
Governments, development specialists, and others have rediscovered the connections between migration and development. Yet while increasing volumes of research have focused on the actual and potential contributions of migrant communities to sustainable development or poverty reduction in their countries of origin, the findings have not been systematically translated into policy guidance. One result is that little coherence is to be found between the development and migration policies of governments in countries of destination and origin—a reality that the research offered here seeks to address.
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Approximately 2.5 million sub-Saharan African immigrants lived in the United States in 2024—more than triple the number in 2000—with most coming from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, or South Africa. This article offers a range of information about this diverse group, which has higher educational attainment and English proficiency than the overall immigrant population, and tends to have higher income.
Amid unprecedented migration that began in 2010, Latin America and the Caribbean have entered a new era best defined by volatility. The success of initial policy responses to the displacement of millions of Venezuelans and other migration patterns has dimmed, given incomplete integration outcomes and other pressures. This article details these dynamics across the Caribbean and Central and South America.
Un nivel histórico de migración está transformando las sociedades y la política en América Latina y el Caribe, dando paso a una etapa definida por la volatilidad. Este artículo analiza estas dinámicas en el Caribe y Centroamérica y Sudamérica, y analiza la probabilidad de que la región se acerque a un punto de inflexión en la gestión de la migración.
When agricultural communities are displaced by conflict or the impacts of climate change, women often assume new roles as primary providers while men lose their traditional breadwinner status. This shift can create both opportunities and risks. This article details the dynamics, focusing on experiences in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
People from the Philippines comprise the fourth largest U.S. immigrant group. Characteristics of this group reflect the long history of migration, dating back to before the islands' time as a U.S. colony. Filipino immigrants are more likely to be U.S. citizens, have a college degree, and higher median household incomes than immigrants overall. This article offers insights on the population's current and historical trends.

Scientists must parse through years of data and pattern detection to attribute specific movements to human-made environmental change. In this episode of the Changing Climate, Changing Migration podcast, climate scientist Lisa Thalheimer explains how experts untangle the connections between climate change and migration.

The small islands of the Caribbean are incredibly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Is that prompting greater migration and displacement? This episode of Changing Climate, Changing Migration speaks about these issues with migration expert Natalie Dietrich Jones.

This conversation explores emerging models, policy shifts, and lessons learned from the European and Latin American approaches to reintegration and support for returning migrants.

Labor shortages are increasingly driving some countries to look outside their borders for workers. Can labor mobility be managed in a way that benefits workers, employers, countries of origin, and countries of destination alike? This World of Migration episode focuses on India and the implications of large-scale emigration for its economic advancement.

Does AI have a role to play in mapping and predicting climate migration trends? This episode of the Changing Climate, Changing Migration podcast speaks with John Aoga, a postdoctoral researcher at UCLouvain in Belgium.
Approximately 2.5 million sub-Saharan African immigrants lived in the United States in 2024—more than triple the number in 2000—with most coming from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, or South Africa. This article offers a range of information about this diverse group, which has higher educational attainment and English proficiency than the overall immigrant population, and tends to have higher income.
Un nivel histórico de migración está transformando las sociedades y la política en América Latina y el Caribe, dando paso a una etapa definida por la volatilidad. Este artículo analiza estas dinámicas en el Caribe y Centroamérica y Sudamérica, y analiza la probabilidad de que la región se acerque a un punto de inflexión en la gestión de la migración.
Amid unprecedented migration that began in 2010, Latin America and the Caribbean have entered a new era best defined by volatility. The success of initial policy responses to the displacement of millions of Venezuelans and other migration patterns has dimmed, given incomplete integration outcomes and other pressures. This article details these dynamics across the Caribbean and Central and South America.
When agricultural communities are displaced by conflict or the impacts of climate change, women often assume new roles as primary providers while men lose their traditional breadwinner status. This shift can create both opportunities and risks. This article details the dynamics, focusing on experiences in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
People from the Philippines comprise the fourth largest U.S. immigrant group. Characteristics of this group reflect the long history of migration, dating back to before the islands' time as a U.S. colony. Filipino immigrants are more likely to be U.S. citizens, have a college degree, and higher median household incomes than immigrants overall. This article offers insights on the population's current and historical trends.
Scientists must parse through years of data and pattern detection to attribute specific movements to human-made environmental change. In this episode of the Changing Climate, Changing Migration podcast, climate scientist Lisa Thalheimer explains how experts untangle the connections between climate change and migration.
The number of international migrants globally has roughly doubled since 1990. Yet because the world's overall population has grown, the share of all people living outside their country of origin is only slightly higher than it was then. This useful, data-rich article puts the global migrant population in context, offering current and historical statistics about the cross-border movements of workers, students, refugees and asylum seekers, and others.
Migration governance in Africa's Sahel region has been been pulled in different directions, torn between security-focused border restrictions and economic visions for free movement. New complexity was added after Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger withdrew from the regional ECOWAS bloc. This articles provides insight on the migration and policy trends in a dynamic region.
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