REPORT: Shared Challenges and Opportunities for EU and US Immigration Policymakers

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) has been pleased to release the results of a comparative research partnership with the European University Institute (EUI) aimed at identifying ways in which Europe and the United States can address major immigration challenges facing policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic. Through the “US and EU Immigration Systems” project, MPI and EUI have published 39 reports and policy briefs that focus on developments in Europe and the United States in eight key areas – employment, economic growth, human rights, security, immigrant integration, demographics, development, and cooperation with immigrant-sending countries.

In a final report released today, Shared Challenges and Opportunities for EU and US Immigration Philippe Fargues, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Giambattista Salinari, and Madeleine Sumption summarize and reflect upon the key findings of the project’s research papers and policy briefs. The report highlights the lessons to be learned from both similar and divergent experiences on either side of the Atlantic, sketching opportunities for future reform, as well as ways in which the European Union and the United States could improve their cooperative relationship.

KJ