Investor Visa Programs: Examining their Utility, Challenges, and Successes
A discussion on the U.S. EB-5 program, the motivations underpinning recent changes to other investor visa programs in North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and the implications for the future direction...
View ArticleInvestor Visa Programs: Examining their Utility, Challenges, and Successes
A discussion on the U.S. EB-5 program, the motivations underpinning recent changes to other investor visa programs in North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and the implications for the future direction...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #10: Shine Wears Off Investor Visa Programs as...
A number of countries in 2015 redesigned their immigrant investor visa programs in response to questions about their economic benefits or allegations of fraud. The reforms have in some cases made such...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2015 – Issue #5: Governments Increasingly Restrict Citizenship
Citizenship came under fire in new ways around the world in 2015, with attempts to both restrict who is eligible to become a citizen and who can be deprived of citizenship. Driven by fears of...
View ArticleScaling Up Resettlement: The Role of Private Sponsorship Programmes in...
A webinar discussing how private sponsorship programmes for refugees, used by Canada and a handful of other countries, could alleviate some of the pressure from the European refugee crisis, by allowing...
View ArticleThe Canadian Expression of Interest System: A Model to Manage Skilled...
This report examines Canada's implementation of Express Entry, a system designed to fast-track for legal immigration the skilled immigrants deemed most likely to achieve economic success and positive...
View ArticleThe Canadian Expression of Interest System: A Model to Manage Skilled...
An MPI Europe event focused on the Canadian Express Entry system—the rationale for its introduction, its building blocks, and initial outcomes—and how it may provide lessons for improving the...
View ArticleWhat’s So Special about Canada? Understanding the Resilience of Immigration...
Despite weathering many of the same economic and political challenges that have affected support for immigration in other countries in recent decades—from recession to threats of terrorism—Canada has...
View ArticleUsing Supplementary School Funding to Improve the Educational Outcomes of...
The educational needs of immigrant students in primary and secondary schools pose a growing challenge for policymakers and educators. Speakers will discuss supplementary funding to support the...
View ArticleImproving Education for Migrant-Background Students: A Transatlantic...
This report shed light on supplementary funding mechanisms targeted to migrant-background students in four countries—Canada, France, Germany, and the United States—and some of the key challenges and...
View ArticleUsing Supplementary School Funding to Improve the Educational Outcomes of...
Report authors and an ELL professional discuss the mechanics of school funding and the specialized services provided for migrant-background students in the United States, Canada, France, and Germany....
View ArticleMental Health Risks and Resilience among Somali and Bhutanese Refugee Parents
Somali and Bhutanese refugees are two of the largest groups recently resettled in the United States and Canada. This report examines factors that might promote or undermine the mental health and...
View ArticleThe Economic Integration of Refugees in Canada: A Mixed Record?
Refugees in Canada have experienced mixed success when it comes to economic outcomes. While they struggle to enter the labor market, over time they catch up to other immigrants and the Canadian born....
View ArticleUptick in Northern Border Crossings Places Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country...
Amid a sense of declining welcome in the United States, growing numbers of asylum seekers have crossed into Canada in recent months, entering illegally to take advantage of a loophole in the...
View ArticleBuilding a Mosaic: The Evolution of Canada’s Approach to Immigrant Integration
Even as the United States and countries in Europe have made a right turn on immigration in recent years, Canada has remained a largely welcoming country. Underlying this resilience is an approach to...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2017 – Issue #6: In Wake of Cuts to U.S. Refugee Program, Global...
The global refugee resettlement landscape changed dramatically in 2017, as the United States began to step back from its role as global leader on resettlement. The Trump administration reduced the 2018...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: Emerging Migration Trends and Policy Questions in North...
Together, Canada, Mexico, and the United States are home to nearly one-quarter of the world's migrants. Despite shifts in the profile of those who migrate and changing demographic realities across the...
View ArticleImmigration Data Matters
This useful online guide links users directly to the most credible, high-quality data on immigrants and immigration in the United States and internationally. The easy-to-use guide includes more than...
View ArticleFamily Immigration Policy and Trends: How the United States Compares to Other...
On this webinar, MPI analysts will compare U.S. policy on family migration to those in Canada as well as Australia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. This...
View ArticleIt’s Relative: A Crosscountry Comparison of Family-Migration Policies and Flows
As policymakers in a number of countries, the United States among them, debate limiting family-based immigration, this issue brief explores family-migration trends and policies in the United States,...
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