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Our mission is to help policymakers and practitioners develop more equitable and sustainable responses to migration and its root causes by employing a human security approach.

Leir Migration Monitor: New Approaches to Refugee Governance and Disaster Preparedness

Goma is threatened by conflict and a volcano: we’ve

Trump 2.0: Four Key Shifts Expected in U.S. Asylum and Regional Migration Policy

This article outlines four key areas of concern on asylum and migration policies after Donald Trump's re-election as President of the United States.

Leir Migration Monitor: Challenges and Impacts of Migration Policy

Leir Migration Monitor: Impacts of Migration Policy

Leir Migration Monitor: Climate-Displaced Individuals and Missing Migrants

How the Inter-American Court Could Advance Protection for Climate-Displaced Individuals

Leir Migration Monitor: Urban Citizenship and Mass Deportations

Leir Migration Monitor: Urban Citizenship and Mass Deportations

Leir Migration Monitor: Mediterranean Corridors - Tracing the Footsteps of Organized Crime Groups (OCGs) in Migrant Smuggling

Article for the April, web edition of Praxis The Fletcher

Leir Migration Monitor: Governance, Violence, and Migration: Lessons Learned from El Salvador and Honduras

By Leir-affiliated Faculty Anjuli Fahlberg, Katherine Garcia, Laura Garcia and

Leir Migration Monitor: Leaving Lebanon: A Panacea After the Financial Collapse?

In this issue of Leir Migration Monitor, Leir-affiliated faculty Tamirace

Leir Migration Monitor: Navigating Trauma-Informed Research with Migrants on the Move

Hopes, Fears, and Illusions: Navigating Trauma-Informed Research with Migrants on

Migrant Protection Categories in International Law & Practice

The purpose of this briefing is to provide a first step in understanding the legal situation by clarifying some of the relevant terms and providing a brief overview of various categories into which migrants might fall under international law.