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Brain Waste among U.S. Immigrants with Health Degrees: A Multi-State Profile
Some 263,000 immigrants with health degrees are underutilized due to licensing barriers—an untapped U.S. workforce that could help address COVID-19-era health-care shortages.
Dismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency
The Trump administration took more than 400 immigration executive actions during its first term, curtailing legal and unauthorized immigration and dismantling humanitarian protections.
Migrants in Africa & COVID-19: From emergency measures to inclusive social protection systems
This MPI Europe discussion explores what emergency measures have been deployed by African governments and aid actors in response to COVID-19 to assist migrants in need, along with what the health crisis says about social protection systems, the incentives for inclusionary systems for all, and how to make some of these measures sustainable.
Beyond the Border: U.S.-Mexican Migration Accord Has Ushered in Sweeping Change in Mexico in Its First Year
As the U.S.-Mexico migration cooperation agreement marks its first year, this discussion examines how the accord has reshaped Mexico’s immigration enforcement policies, exposed weaknesses in its humanitarian protection system, and exacerbated precarious conditions for migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. Speakers also explore how pandemic-induced changes to mobility may affect the future of U.S.-Mexico relations.
One Year after the U.S.-Mexico Agreement: Reshaping Mexico’s Migration Policies
The June 2019 U.S.-Mexico migration agreement pushed Mexico toward enforcement-first policies, cutting border crossings while straining humanitarian protections.
Un año después del Acuerdo Estados Unidos-México: La transformación de las políticas migratorias mexicanas
El acuerdo de junio de 2019 entre Estados Unidos y México redujo los cruces irregulares pero desbordó la capacidad humanitaria e institucional mexicana.
Using Evidence to Improve Refugee Resettlement: A monitoring and evaluation road map
European resettlement programmes lack robust monitoring and evaluation systems. This road map offers steps to build evidence-based frameworks that improve refugee outcomes.
Measuring Up? Using monitoring and evaluation to make good on the promise of refugee sponsorship
COVID-19 disruptions offered policymakers a timely opening to build monitoring and evaluation systems to strengthen and scale refugee sponsorship programmes.
Immigration and the U.S.-Mexico Border during the Pandemic: A Conversation with Members of Congress
In this bipartisan discussion, two border-state members of Congress—Rep. Veronica Escobar and Rep. Dan Crenshaw—discuss the response to the coronavirus outbreak, how it is affecting the interconnected border region, and what the future might hold.
A Proxy War on Minorities? India Crafts Citizenship and Refugee Policies through the Lens of Religion
India's Citizenship Amendment Act uses immigration and refugee policy as a tool of religious division, with potentially severe consequences for social cohesion.
