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Public Narratives on Refugees: Sustaining Solidarity in Times of Crisis
What is known about public opinion and narratives on refugees and what did this mean for the 2022 Ukrainian crisis? How can immediate post-crisis solidarity be harnessed and made more sustainable?
COVID-19 and the State of Global Mobility in 2021
Vaccines spurred a partial recovery of global mobility in 2021, but irregular migrants and asylum seekers remained the most excluded from pandemic relief and reopened travel.
From Fear to Solidarity: The Difficulty in Shifting Public Narratives about Refugees
Public solidarity with refugees is fragile. Messaging campaigns often backfire, and durable support requires addressing anxieties, equity, and long-term integration.
Leveraging Predeparture Counselling to Support Returning Migrants’ Sustainable Reintegration
Poor information-sharing limits predeparture counseling in European return programmes; data standards, virtual provider links, and digital tools can improve reintegration.
The Ukrainian Conflict Could Be a Tipping Point for Refugee Protection
Recent displacement crises—ranging from Syria, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Myanmar, South Sudan, to most recently Ukraine—have imposed huge stresses on the humanitarian protection regime. Yet individual countries and regional organizations have been innovating to meet the challenge and expand the options available for protection, in some cases bypassing beleaguered asylum systems. This commentary traces the rise of more ad hoc approaches.
How Can Europe Address Its Labour Market Needs at a Time of Upheaval?
This conversation explored how Europe could potentially address its labor market needs and how immigration and immigrant integration policy might help propel Europe’s economic recovery.
Vaccine Requirements Predate the COVID-19 Pandemic by More than a Century
COVID-19 vaccine requirements are not the first: governments have tied vaccination to international travel for more than a century.
Destination-Country Policies to Foster Diaspora Engagement in Development
Few Western destination countries sustain diaspora-for-development programs. Patience, capacity support, and long-term commitment are key to success.
Digital Health Credentials and COVID-19: Can Vaccine and Testing Requirements Restart Global Mobility?
Fragmented digital health credential systems hamper recovery of travel after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UK-Rwanda Agreement Represents Another Blow to Territorial Asylum
The United Kingdom’s controversial deal with Rwanda to relocate certain asylum seekers there—not for offshore processing for possible settlement in the United Kingdom but as a permanent destination—will have far-reaching implications, possibly destabilizing the norms and architecture of the post-World War II protection system, this commentary argues.
