War. Natural disaster. Looming famine. Economic restructuring. These were crucial elements driving what we saw as the major migration trends of 2022. All over the planet this year, massive numbers of people moved for their safety and to improve their lives. Meanwhile, governments responded by alternatingly opening and closing their doors, depending on the situation, yet often struggled with the gap between their ambitions and their abilities to manage borders. A major development of 2022 was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which prompted a hurried and vast exodus unlike any seen in Europe in decades. As economies were trying to emerge from two years of pandemic, the conflict also contributed to a food and fuel crisis, affecting people far away from Europe. Meanwhile, the start of what we might call the post-COVID-19 era—or at least the beginning of the era of living with the novel coronavirus long term—ushered in a flurry of actions by governments to adapt to economic shifts and worker shortages. Yet bureaucracies hollowed out over the pandemic were ill equipped to deal with the resumption of movement. And as the world faced the largest number of displaced people on record, countries responded in some cases by increasing barriers to asylum and in others by granting protection under a different form, often temporarily. Take a look at our full list of the Top 10 Migration Issues of 2022. As we look back on the year, we at the Migration Information Source are also looking back on our 20th year of publication. It has been an honor over these two decades to continually produce a unique publication that dives deep on one of the most pressing and contested issues of our era. As you make your year-end giving decisions, please consider supporting the Source and our mission of providing free, engaging, and authoritative analysis of migration trends and data in the years to come. | 
