For the first time in 10 years, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide is trending downward. After enduring precarious lives abroad, millions of refugees have chosen to return home, despite unresolved conflict, violence, and poverty in their countries of origin. However, whether they return home or remain displaced, what awaits them is an uncertain future.

The EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum has officially entered into force, marking the most sweeping reform of migration management in decades.

The European Union (EU)’s Pact on Migration and Asylum — Brussels’ most comprehensive reform in migration management in recent years — is set to officially take effect in June. However, this marks only the beginning of a long and difficult journey.

Escalating conflict in the Middle East has caused immeasurable human and material losses, leaving regional security hanging by a thread and triggering large-scale, unsafe irregular migration flows. As a result, Europe once again finds itself on edge.

Controlling migration flows has long been a sensitive and highly contentious issue on Europe’s political stage, and it remains a central theme in election campaigns across the continent.

President Joe Biden has just announced new regulations, to find solutions for the massive influx of migrants into the US, a challenge that has plagued the administration since he took office in early 2021. Migration was also discussed at the ongoing North American Leaders' Summit (NALS) in Mexico.

Countries of the Americas have been enhancing cooperation to search for missing migrants amid a growing wave of illegal migration which threatens regional security.