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Human Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration: A New Paradigm
Climate migrants lack meaningful legal protection under existing international frameworks, leaving their rights dependent on the political will of receiving states.
'Donkey Flights:' Illegal Immigration from the Punjab to the United Kingdom
Punjab's visa agents and criminal networks exploit every UK and Schengen loophole with greater speed and creativity than government bureaucracy can match.
Recognizing Their Evolving Migration Roles, Emerging Economies Overhaul Their Immigration Systems
Stricter borders in North America and Europe are converting transit countries into destinations.
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.
What Do We Know About Skilled Migration and Development?
Brain drain restrictions harm migrants and origin countries without documented benefits; bilateral skill-flow partnerships offer a better path.
What We Know About Circular Migration and Enhanced Mobility
Circular migration offers real development gains for origin countries, destinations, and migrants, but only when governance and bilateral policy cooperation are in place.
What We Know About Diasporas and Economic Development
Diaspora contributions to trade, investment, and skills transfer are real but hard to measure, and most governments lack the policies to leverage them systematically.
What We Know: Regulating the Recruitment of Migrant Workers
Recruitment fee abuse and cross-border loopholes expose migrant workers to exploitation. Effective regulation of recruitment requires more than a one-size-fits-all fix.
Indian Immigrants in the United States
In 2011, 75 percent of Indian-born adults in the United States held a bachelor's degree or higher.
