Director Aleinikoff comments on Trump's executive orders on immigration and refugees - Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility

Director Aleinikoff comments on Trump’s executive orders on immigration and refugees

Zolberg Institute Director Alexander Aleinikoff published two commentaries on President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and refugees: The Trump Executive Orders on Immigration Enforcement: How a wilful disregard for facts has produced disastrous policy and Trump’s Executive Order: Banning Immigration and Refugee Admissions.

Exclusive Talk with California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar: Event Recap

February 28, 2018

Justice Cuéllar gave an informal, exclusive talk titled “Adaptation Nation: Reflections on Immigration Policy, Social Change, and Federalism in the United States.” This event was open only to New School students, faculty and staff, but live-streamed on the Zolberg Institute Facebook page. Follow us for access to more exciting events!

The Experts Initiative on the Global Compact on Refugees: Conclusions and Explanatory Note

December 13, 2017

In October, the Zolberg Institute The New School convened a meeting of experts on refugee law and policy to deliberate on, and to make concrete recommendations for, the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). You can find the Conclusions and an Explanatory Note here. The Expert Group proposes language for the Compact’s Preamble, Conclusion and Programme of Action–with

Alex Aleinikoff Blogging from the High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges

December 12, 2017

Alex Aleinikoff is on the scene at the High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges in Geneva. Follow along for his take and analysis of conversations here.

Announcing Amman Spring Intensive

December 8, 2017

We are pleased to announce that Julia Morris, Zolberg Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, will be leading a Fieldwork Spring Intensive in Amman, Jordan from 16-25 March, 2018. This Fieldwork Spring Intensive is an ethnographic study of the impact of development projects in one of the world’s major refugee host country regions in Jordan offered by faculty