Changing Climate, Changing Migration | Priced Out: Climate Change, Home Insurance, and the People Stuck in the Middle
Climate change is making home insurance more expensive and less available, as the multibillion-dollar losses caused by hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters increase in scale. Rising insurance pr...
23 Apr 31min
Changing Climate, Changing Migration: First Displacement, then Disasters: How Refugees Contend with Climate Change
Refugees are often some of the people most vulnerable to climate change. After fleeing armed conflict or persecution, many refugees end up in camps located in rural areas, with few resources and littl...
9 Apr 30min
World of Migration: Why Is Immigration Policy So Hard to Get Right?
Why has immigration become so politically divisive – and why is it so difficult for governments to design policies that satisfy both public concerns and economic needs? In this episode, MPI’s Meghan B...
2 Apr 28min
State and Local Language Access Efforts Amid Federal Policy Shifts
Nearly 28 million U.S. residents, more than half of whom are U.S. citizens, reported limited proficiency in English as of 2023. How government agencies at all levels communicate with multilingual publ...
24 Mars 1h 3min
The ESSA Waiver Landscape and Implications for K-12 English Learners
As states begin to take up the U.S. Secretary of Education’s offer to apply for waivers to their obligations under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, there are significant implications for...
23 Mars 1h
Meeting Labor Skill Needs While Expanding Refugee Protection
As humanitarian protection needs grow amid near-record displacement globally, labor migration pathways offer another route to safety and stability for qualified refugees while helping meet destination...
23 Mars 1h 1min
World of Migration: The Role of Immigration as South Korea Navigates Demographic Decline
With the world’s lowest fertility rate and one of the fastest-aging populations, South Korea is confronting a shrinking workforce and mounting economic pressures. Immigration has become part of the po...
25 Feb 18min
Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Climate Displacement from Indigenous Lands
Many Indigenous people have a deep connection to their ancestral homelands that dates back centuries. What happens when climate change and other factors force them to move away from those lands? This ...
23 Feb 24min
