On Labor Day last year and in 2021, I wrote posts explaining how breaking down barriers to labor mobility can help many millions of workers around the world. Virtually everything in last year's post ...

For over 35 years, the American political system has been unable to make any significant change to U.S. immigration policy. In June 2023, a bipartisan coalition of representatives introduced the ...

Migration is often framed as a crisis: When the issue makes headlines, it’s portrayed as a burden, threat, or tragedy, and almost always politically intractable. In reality, migration represents an ...

My travels were different from my parents’, though. As recently as the 1950s, Canadian citizens were considered British ...

Cross-border migration can act as an important adjustment mechanism to country-specific shocks. Yet, depending on who moves, it can have unintended consequences for business cycle stability. This ...

India wants to send its vast work force abroad. It may have found a way around a word that stokes opposition in many countries. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of the The World. Politicians in many ...

In most European contexts, the word “migration” refers mostly to people arriving from abroad. In Uzbekistan, it refers to citizens who travel overseas to work, gain professional experience and later ...

Labor requirements in the Pacific are often framed in terms of Australia and New Zealand’s need for agricultural workers, or, increasingly, aged care. Yet other countries in the region also have labor ...

In the recent past, the Government has signed bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) with several countries to secure job opportunities for our youth. Although this is a good strategy to reduce the ...

Each Labor Day since 2021, I have written posts explaining how breaking down barriers to labor mobility can help many millions of workers around the world. Virtually everything in last year's post is ...