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The Field of Migration Studies Loses a Giant: Graeme Hugo
In a personal tribute, MPI President Emeritus Demetrios G. Papademetriou reflects on the life and career of Graeme Hugo, a world-renowned scholar who died in January 2015.
Protection at Sea: Addressing Irregular Maritime Migration
More than 3,000 people died crossing the Mediterranean in 2014, exposing the tangled legal, humanitarian, and enforcement challenges of irregular maritime migration.
County-Level View of DACA Population Finds Surprising Amount of Ethnic & Enrollment Diversity
A review of county-level data reveals unexpected ethnic diversity and variation in college enrollment among youth potentially eligible for DACA as of 2012.
The EU’s Strategic Guidelines on Migration: Uncontentious consensus, but missed opportunity
The EU Council's 2014 migration guidelines won easy consensus, but sidestep solidarity disputes, offering little direction to address mounting humanitarian crises.
California Takes the Lead in Targeting Education Dollars on English Language Learners, But There Is More to Be Done
California's school funding formula directs extra dollars to English Learners, but gaps in outcomes for immigrant youth signal that more structural change is still needed.
An EU Commissioner for Migration? The devil is in the details
As the European Union weighs creation of a dedicated migration commissioner post, success will necessarily turn on mandate clarity and accountability structures.
What Is the Right Policy Toward Unaccompanied Children at U.S. Borders?
With 60,000 unaccompanied children expected at U.S. borders in fiscal year 2014, MPI outlines a multipart policy plan that balances enforcement with humanitarian protection.
The Current Record on Deportations: What Underlies the "Eye of the Beholder" Dynamic?
A transformed enforcement system under the Obama administration has produced record deportation levels while also drawing criticism it is too lenient.
Valuing Citizenship: A commodity or an identity?
Malta's sale of passports for up to 1.15 million euros has sparked an EU debate on whether citizenship is a marketable commodity or an expression of national identity.
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.
