Afghan Immigrants in the United States
The dramatic evacuation from Afghanistan may bring more than 50,000 new Afghan immigrants to the United States, according to government predictions. These new arrivals would join a small but growing...
View ArticleRefugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways: Opportunities for Growth
The number of people who have been forcibly displaced has grown to unprecedented levels. While the global refugee protection regime has come under incredible strain as a result, states have also shown...
View ArticleVietnamese Immigrants in the United States
Vietnamese immigrants are among the largest foreign-born groups from Asia in the United States. The first significant arrivals came at the end of the Vietnam War; more recent immigrants from Vietnam...
View ArticleChanging Climate, Changing Migration: Climate Change and Environmental...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in 2015 created a special division responsible for migration-related issues involving the environment and climate change. The division just got a new...
View ArticleChina’s Rapid Development Has Transformed Its Migration Trends
China has a long history of international migration. Movement was sharply interrupted following the 1949 revolution but has rebounded in recent decades. Since 1979, the country has developed from one...
View ArticleWorking Towards a More Gender-Responsive Reintegration Process for Returned...
Held during Migration Week 2022, this webinar features policymakers and practitioners from Africa, Asia, and Europe in a conversation on the progress made in the past three years to better integrate...
View ArticleOrigin of World’s Largest Migrant Population, India Seeks to Leverage...
With nearly 18 million nationals abroad, India is the origin of more international migrants than any other country and claims the world's largest diaspora. Indian emigration can be traced back to the...
View ArticleThe Central Role of Cooperation in Australia’s Immigration Enforcement Strategy
Cooperation with other countries has become a central part of Australian border enforcement. Partnerships with countries such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Nauru, and Papua New Guinea have helped Australia...
View ArticleChanging Climate, Changing Migration: Are Climate Migrants Treated...
Do host communities respond differently to people migrating because of environmental impacts compared to refugees fleeing war or migrants seeking work? Research discussed on this episode of Changing...
View ArticleVaccine Requirements Predate the COVID-19 Pandemic by More than a Century
Requirements that international travelers and migrants prove vaccination against certain diseases are about as old as vaccines themselves. In some cases, vaccine certificates predated the existence of...
View ArticleKorean Immigrants in the United States
Immigrants from the Korean peninsula are one of the ten largest foreign-born groups in the United States, but their numbers have actually shrunk in recent years. Immigrants from Korea tend to be older,...
View ArticlePersistent COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity Has Significant Implications for...
Most of the world's refugees live in low-income countries where rates of COVID-19 vaccination remain low. Although refugees have been formally included in many governments’ vaccination plans, a...
View ArticleDigital Health Credentials and COVID-19: Can Vaccine and Testing Requirements...
Digital health credentials that verify a person’s COVID-19 vaccination, testing, or recovery status are a central part of efforts to restart international travel and migration. This report explores...
View ArticleFrom Fear to Solidarity: The Difficulty in Shifting Public Narratives about...
Public opinion of refugees and asylum seekers is often portrayed as a binary, reflected in stories of them as “threats” or “benefits.” Yet in reality, people can hold a variety of competing beliefs and...
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 ArticleThe State of Global Human Mobility More than Two Years into the Pandemic
Marking the launch of an IOM-MPI report, this webcast examines the state of mobility across world regions into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic—what travel restrictions remain, what policy...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Pandemic Ushered in Unprecedented Slowdown of Asylum Claims
Beyond slowing global mobility dramatically, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked a major drop in asylum claims around the world, with the 1.1 million people seeking asylum in 2020 representing a 45 percent...
View ArticleThe Future of Remote Work: Digital Nomads and the Implications for...
The number of people who work from home or another location other than a traditional office has been growing for decades, but the pandemic has accelerated this shift—with important implications for...
View ArticleClimate Change Compounds Longstanding Displacement in Afghanistan
Climate change is compounding the drivers of displacement and international migration in Afghanistan, which has one of world's largest populations of internally displaced persons (IDPs). This article...
View ArticleTop Statistics on Global Migration and Migrants
Looking for some of the most often-sought information on global migration? This statistics-rich article draws on the most current data sources to offer a primer on international migration, highlighting...
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