Migration Dialogue
Jan 7, 2025 · Migration Dialogue provides timely, factual and nonpartisan information and analysis of international migration issues through five major activities: the newsletters Migration News and Rural Migration News, Changing Face and other Research & Seminars, and the Sloan West Coast Program on Science and Engineering Workers.
Europe, Asia - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue
Pact. The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum approved in April 2024 aims to reduce the arrival of illegal migrants who request asylum. The 10-section Pact aims to “secure European borders…implement faster and more efficient procedures for asylum and return…and enhance solidarity with Member States at external borders.”
US Immigration in 2025 - Rural Migration Blog | Migration Dialogue
Jan 14, 2025 · The US has 50 million or almost 20 percent of the world’s 280 million international migrants, far more than Germany (16 million), Saudi Arabia (13 million), and Russia (12 million). The US admits over a million legal immigrants a year, two-thirds because they have family members already in the US ...
Canada, Mexico - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue
President-elect Trump in November 2024 threatened 25 percent tariffs on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico because they allow migrants and fentanyl to enter the US. Trump’s threat suggests that he will include immigration, China investment …
Global - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue
6 days ago · A quarter of the world?s countries have below-replacement fertility, meaning that women average fewer than 2.1 births. JD Vance in the US and politicians in Europe and Japan are developing policies to promote births by offering subsidies and tax breaks to parents.
Trump and Migration - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue
6 days ago · Donald Trump was elected president in November 2024, receiving 312 electoral votes to 226 for Kamala Harris and winning the seven battleground states. Republicans also took control of the Senate 53-47 and retained control of the House, 218-215. Trump promised to stop illegal migration over the ...
California: $16.50, UI - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue
6 days ago · California’s minimum wage rose to $16.50 on January 1, 2025, as 20 other states also raised their minimum wages. There were 162 million employed workers and seven million jobless at the end of 2024. Average private sector earnings were $36 an hour and ranged from $22 in leisure and hospitality to ...
Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue - UC Davis
Los Angeles county, the most populous in the US with 10 million residents, was ravaged by wildfires in January 2025. Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other cities were in the path of a ring of fires spread by strong Santa Ana winds from eastern Nevada deserts that push to the ocean through passes in ...
Historic | Migration Dialogue - UC Davis
Farm Labor and Mexican Produce Exports. The US imports over half of its fresh fruit and a third of its fresh vegetables, mostly from Mexico. This project, led by the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and supported by the Walmart foundations, strengthens protections for Mexican workers employed throughout North America agriculture and works with stakeholders to implement evidence-based policies ...
Immigration, Politics - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue
The foreign-born population was a record 50 million or 15 percent of US residents at the end of 2023, including 12 million unauthorized foreigners.