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On the Move in a War Zone: Mixed Migration Flows to and through Yemen
Despite civil war in Yemen, Horn of Africa migration from and through the war-torn country surged.
Strengthening Refugee Protection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
With 85 percent of the world's 25.4 million refugees in low- and middle-income countries as of 2017, development actors must help close critical protection gaps.
Intensifying Focus on Migrant Returns Takes a More Global Stage
In 2018, migrant returns moved to the global stage, with multiple countries pushing contested repatriations that often returned people to harm.
The Emerging Crisis: Is Famine Returning as a Major Driver of Migration?
After decades of decline, famine returned to the planet in 2017 and 2018, yet research on the famine-migration nexus remains critically scarce.
After Revolution, Tunisian Migration Governance Has Changed. Has EU Policy?
Since Tunisia's 2011 revolution, migration is no longer a state bargaining chip—but the EU keeps treating it as one, pushing border deals and disembarkation centers Tunis has rejected.
When Disaster Strikes: Responding to Migrants Caught in Crises
Research in six countries shows migrants protect themselves through informal networks when disaster strikes, but fear of detection keeps many from using official services.
Connecting Across Nationalities: Inter-Ethnic Relationships in a Kuwaiti Workplace
A network analysis of a small Kuwaiti firm finds workplace interactions cut across ethnic and class lines, challenging notions that the kafala system defined relationships.
Egypt: Migration and Diaspora Politics in an Emerging Transit Country
Egypt has used labor emigration as an economic safety valve and diaspora engagement as a soft-power tool since 1952.
Europe Pushes to Outsource Asylum, Again
EU proposals for external asylum processing centres face serious legal, logistical, and humanitarian obstacles that leaders championing the idea have yet to resolve.
Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States
Nearly 1.2 million immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa lived in the United States in 2016.
