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Intensifying Focus on Migrant Returns Takes a More Global Stage
In 2018, migrant returns moved to the global stage, with multiple countries pushing contested repatriations that often returned people to harm.
Exploring the Potential of Two-Generation Strategies in Refugee Integration
At a time when the U.S. refugee resettlement program is facing an extraordinary set of pressures and challenges, MPI experts and state refugee coordinators from Utah and Colorado discuss findings from an MPI report that points to the promise of using a two-generation approach to strengthen refugee integration in the United States.
Asylum Hangover? Governments Seek to Narrow Avenues for Humanitarian Protection
Facing public pressure, the United States and European Union moved in 2018 to narrow asylum grounds, shorten application deadlines, increase detention, and offshore protection.
“Silent” Refugee Crises Get Limited International Attention
While Syrian and Venezuelan crises dominate headlines, those in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere saw worsening displacement in 2018 with underfunded responses.
The Road Ahead: Coordination Challenges of Implementing the GCM
The Member States of the United Nations convened in December to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM). Ahead of the adoption, this side event in Marrakech (open only to those with GFMD credentials) considered the coordination and mechanisms most needed to achieve the commitments laid out in the GCM.
Sweden: By Turns Welcoming and Restrictive in its Immigration Policy
Sweden took in a record 162,877 asylum seekers in 2015, more per capita than any other country, then sharply reversed course the following year.
How Latin America Is Responding to the Venezuelan Exodus
More than 3 million Venezuelans have fled in response to the deepening political and economic crisis in their country, and in this webinar experts from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru discuss the responses in these countries to the sudden arrival of hundreds of thousands of newcomers. They also discuss the prospects for future policy responses in the region.
Promoting Refugee Integration in Challenging Times: The Potential of Two-Generation Strategies
Falling arrivals and funding cuts strain U.S. refugee resettlement, but two-generation strategies can deepen whole-family integration without significant new spending.
Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Actions on Asylum at the Southern Border Hit Legal Roadblock
The Trump administration's November 2018 asylum ban barring asylum for migrants who crossed the border illegally was blocked by a federal judge.
ChildMove: A discussion on the project following unaccompanied young refugees across Europe
A discussion of the project ChildMove, which provides vital new research into the experiences of young unaccompanied refugees and migrants who have travelled across Europe.
