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Connected through Service: Diaspora Volunteers and Global Development
Diaspora volunteers link countries of origin and destination, but stronger partnerships are needed to turn scattered efforts into lasting development gains.
Potential Reforms to the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program
Breakfast briefing with Kate Brick, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; Robert Carey, Vice President of Resettlement and Migration Policy, International Rescue Committee; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of Refugee Policy and Migrants, Migration, and Development Programs.
Discussion on Possible Solutions for Refugees and IDPs
Breakfast briefing with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees; Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President; and Kathleen Newland, MPI Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs.
Migration's Middlemen: Regulating Recruitment Agencies in the Philippines-UAE Corridor
MPI report release with the Labor Attaché of the Philippines Embassy in Washington; Director of the Human Development Report Office, UN Development Program (TBC); and MPI's Kathleen Newland and Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias.
Migration's Middlemen: Regulating Recruitment Agencies in the Philippines-United Arab Emirates Corridor
The Philippines–UAE corridor shows how weak regulation of private recruitment agencies leaves migrants vulnerable even with extensive licensing and oversight standards.
Show Me the Money (and Opportunity): Why Skilled People Leave Home — and Why They Sometimes Return
Foreign wages are major brain-drain drivers across professions, but many skilled migrants often return to their origin countries or go back and forth between locations.
Discussion on the Situation of Refugees and IDPs in Sudan and Chad
A briefing by Stefano Severe, the UNHCR Representative in Chad, and Peter de Clercq, the UNHCR Representative in Sudan, on the latest developments and challenges concerning refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region. Moderated by Kathleen Newland, Director of MPI's Refugee Policy Program.
In Mexico, Mother's Education and Remittances Matter in School Outcomes
The effect of remittances on schooling outcomes in Oaxaca tended to be related to the mother’s education.
Climate Change and Migration: Sorting through Complex Issues without the Hype
By 2050, climate change could displace between 50 million and 200 million people, yet policy frameworks are still emerging.
Mexico: A Crucial Crossroads
The recession cut remittances to Mexico by 15.7 percent in 2009 and sharply slowed northward migration, leaving the bilateral migration reform agenda unresolved.