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Jacob Ewing

Jacob Ewing

Project Manager, Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security at the Fletcher School.

Leir Migration Monitor: "We leave it all behind because we have to."

Our research teams have concluded six weeks of interviewing migrants in Mexico, Costa Rica, & Colombia. Interviews reveal migrants usually leave their homes out of desperation & with remarkably little information about what lies ahead.

Leir Migration Monitor: Notes on migrants' hopes and fears

This summer, eight Fletcher research assistants are conducting research across Central America, from Tijuana, Mexico to Necoclí, Colombia, seeking to better understand how migrants process information and assess risk on their journeys north.

Leir Migration Monitor

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Refugee and Immigrant Integration

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Refugees and Asylum

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Foundations of Migration and Human Security

Key terms on the foundations of migration and human security.

Key Data

Key data sources related to migration and human security, including U.S. immigration enforcement, international migrant and refugee stock, remittances, integration, and human security.

Critical Junctures in U.S. Immigration Policy

Historically, U.S. immigration policies have vacillated between passive acceptance and active exclusion, interspersed with episodes of active recruitment.