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Leir Institute

Leir Institute

Medford, MA

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: Notes on migrants' hopes and fears

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

The periodical Leir Migration Monitor newsletter brings a local angle to global issues relating to migration and its root causes. It presents clear, policy-relevant research and analysis from Leir’s people and programs. Be the first to read the LMM by receiving it directly in your inbox. Subscribe Leir Migration

About the Leir Institute

The Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security is a research center based at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. 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. We do this by:

U.S. Immigration Policy

Key terms on U.S. immigration policy. For more terms, please see the Key Terms page. Refugee: The 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees provides the legal status of refugee to an individual who has left their country of origin and is unable or unwilling to return due

Refugee and Immigrant Integration

Key terms on refugee and immigrant integration. For more terms, please see the Key Terms page. Integration: A multidirectional process where both migrant and host populations make changes to incorporate the other. Different indicators include but are not limited to: economic, legal, political, social, and cultural integration. For more information,

Refugees and Asylum

Key terms on refugees and asylum. For more terms, please see the Key Terms page. Refugee: The 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees provides the legal status of refugee to an individual who has left their country of origin and is unable or unwilling to return due to

Foundations of Migration and Human Security

Key terms on the foundations of migration and human security. For more terms, please see the Key Terms page. Human Security: Human security argues that seeking the security of the individual or community, as defined by that individual or community, is as important–and sometimes more important–as seeking the