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Events

Events

Family with baby daughter at home
iStock.com/dolgachov
Webinar
April 5, 2024

Speakers will discuss the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services, highlighting approaches that have successfully connected immigrant and refugee families with beneficial and culturally relevant services. They also will offer recommendations to expand accessibility and responsiveness of these services.

Displaced Ukrainian woman walks along the Danube River in Bratislava
IOM 2022
Webinar
March 4, 2024

On the second anniversary of the first-ever activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), this MPI Europe webinar considers how the European Union can continue supporting millions of displaced Ukrainians, what may happen when the TPD expires in a year, and what are other innovative approaches to temporary status taken globally.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with recently resettled Afghans and with staff members and volunte
State Department
Webinar
November 30, 2023

This conversation considered the importance of community consultation in the rapidly evolving U.S. refugee resettlement landscape and explored actionable steps toward a more inclusive, collaborative, and adaptable process.

Market on a dirt road in an African community
Peace Corps
Webinar
November 16, 2023

This webinar examines the challenges that refugees and other migrants face in—and place on—secondary cities, municipal capacity to respond to needs, the types of support required at national and other levels, and how development actors can better partner with secondary cities and local actors. The discussion features the launch of a related report.

Twin sisters from Syria shared their experience of living in exile
Jesuit Refugee Service International
Webinar
November 14, 2023

With the Global Refugee Forum approaching, this webcast explores how municipalities and other key stakeholders can be engaged in informing and delivering on the 2024 resettlement and complementary pathways pledges. 

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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Webinar
October 11, 2023

White House, Department of Health and Human Services, and national advocacy officials review executive-branch efforts related to language access provision, discuss upcoming actions, and explore opportunities to improve the provision of information and services in languages other than English in federal programs.

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February 11, 2020

This webinar marks the release of MPI's Latin American and Caribbean Migration Portal that offers up-to-date, authoritative research and data on migration trends and policies, and a report examining the policy responses of 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to increased Venezuelan and Nicaraguan migration.

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February 11, 2020

MPI llevó a cabo un seminario en línea para marcar el lanzamiento de: Un portal sobre Migración en América Latina y el Caribe; y un informe que examina los efectos de las políticas migratorias y de integración en 11 países en América Latina y el Caribe ante el aumento de la migración venezolana y nicaragüense.

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January 23, 2020

On this webinar, experts and state refugee resettlement program leaders discuss two activities that can be key parts of a broader strategy for sustaining and improving employment services for refugees: Partnerships with experts in workforce development strategies, and access to federal workforce development funding.

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December 5, 2019

Amid ongoing debates about the costs and benefits of free movement, this MPI Europe webchat examines big-picture trends of East-West migration; considers possible policy responses at regional, national, and EU levels to alleviate some of the challenges; and reflects on realistic actions that could be taken under the incoming European Commission.

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October 29, 2019

Leading policymakers and key stakeholders from Latin America, as well as representatives of major international institutions, offer their views on the challenges ahead as Latin American governments seek to chart strategies for responding to large-scale forced migration flows, such as those from Venezuela and Nicaragua.

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December 5, 2018

More than 3 million Venezuelans have fled in response to the deepening political and economic crisis in their country, and in this webinar experts from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru discuss the responses in these countries to the sudden arrival of hundreds of thousands of newcomers. They also discuss the prospects for future policy responses in the region.

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November 15, 2018

In advance of the December 2018 adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration and its commitment to facilitate the return, readmission, and reintegration of migrants, this webinar examines the policies, practices, and contextual factors that make compulsory returns such a difficult issue for international cooperation, and the programs that are being implemented to make reintegration of returnees sustainable.

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October 30, 2018

Marking the release of an MPI brief that articulates a new adult education program model, this webinar features a discussion among immigration and legal services, adult education, and digital learning experts. The webinar includes a discussion of strategies to implement the English Plus Integration model, which would maintain a central focus on English language acquisition while also building skills necessary for successful immigrant integration.

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October 16, 2018

Speakers on this webinar explore what untapped potential behavioral insights may hold for immigrant integration policy, and how policymakers can start fitting this approach into their work.

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October 3, 2018

This MPI Europe webinar examines how governments can better equip newcomers—and indeed citizens—with the skills to thrive in the job markets of the future. And beyond preparing public services and contribution-based benefit schemes for the changing world of work, what are the alternative ways that can be developed for those newcomers unable to find work to meaningfully and measurably contribute to society?

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