Afghanistan: Displacement Challenges in a Country on the Move
Nearly 6 million Afghans fled after violence erupted in the late 1970s, primarily to Iran and Pakistan. While millions returned after the collapse of the Taliban in 2001, the security situation has...
View ArticleThe Global Compact for Migration: How Does Development Fit In?
Migration and development are intimately linked, but they have not always shared the international policy stage. As UN Member States kick off negotiations for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and...
View ArticleBeyond Stock-Taking: The Path Ahead to a Global Compact for Migration
On this webinar, representatives from the office of the UN Special Representative for International Migration and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development will join MPI for a...
View ArticleBeyond Stock-Taking: The Path Ahead to a Global Compact for Migration
To reflect on the outcomes of the stocktaking meeting in December 2017 on the progress made towards conceptualizing the Global Compact for Migration, MPI hosted a conversation with Eva Åkerman Börje,...
View ArticleMigration in Europe: What Trends to Watch in 2018?
This webinar looks ahead to what the major external and internal events affecting migration in Europe may be in 2018, and whether the European Union will be able to overcome internal challenges to...
View ArticleMigration in Europe: What Trends to Watch in 2018?
Is 2018 the year that the European Union takes leadership on migration on the international stage, or where it focuses inwards on healing internal divisions and delivering on overdue migration and...
View ArticleImmigration Data Matters: How to Find the Most Accurate Resources
With immigration increasingly visible in the news and the political space in the United States and internationally, getting access to accurate, high-quality data is essential to understand...
View Article“The Missing Piece in the Globalization Mosaic”: A Conversation with IOM...
Over the past decade,migration has emerged as one of the most pressing issues facing governments around the world. Nearing the end of his tenure as Director General of the International Organization...
View ArticleEurope Pushes to Outsource Asylum, Again
European leaders have settled on a recurring proposition to address the ongoing political crisis on migration: the creation of asylum processing centers beyond EU borders. The plans championed by...
View ArticleGlobal Compact Lays the Groundwork for International Cooperation on Migration
The United Nations has marked an important milestone: its members have agreed on the text of a wide-reaching agreement to cooperate on migration. The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular...
View ArticleMaking the Global Compact on Migration a Reality: Ideas for Enhancing Regular...
As the final phase of preparations for the historic adoption of a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration approaches, this webinar explores two central objectives of the compact:...
View ArticleWhen Disaster Strikes: Responding to Migrants Caught in Crises
Migrants displaced by crisis do not benefit from international protection the way that refugees do. This article examines the experiences of labor migrants amid manmade and natural disasters in the...
View ArticleMaking the Global Compact on Migration a Reality: Ideas for Enhancing Regular...
As the final phase of preparations for the historic adoption of a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration approaches, this webinar explores two central objectives of the compact:...
View ArticleBuilding Bridges Not Walls: Key Lessons from the 2019 Global Education...
Marking the U.S. release of the 2019 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, this event includes a presentation of the report and discussion on the implications of migration and displacement for...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Policy Context for Migrant Return and Reintegration
In advance of the December 2018 adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration and its commitment to facilitate the return, readmission, and reintegration of migrants, this...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Policy Context for Migrant Return and Reintegration
In advance of the December 2018 adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration, which includes a commitment to facilitate the return and reintegration of migrants, this webinar...
View ArticleThe Road Ahead: Coordination Challenges of Implementing the GCM
The Member States of the United Nations will convene in December to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM). Ahead of the adoption, this side event in Marrakech (open...
View ArticleChildMove: A Discussion on the Project Following Unaccompanied Young Refugees...
A discussion on the vital new research project, ChildMove, that explores the experiences of young refugees and migrants who have traveled across Europe unaccompanied by their families.
View ArticleTop 10 of 2018 – Issue #10: “Silent” Refugee Crises Get Limited International...
Despite the major focus by media and publics on a handful of refugee crises around the world, displacement situations worsened during 2018 in a number of countries that received much less attention,...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2018 – Issue #8: A Once-Smooth Path for the Global Compact on...
The world’s first international agreement on migration was approved by 164 countries in December 2018, but not without turbulence. U.S. withdrawal from the nonbinding Global Compact on Safe, Orderly,...
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