COVID-19 and the State of Global Mobility in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically curtailed cross-border mobility in 2020, affecting travelers and migrants around the world. This report presents a first-of-its-kind analysis of the many thousands of...
View ArticleBuilding Effective Migration Management Capacity in Mexico and Central America
This report release event examines migration management in Mexico and Central America, and the growing government attention to migration functions, enhanced immigration enforcement, increased...
View ArticleLaying the Foundation for Regional Cooperation: Migration Policy &...
The countries in the region that stretches from Panama to the U.S.-Mexico border face an important opportunity to strengthen cooperation on migration. This report examines key building blocks that can...
View ArticleSentando las bases para una cooperación regional: Política migratoria y...
Los países de la región que se extiende desde Panamá hasta la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México enfrentan una importante oportunidad para fortalecer la cooperación en materia de migración. Este...
View ArticleBuilding Effective Migration Management Capacity in Mexico and Central America
This report release event examines migration management in Mexico and Central America, and the growing government attention to migration functions, enhanced immigration enforcement, increased...
View ArticleStakeholder Perspectives on Addressing Migration Push Factors
Testimony of Migration Policy Institute Policy Analyst Ariel Ruiz Soto before the House Homeland Security Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability on May 6, 2021, on...
View ArticleMexico’s Search for Disappeared Migrants Has Evolved, but Challenges Remain
Tens of thousands of migrants have gone missing in Mexico in recent years, with the country having one of world's highest rates of disappeared persons. In 2015, the Mexican government created...
View ArticleHaitian Migration through the Americas: A Decade in the Making
The chaotic arrival of thousands of Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border in September 2021 was the culmination of a journey through the Americas that began for many a decade ago. This article examines...
View ArticleAfrican Migration through the Americas: Drivers, Routes, and Policy Responses
The number of African migrants traveling through South and Central America in hopes of reaching the U.S.-Mexico border, many seeking asylum, is small but increasing. This report examines the factors...
View ArticleMigración africana a través del continente americano: impulsores, rutas y...
La cantidad de migrantes africanos que viajan por América del Sur y Central con la esperanza de llegar a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México para buscar asilo es pequeña, pero está aumentando....
View ArticleSymposium on the Migration Dynamics of North America Before, During, and...
This symposium examines the migration dynamics of Canada, the United States, and Central America, the challenges, the complications of the Covid-19 pandemic, and what governments should consider as...
View ArticleWorld of Migration: Thinking Regionally to Act Locally in Immigration Policy
With migration a dynamic phenomenon in the Americas, the U.S. government increasingly is realizing that migration management should be viewed in a regional context. This requires a new set of policies...
View ArticleCourt-Ordered Relaunch of Remain in Mexico Policy Tweaks Predecessor Program,...
The Biden administration's court-ordered restart of the controversial Migrant Protection Protocols, known informally as the Remain in Mexico policy, puts it in the awkward position of reviving a...
View ArticleThe World Is Witnessing a Rapid Proliferation of Border Walls
The number of border walls globally has multiplied at a rapid clip, from fewer than five at the end of World War II to more than six dozen now, with more under construction. Most of the world's border...
View ArticleControversial U.S. Title 42 Expulsions Policy Is Coming to an End, Bringing...
The United States’ controversial Title 42 migrant expulsions policy soon will come to an end, after more than 1.7 million expulsions over two years. The COVID-19-era public-health restriction ushered...
View ArticleBeyond the Border: Opportunities for Managing Regional Migration between...
With migration from Central America increasing, the region from Canada to Panama faces an opportunity to build an effective regional approach to migration by focusing on several areas that are ripe for...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and the State of Global Mobility in 2021
Despite high hopes that international movement would be revived in 2021 after the deep chill in 2020 with designation of a global pandemic, cross-border mobility remained limited as migrants and...
View ArticleSeeking Safety: Regional Protection Options for Central Americans
Marking the release of a Migration Policy Institute report on possible protection pathways for Central Americans, this webcast offers analysis on regional resettlement and humanitarian channels and the...
View ArticleBuscando Seguridad: Opciones de protección regional para personas...
Con motivo de la publicación de un informe del Instituto de Política Migratoria sobre posibles vías de protección para las personas centroamericanas, este webcast ofrece un análisis sobre las vías...
View ArticleHumanitarian Pathways for Central Americans: Assessing Opportunities for the...
For most Central Americans forced to flee their homes, traveling to Mexico or the United States to apply for asylum is their only option to seek international protection. To date, refugee resettlement...
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