Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Furaq, 22, who fled from Mosul, holds his eight-moth-old son Yasser, who was born under Islamic State rule and has no identity documents recognised by Iraqi authorities, in Khazer refugee camp, Iraq November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "CALIPHATE CHILDREN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - S1BEUMYRHRAA

Trump cuts refugee admissions to a historic low

Jessica Brandt

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Fatima Paola Pizarro (L), holds her daughter Aitana Pizarro at her grandparent's home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 8, 2018. Fatima is the daughter of Marcelino Pizarro who lives in El Paso, U.S. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez SEARCH "MARCELINO PIZARRO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1EC57A0B00

Future Development

International migration: What happens to those left behind?

Milena Nikolova, Carol Graham, and Artjoms Ivlevs

Thursday, September 13, 2018

People are seen in the bus released by militants from Idlib, Syria May 1, 2018. SANA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RC1B3A9E4750

Order from Chaos

The Idlib offensive could create a major refugee outflow—What should Turkey do?

Kemal Kirişci

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Indonesian marine police officers guard Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers after their boat was detained off Java island at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, East Java, May 2, 2010. Indonesian police detained 75 migrants, including the asylum seekers, on Sunday for attempting to illegally enter Australia to seek asylum, police said. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas (INDONESIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY) - GM1E6521L6J01

Order from Chaos

Europe wants to process asylum seekers offshore—the lessons it should learn from Australia

Jessica Brandt and Claire Higgins

Friday, August 31, 2018

Reports

A refugee takes part in a workshop organized by the Arrivo Berlin initiative to receive new professional skills, in Berlin, Germany, December 17, 2015. Almost a million refugees fleeing war, violence and poverty in countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan flocked to Germany in the first 11 months of this year. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - LR2EBCH0Y7J1H

Immigration

How can developing countries use their diaspora capital?

Dany Bahar and Ernesto Talvi

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Cuban migrants walk after traveling en route from Costa Rica to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, before continuing their journey to the U.S., outside General Lucio Blanco International airport in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, January 17, 2016. Mexico on January 13, 2016 said it plans to grant 20-day transit visas to a group of 180 Cubans who were chosen from thousands stranded in Costa Rica to continue on their long journey toward the United States. The Cubans will have to leave Mexican territory after the permits expire, the National Migration Institute said, adding the visas were given for humanitarian reasons. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril - GF20000098511

Developing Economies

Can Latin American countries benefit from their large emigrant populations?

Dany Bahar and Ernesto Talvi

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Protesters hold up signs in favor of granting Haitian refugees TPS.

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Influx of Haitian refugees in Florida didn’t hurt student outcomes

David Figlio and Umut Ozek

Thursday, March 1, 2018

A Syrian refugee carries his daughter through a rainstorm towards the Greek-Macedonian border

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

The Global Compact for Refugees

Jessica Brandt and Lucy Earle

January 2018

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

Blog Posts

Migrants and members of the Basque NGO Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak (Welcome Refugees) hold flowers representing migrants drowned in the Mediterranean sea, during a 24 hour vigil in Bilbao, Spain, July 29, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West - RC12B30F5B00

Order from Chaos

It’s time for the United States and Europe to face the politics of cultural displacement

Spencer Phipps Boyer

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

A Syrian refugee girl who was briefly separated from her parents cries as she walks through a rainstorm towards Greece's border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015. Thousands of refugees and migrants, including many families with young children, have been left soaked after spending the night sleeping in the open in torrential rain on the Greek-Macedonian border. About 7,000 people waited in the mud of an open field near the northern Greek village of Idomeni to cross the border, with more arriving in trains, buses and taxis, as Macedonian police has imposed rationing in the flow of refugees. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - S1BEUGOKOIAA

Future Development

The enormous cost of toxic stress: Repairing damage to refugee and separated children

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, July 9, 2018

After being denied entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, an asylum seeking Honduran mother holds her crying 3-year-old daughter on the Mexican side of the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., June 24, 2018. Picture taken June 24, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott - RC1DAD0FC2D0

Future Development

Violence drives immigration from Central America

Sarah Bermeo

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

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People protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. President Trump's travel ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC162FF29270

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

The Supreme Court upheld Trump’s travel ban. Now what?

Jessica Brandt

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Immigrant children, many of whom have been separated from their parents under a new "zero tolerance" policy by the Trump administration, are shown walking in single file between tents in their compound next to the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1A59D1E150

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

The state of the global refugee crisis

Jessica Brandt

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Venezuela

Is anyone addressing Venezuela’s refugee crises?

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Friday, April 27, 2018

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Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Trump cuts refugee admissions to a historic low

International migration: What happens to those left behind?

The Idlib offensive could create a major refugee outflow—What should Turkey do?

Europe wants to process asylum seekers offshore—the lessons it should learn from Australia

Reports

How can developing countries use their diaspora capital?

Can Latin American countries benefit from their large emigrant populations?

Influx of Haitian refugees in Florida didn’t hurt student outcomes

The Global Compact for Refugees

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It’s time for the United States and Europe to face the politics of cultural displacement

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Violence drives immigration from Central America

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