Border Security
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Marking release of a report, experts on this webinar examine migration narratives since 2018 and how they have been used to justify policy approaches or incentivize mobility decisions.
MPI's Lawrence Huang discusses COVID-19 mobility restrictions in China and the Asia Pacific—and what this all means for future public health crises—with Dr. Karen Grépin, a health policy professor at the University of Hong Kong.
MPI President Andrew Selee and two colleagues who joined him at the U.S.-Mexico border to examine increasingly sophisticated U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations discuss the evolution of policies and procedures to address asylum seekers and other migrants arriving at official ports of entry.
How are U.S. border operations and policies evolving at the U.S.-Mexico border to address rising and diversifying flows? And what is driving increasing immigration from across Latin America, the Caribbean, and beyond? MPI President Andrew Selee speaks with two colleagues who traveled from one end of the nearly 2,000-mile boundary to the other, touring U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities and interviewing U.S. and Mexican officials, NGO leaders, and others.
When large numbers of asylum seekers and other migrants arrive at the borders of Western countries without prior authorization to enter, they are often treated as “spontaneous” arrivals. But migration is almost never truly spontaneous. Our podcast Changing Climate, Changing Migration speaks with David Leblang, a professor of politics and public policy at the University of Virginia, who discusses how climate change fits into the migration calculus.
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How has the size of the unauthorized population in the United States changed over time? How is illegal immigration changing, and where do unauthorized immigrants come from? This explainer answers basic questions about illegal immigration, the changing patterns from Mexico, and more.
La Declaración de Los Ángeles podría representar un gran paso para la cooperación migratoria real en las Américas
The Los Angeles Declaration Could Represent a Big Step for Real Migration Cooperation across the Americas
Managing Mobility in the Pandemic Era Requires World to Buy In on Shared Principles
Beyond the Border: Opportunities for Managing Regional Migration between Central and North America
The UK-Rwanda Agreement Represents Another Blow to Territorial Asylum
It Is Too Simple to Call 2021 a Record Year for Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Biden Administration Asylum Processing Revamp at the U.S. Border Could Be a Game Changer
U.S. Government Makes Significant Strides in Receiving Unaccompanied Children but Major Challenges Remain
Hampered by the Pandemic: Unaccompanied Child Arrivals Increase as Earlier Preparedness Shortfalls Limit the Response
Biden Administration Is Making Quick Progress on Asylum, but a Long, Complicated Road Lies Ahead
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