Human Migration

City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Our goal is to create a network of towns and cities throughout the country which are proud to be places of safety for people seeking sanctuary and helping them integrate into their local communities.

European alliance of 87 nongovernmental organizations that protects and advances the rights of refugees.

Inspiring and enabling those guiding the humanitarian sector to apply an evidence-based approach.

Explore new estimates of migration flows between and within regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010. Click on a region to discover flows country-by-country.

Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. Each year, Human Rights Watch publishes more than 100 reports and briefings on human rights conditions in some 90 countries.

ID4D brings global knowledge and expertise across sectors to help countries realize the transformational potential of digital identification systems. It operates across the World Bank Group with global practices and units working on digital development, social protection, health, financial inclusion, governance, gender, and legal issues.

Tracks migrant flows and deaths in the Mediterranean.

Based in St. Louis, MO: The Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA Project) is a community organization committed to working with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice. The MICA Project utilizes legal services, organizing, advocacy, and education to promote the voice and human dignity of immigrant communities.

Nonpartisan think tank that analyzes the movement of people worldwide.

Think tank that advocates reduced immigration levels to Britain.

Missing Migrants Project tracks deaths of migrants and those who have gone missing along migratory routes across the globe. The research behind this project began with the October 2013 tragedies, when at least 368 migrants died in two shipwrecks near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Since then, Missing Migrants Project has developed into an important hub and advocacy source of information that media, researchers, and the general public access for the latest information.
Missing Migrants Project uses statistical data from governments and sources other agencies, as well as NGOs and media.

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well-being, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.

Mission: To protect the rights and address the needs of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrants in community life.

U.N. agency that leads action to protect refugees worldwide. The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes.

A joint project of the Brookings Institution and the University of Bern (Switzerland) School of Law; conducts research and issues reports on policy questions related to internally displaced people (IDPs).

Explore new estimates of migration flows between and within regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010. Click on a region to discover flows country-by-country.

An academic research center focusing on all aspects of international migration, including refugees.

The Migration Policy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at local, national, and international levels. Check the tabs for Research & Initiatives"/ Publications / Events / News

Influx of Migrants Registers Widely with Public, Pew Research Center Report, Sept. 29, 2015

Research organization that has found benefits from migration. Mission to improve understanding of the economic and social forces that affect people’s lives, and the ways in which policy can bring about change.

A prominent research center on refugees and the displaced. Publishes the Forced Migration Review, a quarterly journal written by experts in the field.

The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan institution established and funded by Congress to increase the nation's capacity to manage international conflict without violence. To access content particularly relevant to the Middle East and North Africa, click on the Countries and Issue Areas links in the navigation bar at the top of the page.

Special coverage of the refugee crisis from UK-based news source.

"African Americans journey north in search of prosperity and freedom." The Black Migration by Gerald Early, Professor of English and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. "Within the black community, there had been constant migration since the end of the nineteenth century. Much of that migration had taken place within the South as blacks migrated from place to place trying to make a decent living. From 1900 to 1960, an estimated 5 million blacks migrated from the south."

See the "related topics" section. The Conversation is a collaboration between editors and academics to provide informed news analysis and commentary that’s free to read and republish. Tagline: Academic rigor, journalistic flair. See the related topics section.

Daily news and analysis about Syria, Iran, the wider Middle East, US and Russian foreign policy. Search migrants, refugees, etc.

Launched in 2013, Al Jazeera America is one of the largest news gathering organizations in the United States. It covers Middle East news, as well as news from around the globe. Use Search feature.

The Guardian is a UK-based paper.