Indian Immigrants in the United States
Indians comprise one of the largest and fastest-growing immigrant populations in the United States. Compared to both the overall immigrant population and the U.S. born, Indian immigrants are much more...
View ArticleHighly Skilled Immigrants Face a Changing Landscape for Credential Recognition
Immigrants with university-level degrees are over-represented across many high-income countries, yet a significant number face "brain waste" in that they are working in jobs well below their skill...
View ArticleOne of the World’s Largest Refugee Populations, Afghans Have Faced Increasing...
Iran, host to the world's largest refugee population, has long served as a refuge for Afghans escaping instability and conflict. The government welcomed refugees and other migrants from Afghanistan and...
View ArticleChinese Immigrants in the United States
Chinese immigrants comprise the third largest foreign-born group in the United States, although numbers declined slightly following the COVID-19 pandemic's outbreak. Historical arrivals of laborers...
View ArticleImmigration Systems in Labor-Needy Japan and South Korea Have Evolved—but...
Japan and South Korea clearly need workers, as their native-born populations age and shrink. Slowly, the countries have embraced immigration to fill the gap—but systems still remain restrictive. This...
View ArticleFunding Climate Mobility Projects: Key Players and Strategies for Growth
As the scale and costs of climate change and environmental disasters grow, so do their impacts on migration and displacement. Tackling climate mobility will thus require well-designed investments. This...
View ArticleClimate Change, Migration & Conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan
In Afghanistan and Pakistan, disasters and other repercussions of climate change come on top of years of conflict, which have left countless numbers of people unable to adapt to changing conditions. In...
View ArticleInternational Student Mobility: A Post-Pandemic Reset or a Broader Challenge?
International education has become a lucrative business, with more countries competing to attract tertiary-level students. But after years of growth, attitudes appear to be shifting in some major...
View ArticleImmigrants from Asia in the United States
Nearly one-third of all immigrants in the United States come from Asia, more than any other region except Latin America. Compared to both the U.S. born and overall foreign-born population, immigrants...
View ArticleClimate Displacement Can Permanently Hamper Children’s Education and Imperil...
Children and youth who are displaced by climate events face unique barriers to accessing and completing school. Children comprise a disproportionately large share of the world’s forcibly displaced...
View ArticleThe Future of Labor: Lessons from India in the Global Race for Talent
Labor shortages are increasingly driving some countries to look outside their borders for workers. Can labor mobility be managed in a way that benefits workers, employers, countries of origin, and...
View ArticleSlipping through the Cracks in South Korea: The Uncertain Futures for the...
As the number of defections from North to South Korea has declined, South Korea has struggled to respond to a new trend: a rising number of children born during defectors' long stays in China or other...
View ArticleBuilding Communities on the Playing Field: How Sports Are Used for Integration
Many countries have sought to encourage immigrants’ participation in sports as a pathway to integration. These efforts have followed broader social policy shifts and evolved as policymakers have...
View ArticleAmid Declining U.S. Enrollment, Many Chinese Students Cite Negative Experiences
The United States remains the top destination for Chinese students studying internationally, although numbers have declined significantly in recent years. Most Chinese students at U.S. colleges and...
View ArticleWill Climate Change Push Some People into Statelessness?
In this episode of the Changing Climate, Changing Migration podcast, international law scholar Mark Nevitt discusses the prospect that nationals of some small Pacific Island nations become stateless if...
View ArticleGovernment Efforts to Boost Diaspora Remittances Earn Mixed Results
Some countries with large diasporas have sought to maximize incoming remittances and channel them into particular sectors. Diaspora engagement policies are not always successful, but research shows...
View ArticleMigration amid Climate Change: Adaptation, Displacement, and People Trapped...
This webinar focuses on how climate change is altering human mobility and offers insights into on-the-ground experiences of climate change and migration in East Africa, South Asia, and other global...
View ArticleRemittances by Another Measure: The Economic Value of Migrants’ Time...
The time that immigrants and other diaspora members spend volunteering to support their homeland is rarely considered to be a measurable remittance. That oversight ignores the large value of these...
View ArticleMigration amid Climate Change: Adaptation, Displacement, and People Trapped...
This webinar focuses on how climate change is altering human mobility and offers insights into on-the-ground experiences of climate change and migration in East Africa, South Asia, and other global...
View ArticleThe Role of Immigration as South Korea Navigates Demographic Decline
South Korea faces a rapidly aging population and shrinking workforce. What role can immigration play in responding to these pressures? In this World of Migration podcast episode, MPI’s Lawrence Huang...
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