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Articles by Kathleen Newland
Will International Migration Governance Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The toolbox of international migration governance has few instruments for dealing with the migration-related challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most international agreements on migration are designed to aid people on the move and to assist states in dealing with this movement, voluntary or forced. Yet the pandemic is a disaster characterized more by immobility than movement.
Lost in transition
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Lost in transition
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the greatest disruption to the movement of people since World War II. Many who had plans—and permission—to move permanently from one country to another have seen their transition put on hold. Worldwide, the flows of tourists, business and professional travelers, and students are all affected. But those most vulnerable to the virus and virus-related policies are low-paid migrant workers who have lost their jobs, and refugees or displaced people.
Climate Change and Migration Dynamics
The impact of climate change as a driver of human migration is expected by many to dwarf all others. Still, certain frequently repeated forecasts of the number of people who stand to be displaced by climate change are not informed by a complete understanding of migration dynamics.
Global Governance of International Migration 2.0: What Lies Ahead?
In the final days of 2018, a resounding majority of states adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration—the first comprehensive framework of principles and objectives to guide international cooperation on migration. The compact emerged from a sense of crisis, with large-scale, unanticipated migration in a number of regions driving home to governments the limitations of attempting to manage such flows unilaterally.
An Overheated Narrative Unanswered: How the Global Compact for Migration Became Controversial
Though an agreement on international migration that can rightly be called historic was formally adopted by 164 national governments at a UN meeting in Marrakech on December 10, much of the media coverage has focused on the dozen or so countries that rejected it and a handful of others that remain ambivalent. Still, it is worth asking how we got to the point of such division for a compact that had been provisionally agreed to five months earlier by 192 of the 193 UN Member States.
Influx of Haitian refugees in Florida didn’t hurt student outcomes
Much of the ongoing debate regarding immigration in the United States involves the question of whether immigrants from low-income countries – especially poor, less-educated immigrants from those countries – should be allowed to settle temporarily or permanently in the United States, and whether people who have migrated in the past should be permitted to remain.
Refugees, Migrants, and People on the Move
The number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world has topped 65 million according to UNHCR. Increased terrorist groups like Boko Haram and al-Shabaab, civil conflicts in Syria and the Middle East, and economic disparities have spurred a complex web of migration routes globally. Amidst these migration flows women and children are affected disproportionately, facing a greater risk of sexual violence and trafficking, economic exploitation, and emotional trauma.
The U.S. Falls Behind as Others Take on New Leadership Amid Record Humanitarian Pressures
The Trump administration’s decision to set the refugee ceiling at 45,000 for the fiscal year beginning October 1 marks the lowest level since the refugee resettlement program was formally created in 1980.
The reality of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
Editor's Note: On Friday, September 22, Brookings held an event on immigration policy in Trump's America. Elaine Kamarck, founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management, introduced a panel that included Senior Fellow John Hudak (moderator); Janet Napolitano, former Homeland Security secretary; Doris Meissner, former commissioner of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization; and Carlos Guevara, senior policy advisor, UnidosUS. Panelists did address DACA, among other issues.
Why Hide the Facts About Refugee Costs and Benefits?
No enterprise in the United States—or any market economy—could survive if it only counted the costs of doing business and ignored the benefits side of the ledger. But that is exactly how some Trump administration officials are insisting on evaluating the refugee resettlement program, according to a report in The New York Times this week.
Border battle: new survey reveals Americans’ views on immigration, cultural change
On June 23, Brookings hosted the release of the Immigrants, Immigration Reform, and 2016 Election Survey, a joint project with the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The associated report entitled, How immigration and concern about cultural change are shaping the 2016 election finds an American public anxious and intensely divided on matters of immigration and cultural change at the forefront of the 2016 Election.
On Trump’s decision to end DACA
Andre Perry, David M. Rubenstein fellow in Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, responds to President Donald Trump's announcement that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
Under pressure: Liberal societies, immigration, and integration | Brookings Institution
The Trump administration’s January 27th travel ban was almost unanimously decried by analysts, particularly those who, like myself, focus on Middle East politics and counter-extremism. As one colleague Benjamin Wittes concluded, the executive order seemed characterized by “malevolence,” rather than any plausible national security rationale.
Immigration Facts: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) | Brookings Institution
As Congress debates the fate of the “DREAMers”—those undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children—the one-year anniversary of the start of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program occurs on August 15. The DACA program—an initiative of the Obama administration—does not provide permanent lawful status to applicants.
New Approaches to Refugee Crises in the 21st Century: The Role of the International Community
The worldwide sense of crisis surrounding the mass movements of refugees and migrants gave rise to an extraordinary series of international conferences and meetings in 2016, capped by the first United Nations summit convened to specifically address issues surrounding this migration.
The U.S. Record Shows Refugees Are Not a Threat
As Congress and others react to the Obama administration’s announcement that the refugee resettlement program will increase from the current 70,000 level to 85,000 next year and 100,000 in 2017, some are objecting on national security grounds.
Opinion: Why U.S. should do more for refugees
The German government's announcement this week that it could cope with as many as half a million refugees a year for the next "several years" has understandably made headlines -- and set a high bar for other nations, including the United States. The announcement came in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis taking place across the Mediterranean, as European nations grapple with the largest number of refugees the region has seen since World War II.
Refugee crisis: Why U.S. should do more (Opinion)
The announcement came in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis taking place across the Mediterranean, as European nations grapple with the largest number of refugees the region has seen since World War II. Indeed, the U.N. refugee agency has said the number of refugees in the world has reached an all-time high. All this has raised the question of whether other countries are doing enough in response.
What Is the Right Policy Toward Unaccompanied Children at U.S. Borders?
The U.S. government recognizes that the flow of unaccompanied children across its southern border is a genuine migration emergency.
Inside the Immigration Process
At a time when national leaders are debating ways to reform immigration laws, most Americans would be shocked to know what actually happens inside the current process. As a native-born resident, I had no idea until I married a German woman and sought to get her citizenship. I assumed marrying an American automatically made her a citizen and that administrative approval would be simple and straight-forward.
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