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Improving the Labour Market Integration of Migrants and Refugees: Empowering cities through better use of EU instruments
European cities are front-line integration providers, but funding constraints and governance gaps limit their impact. Smarter use of EU instruments could change that.
Judge’s Pause of Trump Travel Ban Takes Page from Republican Challenge to Obama Executive Action on DACA
A court’s pause of the travel ban implemented during the first Trump term drew on the playbook of challenges to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The Evolving and Diversifying Nature of Migration to the U.S.-Mexico Border
Unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, once overwhelmingly of Mexicans, now are dominated by Central American asylum seekers and a growing mix of other nationalities.
New EU Partnerships in North Africa: Potential to backfire?
Fragile governance and absent protection systems in North African states undermine EU plans to work in partnership to curb Mediterranean crossings.
Trump Executive Order on Refugees and Travel Ban: A Brief Review
A January 2017 Trump executive order suspending the U.S. refugee resettlement program and imposing a travel ban on seven countries was immediately challenged in court and later replaced.
European Union Third-Country Partnerships: Where Do We Go From Here?
A discussion on longer-term interventions the European Union may pursue to find solutions for asylum seekers, including cooperation with other countries on migration management.
Syrian Refugees in the United States
About 18,000 Syrian refugees were resettled in the United States in the five-year period ending in 2016, in response to civil war in Syria.
Constrained by its Roots: How the Origins of the Global Asylum System Limit Contemporary Protection
Territorial asylum, designed for manageable outflows not mass displacement, requires expanded resettlement, responsibility sharing, and Global South investment to work.
Taking Action to Reflect Current Reality: Obama Administration Ends “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” Policies on Cuban Migration
The Obama administration in 2017 ended the “wet-foot, dry-foot policy,” treating Cuban arrivals like other migrants as part of broader U.S.-Cuba normalization.
The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program Is an Unsuitable Target
President Donald Trump's first-term order cutting refugee resettlement misidentifies risk: no resettled refugee has ever killed anyone in a U.S. terrorist attack.
