Under Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Europe Feels the Pinch from Slowed...
Border closures and lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic have put a chill on intra-EU labor mobility, most immediately with the difficulty for European farmers to gain access to much-needed seasonal...
View ArticleThe U.S. Stands Alone in Explicitly Basing Coronavirus-Linked Immigration...
The U.S. in April became the first country to explicitly justify immigration curbs not on grounds of COVID-19, but to protect the jobs of U.S. workers at a time of skyrocketing unemployment. A Trump...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and Unemployment: Assessing the Early Fallout for Immigrants and...
Even as the pandemic-induced loss of tens of millions of jobs over a period of weeks dealt a devastating blow across the United States, its effects were most pronounced on certain demographic groups:...
View ArticleWill International Migration Governance Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a range of (im)mobility challenges that the international community has few tools to address. This policy brief examines the valuable guidance offered by the Global Compact...
View ArticleBroad and Blunt, the Trump Administration’s H-1B Changes Miss the Opportunity...
The Trump administration's changes to the H-1B visa program are the most significant in three decades, promising to end the practice of replacing U.S. workers with highly skilled immigrants. While the...
View ArticleNavigating the Future of Work: The Role of Immigrant-Origin Workers in the...
Immigrants and their U.S.-born children are key drivers of U.S. labor force growth. As some occupations grow and others decline, this report explores how these immigrant-origin workers fit within the...
View ArticleThe Post-Pandemic Ascent: The Role of Migration in Emerging from the Economic...
This discussion with MPI and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) examines the impact of the coronavirus on migration and mobility systems, and highlights findings from...
View ArticleAt the Starting Gate: The Incoming Biden Administration’s Immigration Plans
Joe Biden pledged during his campaign to reverse some of the most restrictive immigration actions undertaken during Donald Trump’s four years in office. While some actions can be undone with the stroke...
View ArticleThe Post-Pandemic Ascent: The Role of Migration in Emerging from the Economic...
MPI and OECD experts discuss the impact of the coronavirus on migration and mobility systems, findings from OECD’s International Migration Outlook 2020, opportunities for innovation, what labor demands...
View ArticleWelfare States and Migration: How Will the Pandemic Reshape a Complex...
This MPI Europe webinar reflects on the implications of this current moment for European economies and societies and the role of immigration and immigrant integration policy, and highlight research...
View ArticleAn Early Readout on the Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis: Immigrant...
Working-age immigrant women in the United States entered the COVID-19-induced recession with unemployment rates similar to those of other groups. Yet they have been among the most affected by...
View Article17th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
This year’s Immigration Law and Policy Conference examines the immigration policy agenda under the Trump administration, including changes in the asylum system; the vast societal upheaval brought on by...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Pandemic: What’s Next for Global Migration? Gazing Into the...
With news that viable COVID-19 vaccines are on the horizon, what might 2021 hold in store for the global movement of people, whether for tourism, business travel, or more enduring forms of migration?...
View ArticleThe Eurasian Economic Union: Repaving Central Asia’s Road to Russia?
In recent decades Russia has been increasingly reliant on Central Asian migrant workers. Those workers, in turn, have sent back remittances that have been crucial for their countries of origin. Since...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and the Demand for Labor and Skills in Europe: Early Evidence and...
While the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on European labor markets have focused attention on weathering this crisis, Europe also faces longer-term challenges linked to technological and demographic...
View ArticleFrom a Humanitarian Exodus to Long-Term Growth: Latin America’s Journey...
The convergence of the second largest refugee crisis in the world and the COVID-19 pandemic has left the more than 5.5 million migrants who have fled Venezuela in an even more vulnerable position. This...
View ArticleSlowing U.S. Population Growth Could Prompt New Pressure for Immigration Reform
Results from the 2020 census show that the U.S. population has been growing at its slowest rate since the Great Depression. Reduced immigration has been one component of this sluggish population...
View ArticleBrain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States: A...
Experts discuss findings from a new report examining the underemployment of college graduates in the United States and explore the promising strategies that exist to mitigate this brain waste for the...
View ArticleBrain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States: A...
During this webcast, experts discuss findings from a report examining at U.S. and state levels the underemployment of college graduates by nativity and by race and ethnicity, in the process revealing...
View ArticleImmigrant and Other U.S. Workers a Year into the Pandemic: A Focus on Top...
Immigrant workers have been hit hard by the pandemic-related economic crisis across the United States and in many states with the largest immigrant populations. This issue brief examines how workers in...
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