28 March 2025

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

"California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration," Los Angeles Times, 12 March 2025 [text]

Easing the shortage of skilled labour through higher education for refugees (Govt. of Switzerland, March 2025) [text]

"The fiscal hit from the IRS sharing immigration information," Axios, 25 March 2025 [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related Just Taxes blog post.

"How Trump’s immigration crackdown could backfire," CNN, 2 March 2025 [text]

States with Healthcare Shortages Turn to Foreign-Trained Doctors, Showing Bipartisan Immigration Policies Benefit All (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related Niskanen Center study.

TBB and IOM Launch Pioneering Initiative to Expand Labour Mobility Pathways from Latin America to Canada and Other Countries of Destination (IOM, Feb. 2025) [text]

We’re Better Together: the private sector is stepping up for refugee inclusion (UNHCR Blog, March 2025) [text]

Reports:

Immigration and Credit in America, Kilts Center for Marketing Data Research Working Paper (Univ. of Chicago, March 2025) [text]

Social Entrepreneurship of Refugee-Owned Businesses in Türkiye (Building Markets, March 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Syrians.

Unlocking Talent: A Toolkit for Supporting Refugee Employability (IKEA: Ingka Group, 2025) [access]

Resources:

New Data: Immigrants Keep Economy Strong, as Congress Considers Wasting Billions on Mass Deportation (American Immigration Council, Feb. 2025) [access]
- Follow link to access an interactive map that allows users to search for "data showcasing immigrant contributions by state, county, metro area, and district."    

Refugee Employment Platforms (UNHCR) [access]
- "[I]t’s not always easy to connect companies with refugee talent. To address that, UNHCR and partners, have developed refugee employment platforms in eight countries in Europe to connect businesses with refugees and stateless people. The platforms streamline the job placement process, provide information and support services to companies and refugees, connect integration stakeholders, enhance data on refugee profiles and market needs, build trust and give recognition to employers." See the press release for more info.

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