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Immigration Data Matters

This useful resource collects in one place some of the top and most authoritative sources for often-sought U.S. and international data on immigrants and immigration trends.

At the Starting Gate: The Incoming Biden Administration’s Immigration Plans

This brief maps immigration challenges and opportunities facing the incoming Biden administration in enforcement, asylum, legalization, and regional cooperation.

Managing the Pandemic and Its Aftermath: Economies, Jobs, and International Migration in the Age of COVID-19

Global migration fell 46 percent in the first half of 2020. This report examines the COVID-19 pandemic's economic toll on migration systems and paths toward recovery.

Travelers arrive at a U.S. airport wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Building Welcome from the Ground up: European small and rural communities engaging in refugee resettlement

Small and rural European communities are increasingly resettling refugees and can do so successfully with tailored support and sustained coordination with national programmes.

A family of refugees from Sudan in their way to being resettled in the Netherlands

Building a New Regional Migration System: Redefining U.S. Cooperation with Mexico and Central America

An enforcement-only approach cannot manage Central American migration. A regional system of legal pathways, protection, and development is needed, as this report sketches.

An Early Readout on the Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis: Immigrant Women Have the Highest Unemployment

Immigrant women in the United States faced the steepest job losses in the COVID-19 recession, with unemployment peaking at 18.5 percent in May 2020.

COVID-19, the Withdrawal Agreement and Citizens' Rights: No time to waste

This webinar explores how governments’ implementation plans for the Brexit withdrawal agreement have been affected by COVID-19, and the potential implications on citizens’ rights at the end of the transition period and beyond. Among the topics covered: which populations are most at risk at the intersection between Brexit and the pandemic and what contingency measures might mitigate these vulnerabilities and keep implementation timelines on track.