MPI's Migration Information Source Newsletter

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February 1, 2022

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U.S. Policy Beat
Biden at the One-Year Mark: A Greater Change in Direction on Immigration Than Is Recognized
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/biden-one-year-mark
While Donald Trump's presidency is perceived as being the most active on immigration, touching nearly every aspect of the U.S. immigration system, President Joe Biden's administration has far outpaced his predecessor in the number of executive actions taken during his first year in office-even as the pace of change has gone largely unnoticed, as this article explores.

Country Profile
China's Rapid Development Has Transformed Its Migration Trends
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/china-development-transformed-migration
China has a long history of international migration. Movement was sharply interrupted following the 1949 revolution but has rebounded in recent decades. Since 1979, the country has developed from one of mostly limited migration into one that is in many ways defined through its global interactions, although it continues to treat migration warily, as this country profile explains.


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EDITOR'S NOTE

The migration world experienced a tremendous loss last week with the passing of Migration Policy Institute co-founder, President Emeritus, and Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow Demetrios G. Papademetriou. Demetri, who was also the founding president of MPI Europe and convenor of MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration, was one of the planet's pre-eminent scholars and lecturers on international migration, with a research, policy-shaping, network-building, and public-speaking record too lengthy to delve into here.

He was also a close friend and mentor to many across the world, from the powerful to those at the earliest stages of their careers. And he was an ardent champion of the Migration Information Source since its creation, and often took an active approach to ensuring publication of the most forward-thinking and accessible analysis of international migration trends.

These last few days have witnessed an outpouring of warm thoughts from people who knew and worked with Demetri, sometimes for decades. On social media, in email inboxes, and in informal conversations, many of those who knew him best have noted his steadfast devotion to the study of migration and the influence his thought leadership and personal touch leave on generations of scholars, analysts, and practitioners. It is quite difficult to exaggerate the outsized impact he had on the field.

Among his beliefs was a conviction in confronting real-world events across the globe with pragmatic policy responses that could work on the ground and in individual contexts. His final report for MPI, published just last week, provided a sobering take of international cooperation on migration in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what it has meant for implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration.

This week's opening ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will offer another opportunity to confront migration policy as it currently is, rather than as it might be. The games will highlight China's status as a global outlier for its continued commitment to a "zero-COVID" policy that has included strict border controls and will prevent overseas travelers from filling the stands at Olympic events.

In a new article in the Migration Information Source, Heidi Østbø Haugen and Tabitha Speelman explain how the recent restrictions are at odds with the country's gradual embrace of greater international mobility over the last 40 years. Since major reforms of 1979 and particularly under President Xi Jinping, Beijing has warmed to the presence of both foreign-born residents and the large numbers of Chinese nationals abroad, although it continues to face demographic challenges and unease with its position as a global power.

These are precisely the sorts of issues that Demetri spent years working on and which he believed were worthy of hardnosed, rigorous study. I hope you will join us at MPI in celebrating his life and legacy.

Best regards,

Julian Hattem

Editor, Migration Information Source

[email protected]

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NEW FROM MPI

Coming Together or Coming Apart? A New Phase of International Cooperation on Migration
www.migrationpolicy.org/research/new-phase-international-cooperation-migration
By Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan and Kate Hooper

The Winding Road to Marrakech: Lessons from the European Negotiations of the Global Compact for Migration
www.migrationpolicy.org/research/european-negotiations-global-compact
By Lena Kainz and Camille Le Coz


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HAVE YOU READ?

Destination China: The Country Adjusts to its New Migration Reality
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/destination-china-country-adjusts-its-new-migration-reality

Faith and Mental Health Help Shape the Integration of Muslim Refugees in Germany
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/faith-mental-health-integration-muslim-refugees-germany

The EuroMaidan Protests, Corruption, and War in Ukraine: Migration Trends and Ambitions
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/euromaidan-protests-corruption-and-war-ukraine-migration-trends-and-ambitions


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MEDIA CORNER

What are the costs of immigration enforcement in the interior of the United States? Economist Tara Watson and journalist Kalee Thompson consider in "The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear."
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In "African Football Migration: Aspirations, Experiences and Trajectories," Paul Darby, James Esson, and Christian Ungruhe examine the dreams of young people across Africa who yearn to play professional soccer at elite clubs in Europe.
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"Class, Gender and Migration: Return Flows between Mexico and the United States in Times of Crisis," by María Eugenia D'Aubeterre Buznego, Alison Elizabeth Lee, and María Leticia Rivermar Pérez, is based on ethnographic research carried out over a decade.
www.routledge.com/Class-Gender-and-Migration-Return-Flows-between-Mexico-and-the-United/Buznego-Lee-Perez/p/book/9780367520984

Russell King and Katie Kuschminder are the editors of "Handbook of Return Migration," which comprehensively maps the field.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-return-migration-9781839100048.html

New Yorker staff writer Rebecca Mead reflects on the meanings of place in the United States and United Kingdom in "Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624413/homeland-by-rebecca-mead/


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