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Equitable Access to Career and Technical Education Elective Courses Can Help...

WASHINGTON, DC — Once considered a less-rigorous high school pathway, career and technical education (CTE) has experienced a renaissance since the 1990s, as more high-skilled and white-collar...

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New Report Offers Recommendations to Improve Access to Mental and Medical...

Report finds Unaccompanied Children Face Significant Barriers to Care

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Displaced Ukrainians find work quickly in EU countries — but barriers to...

MPI Europe analysis finds that displaced Ukrainians have made good progress entering EU labor markets since Russia’s invasion, but they face a range of challenges, including language barriers and...

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Report Documents Steep U.S. Declines in Poverty Among Immigrants and Their...

WASHINGTON, DC — The United States has witnessed a historic decline in poverty in recent years. Poverty rates fell sharply during the decade following the end of the 2007–09 recession and preceding the...

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Países de América Latina y el Caribe que acogen a venezolanos desplazados...

WASHINGTON — Más de la mitad, y hasta dos tercios, de los aproximadamente 6,4 millones de venezolanos desplazados que se han establecido en América Latina y el Caribe desde 2016 han obtenido estatus...

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Latin American and Caribbean Countries Hosting Displaced Venezuelans...

WASHINGTON — More than half, and as many as two-thirds, of the estimated 6.4 million displaced Venezuelans who have settled in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2016 have been granted legal status...

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Better Insight into Complex, At-Times Contradictory Migration Narratives in...

WASHINGTON, DC — A set of interconnected, yet sometimes contradictory, narratives has developed to explain what drives migration from, through and back to northern Central America, with effects on how...

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MPI Europe director comments on EU migration deal agreed by European interior...

BRUSSELS — Following agreement by European interior ministers on a plan to reform EU migration policy, Migration Policy Institute Europe Director Hanne Beirens offered the following statement today:

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New Report Highlights Ways to Meaningfully Engage Refugees in Protection...

WASHINGTON, DC — Despite the growing focus on engaging refugees to ensure their unique knowledge and perspectives are considered as pressing protection and displacement challenges are addressed, there...

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New MPI Article Traces Upswing in U.S. Refugee Resettlement after Years of...

WASHINGTON, DC — After recent years in which the number of refugees resettled in the United States hit historical lows, U.S. refugee resettlement is slowly increasing. In the first eight months of...

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Connecting Reintegration Projects and Development Goals Improves...

WASHINGTON, DC — While European assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) programs are meant to provide a safer and more dignified way for migrants to return to their countries of origin,...

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Enhancing refugee resettlement capacity requires improved coordination among...

BRUSSELS — Refugee resettlement programs globally are facing tough times. Resettlement numbers were dramatically cut during the COVID-19 pandemic, with just 34,400 refugee admissions in 2020 as...

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MPI Report Offers Solutions to Repair a U.S. Immigration Court System in Crisis

WASHINGTON — The U.S. immigration courts—and the federal immigration enforcement system they support—are facing an unprecedented crisis. With a backlog of nearly 2 million cases, more than 700,000 of...

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School Districts’ Innovative Use of Pandemic Relief Funds to Support English...

WASHINGTON, DC — While the COVID-19 pandemic took a harsh toll on all students in U.S. elementary and secondary classrooms, it had a disproportionate impact on the nation’s 5 million English Learners...

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Amid Significant U.S. Labor Force Needs, Higher Ed Should Focus More on Its...

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. labor force is trending towards a demographic cliff—spurred by low birth rates and an aging population. Automation and artificial intelligence continue to significantly...

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MPI Issues New Estimates of the Size and Origins of the U.S. Unauthorized...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) today released its newest estimates of the size and top countries of origin of the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States,...

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The success of community sponsorship programmes for refugees hinges on better...

BRUSSELS — In response to recent humanitarian crises — Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan and Ukraine among them — and the recognition that fewer than 4 per cent of refugees are resettled yearly, more...

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As Climate Change Compounds Difficulties for Many Returned Migrants and Their...

WASHINGTON, DC — The reintegration challenges that returned migrants typically confront, including finding work and accessing basic services, are compounded in areas where slow- and rapid-onset climate...

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Unlocking Potential: The Growth of Immigrant-Origin Student Enrollment in...

WASHINGTON, DC — Even as U.S. college enrollment has been on the decline since peaking in 2011, immigrant-origin students have comprised ever-larger shares of students on college and university...

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New MPI Brief Highlights Mismatch between Design of Adult Skills Policies and...

WASHINGTON, DC — One in every six adults in the United States is an immigrant. These immigrant adults contribute to the vitality of the U.S. economy and local communities, but at the same time often...

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