Pay-to-Go Schemes and Other Noncoercive Return Programs: Is Scale Possible?
Noncoercive, pay-to-go, voluntary, assisted voluntary, and nonforced returns generally can offer paid travel and/or other financial incentive to encourage unauthorized immigrants to cooperate with...
View ArticleImmigrants in the United States: How Well Are They Integrating into Society?
Immigration is a prominent part of the United States’ DNA, despite concerns about immigrants’ ability to integrate. An examination of recent immigrant inflows shows newcomers to the United States are...
View ArticleThe Faltering U.S. Refugee Protection System: Legal and Policy Responses to...
The U.S. refugee protection system, while generous in many respects, has become less robust over the last two decades. The unique and often diverse needs of emerging refugee populations have exposed...
View ArticlePolicies to Curb Unauthorized Employment
Illegal immigration is possible in large part because of illegal employment. This report shows the underlying drivers of illegal hiring vary based on the type of employer, the nature of the industry,...
View ArticleEight Policies to Boost the Economic Contribution of Employment-Based...
Drawing on experiences from Asia, Europe, North America, and the Pacific region, this report presents eight strategies that represent best practices developed by immigrant-receiving countries to...
View ArticleRethinking Points Systems and Employer-Selected Immigration
Two competing models for selecting economic-stream immigrants are now prevalent in advanced industrialized economies: points-based and employer-led selection. Increasingly, however, hybrid selection...
View ArticleMigration and Development: Policy Perspectives from the United States
The report examines U.S. immigration and international development policies, which have unique objectives and respond to distinct political and administrative constraints, and points out that...
View ArticleThe Role of Immigration in Fostering Competitiveness in the United States
While aspects of the U.S. immigration system facilitate newcomers’ contributions to economic growth and competitiveness, others undermine them. Reforms are needed to enhance the job-creating power of...
View ArticleEmerging Transatlantic Security Dilemmas in Border Management
The exponential growth of international travel since the 1960s has left border management systems worldwide struggling to keep up and has exposed weaknesses in states’ abilities to effectively manage...
View ArticleNew Streams: Black African Migration to the United States
This report explores the migration patterns and demographics of Black African immigrants in the United States, examining their admission channels, human-capital characteristics, and labor market...
View ArticleOpportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation on International Migration
The EU-U.S. relationship is one of the most significant partnerships among wealthy nations. Interconnections between the two on migration issues make dialogue necessary and inevitable, as each relies...
View ArticleImproving Immigrants' Employment Prospects through Work-Focused Language...
This report describes the range of policies available to improve immigrants’ economic integration through language acquisition, especially those focused on getting immigrants into jobs or moving into...
View ArticleThe Role of Civil Society in EU Migration Policy: Perspectives on the...
Civil society provides a crucial link between governments and the communities they represent—infusing policy processes with grassroots knowledge to which governments may not otherwise have access....
View ArticleMexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States
Since 1970, the immigrant populations from Mexico and Central America living in the United States have increased significantly: rising by a factor of 20 even as the total U.S. immigrant population...
View ArticleImmigration and Competitiveness: Responding to Global Challenges in the...
Showcasing joint research by MPI and the European University Institute and funded by the European Commission, this event featured discussion on some of the most promising reform proposals on both sides...
View ArticleScientists, Managers, and Tourists: The Changing Shape of European Mobility...
European dominance in U.S. immigration flows has decreased significantly since World War II, a result of economic, demographic, and policy trends on both sides of the Atlantic. Today, migration from...
View ArticleThe Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Long- and...
The United States has historically offered unparalleled economic opportunity to successive generations of immigrants and their children, poised to play an increasing role in the U.S. economy. But the...
View ArticleClimate Change and Migration Dynamics
The impact of climate change as a driver of human migration is expected by many to dwarf all others. Still, certain frequently repeated forecasts of the number of people who stand to be displaced by...
View ArticleShared Challenges and Opportunities for EU and U.S. Immigration Policymakers
This final report summarizes and reflects upon the key findings of the Improving EU and U.S. Immigration Systems: Learning from Experience comparative research project undertaken by MPI and the...
View ArticleMigration and Development Policy: What Have We Learned?
Migration and development have emerged as a pressing policy priority on the global agenda. This report identifies critical lessons from the past decade of policy experimentation and offers...
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