Development

Finding Connections: The Nexus between Migration and Corruption

Corruption shapes who migrates, how, and whether they return—yet migration theories rarely account for it, leaving a critical gap in analysis.

Rethinking Global Protection: New Channels, New Tools

The postwar protection regime is failing under modern displacement crises, and only integrating development programming and legal mobility channels can make it sustainable.

From Dependence to Self-Reliance: Changing the Paradigm in Protracted Refugee Situations

Protracted refugee dependency is neither inevitable nor acceptable. Self-reliance demands work rights, better livelihoods programs, and development actor engagement.

The Asia-Pacific and Women’s Labour Migration

Marking the release of the MPI-IOM 12th Issue in Brief, this event in Bangkok examined the emerging trends in women’s labor migration in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related opportunities and challenges.

Integration Challenges and Opportunities in the Economic Development and Refugee Resettlement Arenas

Part of a series exploring recommendations likely to be addressed by the new National Integration Plan, this webinar, with perspectives from MPI, the WE Global Network, and Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Services, examines the role of economic development initiatives and refugee resettlement programs/infrastructure in immigrant integration. 

Destination China: The Country Adjusts to its New Migration Reality

China's 2012 immigration overhaul toughened penalties for unauthorized migrants.

Protection in Crisis: Forced Migration and Protection in a Global Era

The 1951 Refugee Convention's persecution framework no longer covers most forced migrants, leaving the world's 51 million displaced without adequate legal protection.

Women’s Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges

Female migrants in the Asia-Pacific increasingly migrate independently. Skills mismatch and sector concentration limit their contributions and well-being.

Securing the Border: Defining the Current Population Living in the Shadows and Addressing Future Flows

Strengthening Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Europe: Innovative ways to prepare migrants before departure

A discussion in Brussels examining how useful existing predeparture measures are in facilitating migrants’ labor market insertion, examples of structural cooperation between origin and EU destination countries, and successful private-sector practices.