Marcela Millan

Marcela Millan

Leir Migration Monitor: Pathways to Migrant Integration

Leir Migration Monitor - Pathways to Migrant Integration Belonging Aspirations, Affordable Housing and Access to Credit

Narrowing the Gates to Asylum

In this piece, we review these measures at three stages of the process: (1) requesting asylum; (2) establishing credible fear; and (3) proving a claim and being granted asylum.

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.

About the Leir Institute

The Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security is a

U.S. Immigration Policy

Key terms on U.S. immigration policy. For more terms,

Refugee and Immigrant Integration

Key terms on refugee and immigrant integration. For more terms,

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.