They are in favor of easier immigration and more humane policies toward illegal immigrants and refugees. As the region is tested by massive outflows from Venezuela, as well as movements from Nicaragua and elsewhere, get access to the most relevant research, analysis, and data. 202-266-1900A looming furlough of 70 percent of staff at U.S. Policy Analyst, MPI and MPI EuropeDistinguished Transatlantic FellowSenior Fellow for Education PolicySenior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy ProgramAssociate Policy Analyst, MPI EuropeDirector of Research, MPI International Program and MPI EuropeSenior Advisor, Skolkovo Innovation Foundation, Moscow1400 16th St NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036 | ph. The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is a non-partisan think tank established in 2001 by Kathleen Newland and Demetrios G. Papademetriou. Headquartered in Washington, DC, MPI has offices in Manila and New York, with a presence in the United Kingdom. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Professor CurrieThe cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. But respected research organizations can’t stay respected for long if they intentionally mislead their readers. Yet there is limited evidence of how well these programs, which tap community members and civil society to take key roles in refugee resettlement, are working and how they can be improved. The guide directly links users to more than 220 data sources, organized by topic and region, and offers tips on how to access more complicated datasets.Governments around the world have turned to migration management tools—such as border closures, travel restrictions, and in a few cases bars on new asylum applications—initially in hopes of keeping the COVID-19 virus from entering their countries, and later at the pandemic stage as part of a wider suite of mobility restrictions. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. Migration Policy Institute - Media Bias/Fact Check. Native language assessments are one promising tool for overcoming this hurdle, though questions about when and with whom they are most effective remain.This is the first comprehensive website that tracks immigration policy developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, presenting authoritative research, data, and analysis from MPI, governments, international organizations, researchers, and civil society. Applications to the Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods (August 3-8, 2020 at UC Berkeley Campus) are now closed. Citizenship and Immigration Services could halt processing for tens of thousands of green cards, citizenship applications, and other immigrant benefits each month it is in effect.