UN migration dialogue spotlighted the world body's limited but potentially growing role in global migration governance.
What We Know About Migration and Development
The migration-development link is well evidenced but weakly governed, and most countries still treat emigration as a drain rather than a potential development asset.
