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Young Refugee Children: Their Schooling Experiences in the United States and in Countries of First Asylum
The authors of three MPI papers present their findings on the experiences of refugee children, including Syrian childen in first-asylum countries and Somali Bantu refugees resettled in the United States, and the impacts on their mental health and education.
The Emigration of Health-Care Workers: Malawi’s Recurring Challenges
Malawi’s effort to stem health workers’ emigration was helped by raising salaries and increasing training, but other challenges remain.
The Academic Engagement of Newly Arriving Somali Bantu Students in a U.S. Elementary School
Somali Bantu children's school disruptions stem from unfamiliarity with formal schooling—not disinterest—a finding that demands new approaches from teachers and schools.
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.
Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States
Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the United States in 2013 tended to be highly educated, were predominantly of working age, and dispersed across the country.
A Forgotten Crisis: Displacement in the Central African Republic
Sectarian violence in the Central African Republic has uprooted hundreds of thousands.
