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Is Europe Faltering in Addressing its Multiple Migration Challenges?

Euroskeptic and anti-immigration parties have raised concern about EU citizen mobility.

Tackling Brain Waste among Immigrant Professionals: Initiatives to Improve the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications

This event marked the release of MPI's final project report on international cooperation for the mutual recognition of foreign credentials. Report authors were joined by government professionals and the CEO of Upwardly Global.

Greece Confronts Golden Dawn As the Far Right Takes Aim at the European Union

Greece led a crackdown on Golden Dawn after a 2013 murder, while euroskeptic alliances formed across Europe.

Questions of Immigration Control Preoccupy Policymakers Worldwide as Mixed Flows of New Arrivals Continue, and in Some Cases, Surge

The October 2013 Lampedusa shipwreck, killing more than 310 migrants, crystallized Europe's struggle to separate border control from humanitarian protection.

Managing Borders in an Increasingly Borderless World

Securing borders demands an elusive mix of policies tailored to each context, with strong state institutions as the one common prerequisite across all regions, as this edited volume reveals.

Skilled Immigrants in the Global Economy: Prospects for International Cooperation on Recognition of Foreign Qualifications

Mutual recognition agreements reduce credential barriers for skilled immigrants, but professional autonomy and political fragmentation limit their scope and reach.

Effective Labour Migration Management: Creating checks and balances while searching for talent

A book discussion on the management of labour migration and the various options policymakers can employ to address the needs of migrant workers while, at the same time, contributing to fiscal sustainability and social cohesion.

Reaping the Benefits? Social security coordination for mobile EU citizens

EU social security coordination is poorly defined, inconsistently applied, and publicly distrusted—eroding support for both free movement and the welfare state.

The Immigrant Workforce in Germany: Formal and Informal Barriers to Addressing Skills Deficits

Informal barriers prevent Germany's immigrants from accessing job training at the same rates as native workers, despite identical formal rights.

The Ongoing Challenge of Ensuring Human Rights for Migrants in the European Union and United States

In the wake of the Lampedusa tragedy the Director of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights discussed the state of rights protection in Europe as well as the agency’s role in this evolving arena, while ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Founder and former National Director, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights President, and U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division Senior Counsel discuss the U.S. immigrant-rights movement.