Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Migrants disembark from the German navy vessel Schleswig Holstein in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy July 23, 2015. Traditionally a nation of emigrants, Italy is now struggling to absorb a ceaseless influx of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is under pressure to stem the flow and his government is fighting to calm tensions. Migrant arrivals have already exceeded 85,000 this year, following 170,000 in all of 2014. While many of the newcomers look to move swiftly to wealthier northern Europe, some 85,000 are housed in Italian shelters - up from 60,000 last year. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000167932

Tackling migration at the source

Kemal Derviş

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

An aerial view shows makeshift shelters, tents and containers where migrants live in what is known as the "Jungle", a sprawling camp in Calais, France, September 7, 2016. Picture taken September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - LR1EC980REDR3

Metropolitan Revolution

What makes displacement different today?

Jessica Brandt, Bruce Jones, and Bruce Katz

September 13, 2017

Syrian refugees walk towards Greece's border with Macedonia, moments before crossing near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 9, 2015. Most of the people flooding into Europe are refugees fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries who have a legal right to seek asylum, the United Nations said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - LR2EB990PK4Y3

Future Development

Syrian refugees and the slow march to “acceptance”

Omer Karasapan

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Rebel fighters hold up their rifles as they walk in front of a bushfire in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State, South Sudan February 13, 2014. South Sudan's rebels said on Tuesday that government soldiers had launched attacks against their positions in oil-rich Unity State in what they said was a violation of a peace deal signed in August. Picture taken February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS7JEQ

Global Governance & Politics

Democracy and civil war

Ted Piccone

September 2017

Reports

Protesters gather outside the Trump Building at 40 Wall St. to take action against Americas refugee ban in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX333GZ

U.S. Foreign Policy

American attitudes on President Trump’s early policies

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, May 11, 2017

An Internally displaced Syrian youth carries a baby on her back inside a refugee camp in the Hama countryside, Syria January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah - RTX20QUV

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Addressing the Syrian refugee crisis

Jessica Brandt and Robert L. McKenzie

Friday, December 16, 2016

Migrants queue in the compound outside the Berlin Office of Health and Social Affairs (LAGESO) as they wait to register in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2015. German authorities are struggling to cope with the roughly 10,000 refugees arriving every day, many fleeing conflict in the Middle East. The government expects 800,000 or more people to arrive this year and media say it could be up to 1.5 million. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Cities & Regions

Cities and refugees: The German experience

Bruce Katz, Luise Noring, and Nantke Garrelts

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Syrian and Iraqi refugees line up next to a fence at the Greek-Macedonian border February 27, 2016 as the border crossing is briefly reopened near the Greek village of Idomeni. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - RTS8AFP

Human rights

The refugee and migration crisis: Proposals for action, U.N. Summit 2016

Michael Ignatieff, Juliette Keeley, Betsy Ribble, and Keith McCammon

Monday, September 12, 2016

Human rights

Sovereignty as responsibility: Building block for R2P

Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Blog Posts

Internally displaced Afghans at a camp outside Kabul, Afghanistan, during a visit by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Josh Smith - RTS170LZ

Future Development

The internally displaced in the Middle East and North Africa: Harbingers of future conflict?

Omer Karasapan

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Members of a Syrian refugee family walk with their luggage at Beirut international airport ahead of their travel to the United States, Lebanon February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RTX304SU

Order from Chaos

What the partially-reinstated travel ban means for refugees

Jessica Brandt

Thursday, June 29, 2017

A general view of Nizip refugee camp, near the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTSU1Q4

Order from Chaos

Don’t forget non-Syrian refugees in Turkey

Kemal Kirişci

Thursday, June 22, 2017

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Experts

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Multimedia

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Unpacked

Trump’s revised refugee and visas order

Benjamin Wittes

Friday, March 17, 2017

European and national flags fly outside the European Parliament while European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker presents a white paper on options for shoring up unity once Britain launches its withdrawal process, in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RTS10Z4B

Order from Chaos

What’s the future of European (in)security and (dis)order?

Sinan Ekim

Friday, March 10, 2017

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On the new immigration executive order

Jessica Brandt

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Tackling migration at the source

What makes displacement different today?

Syrian refugees and the slow march to “acceptance”

Democracy and civil war

Reports

American attitudes on President Trump’s early policies

Addressing the Syrian refugee crisis

Cities and refugees: The German experience

The refugee and migration crisis: Proposals for action, U.N. Summit 2016

Sovereignty as responsibility: Building block for R2P

Blog Posts

The internally displaced in the Middle East and North Africa: Harbingers of future conflict?

What the partially-reinstated travel ban means for refugees

Don’t forget non-Syrian refugees in Turkey

Events

Syria strikes, travel ban, refugees, and Muslims: American attitudes on Trump’s early policies

The Rohingya

Cities and refugees: The European response

Related Books

The Consequences of Chaos

Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration

Transitional Justice and Displacement

Experts

Elizabeth Ferris

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

Kemal Kirişci

TÜSİAD Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Director - The Turkey Project

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