New MPI Europe toolkit aims to help policymakers, programme administrators & other actors make evidence-informed decisions on migrant integration policies & programmes Jasmijn Slootjes & María Belén Zanzuchi explain how evidence can be more fully leveraged bit.ly/3HIXkmr

🇪🇺 "We can only make progress on migration policy by working together" ~ Commissioner Ylva Johansson Read the main actions the EU took for a fair and responsible #MigrationEU ⏬ Download the Report #EUCO

Almost 1 million #asylum applications in the 🇪🇺 & 🇳🇴 🇨🇭 in 2022! More than 50% increase from 2021 & the most since 2016. The largest applicant groups: 🇸🇾🇦🇫🇹🇷. Combined w/ 4 million seeking #TemporaryProtection from 🇺🇦, national reception systems are under considerable pressure.

External processing of asylum claims has gained increasing attention as a migration & asylum management tool that can complement existing pathways to protection It is important, though, that local stakeholders be consulted in program design migrationpolicy.org/research/exter…

Millions of internally displaced Ukrainians are struggling to meet their most basic needs, with elderly and the disabled among the most vulnerable. Sara Cincurova reports. buff.ly/3ZEjKvy

Solon Ardittis of Eurasylum discusses the need to reform the UN Security Council Global Politics Reforming the unreformable – what future for the UN Security Council? globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/05/04/202…

🆕 Latest from the EU's external borders: 📈In the first three months of 2023, the number of irregular border crossings increased to 54 000, 26% more than in the same period last year. More: frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/n…

Happy 1st May, #InternationalWorkersDay! 🤔 #DYK #EUTalentPoolPilot? A job-searching functionality tool on the EURES portal, for people fleeing the war in Ukraine🇺🇦 More details 👇

The Member States of IOM have elected Ms. Amy E. Pope as its next Director General during the 6th Special Session of the IOM Council. The first woman to lead IOM, Ms. Pope will assume her duties for a five-year term beginning on 1 October 2023. bit.ly/3MrxhT4

"The vast majority of Africans who move to Europe do so by legal means." mercatornet.com/whats-the-trut…

🔴 Starting now: 7th #EUMigrationForum outcomes 🗣️ Tina Zournatzi (EU Home Affairs A2) 📡 Live stream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…

Global spending on immigration enforcement is on the rise, propelled by security-first attitudes in the US, EU & elsewhere. In coming years, budgets are only likely to increase Understand the trend with the new article in our online magazine migrationpolicy.org/article/immigr…

A hugely significant step for #MigrationEU in JHA EU Council today. Looking forward to starting trilogues with the European Parliament We are so much stronger when we work together 🇪🇺

#JHA | EU ministers for home affairs have reached an agreement on #migration & #asylum rules and also discussed: 🔷Schengen area 🔷visa policy More 👇

As many countries move key government services online, refugees with low levels of digital literacy risk being left behind migrationpolicy.org/article/digita…

Consulting with previously sponsored refugees can aid in improving the design and operation of community sponsorship programmes We explore this important topic in a webcast later this week. Join us! bit.ly/refengagement

10-Point Plan for Lampedusa ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

🇪🇺Council agrees mandate on EU law dealing with crisis situations MS sealed their negotiating mandate on a regulation on crisis situations, including instrumentalisation of migration, and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum. consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

🌐 The New Pact on Migration & Asylum has been agreed by 🇪🇺 EU Member States & the European Parliament after years of negotiation Hanne Beirens & Camille Le Coz assess the #NewPact’s potential & possible pitfalls in a new MPI Europe commentary ↓ migrationpolicy.org/news/new-pact-…