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The COVID-19 Pandemic Suggests the Lessons Learned by European Asylum Policymakers After the 2015 Migration Crisis Are Fading
As European asylum systems are tested again by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has injected the need for social distancing during processing and in reception centers, it appears lessons learned during the 2015-16 migration and refugee crisis may be fading. Chief among them: A number of Member States have phased out their buffer capacity. This MPI Europe commentary explores the diametrically different approaches taken to asylum during the pandemic.
Amid an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis in Syria, the European Union Faces the Perils of Devolving Migration Management to Turkey
Turkey's 2020 decision to wave asylum seekers across its territory towards Greece exposed the European Union's reliance on bilateral migration deals to manage Syrian displacement.
Chasing Efficiency: Can operational changes fix European asylum systems?
Since Europe's 2015–16 migration crisis, EU countries have tested operational asylum reforms, yielding mixed but instructive results.
Coronavirus Is Spreading across Borders, But It Is Not a Migration Problem
Travel bans, border closures, and other migration management tools did not prove effective at blocking COVID-19 from spreading across international borders. Yet as governments have shifted from containment to mitigation with the coronavirus now in community transmission in many countries, these restrictions are a logical part of the policy toolkit in the context of social distancing and restricting all forms of human movement, as this commentary explores.
Interlocking Set of Trump Administration Policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border Bars Virtually All from Asylum
Through layered enforcement policies, the Trump administration effectively shut down the U.S. asylum system at the southern border in its first term.
Is the Door Closing? Latin American and Caribbean Responses to Venezuelan Migration
This webinar marks the release of MPI's Latin American and Caribbean Migration Portal that offers up-to-date, authoritative research and data on migration trends and policies, and a report examining the policy responses of 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to increased Venezuelan and Nicaraguan migration.
¿Se Están Cerrando las Puertas? Respuestas a la Migración Venezolana en América Latina y el Caribe
MPI llevó a cabo un seminario en línea para marcar el lanzamiento de: Un portal sobre Migración en América Latina y el Caribe; y un informe que examina los efectos de las políticas migratorias y de integración en 11 países en América Latina y el Caribe ante el aumento de la migración venezolana y nicaragüense.
The Future of Refugee Resettlement: Made in Europe?
Europe's refugee resettlement capacity has grown dramatically, with resettlement places more than doubling since 2014, even as European countries have become an emerging center for innovation. As Europe accounts for a rising share of resettlement worldwide, will European policymakers claim a leadership role in shaping the global resettlement agenda or fall into this position by default?
An Uneven Welcome: Latin American and Caribbean Responses to Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Migration
Latin American and Caribbean countries opened borders to Venezuelan and Nicaraguan forced migrants but are tightening entry rules, risking a shift to irregular migration.
Bienvenidas asimétricas: Respuestas de América Latina y el Caribe a la migración venezolana y nicaragüense
América Latina y el Caribe respondieron creativamente a flujos de venezolanos y nicaragüenses, pero la bienvenida se torna asimétrica ante crecientes barreras de integración.
