Research

The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) publishes and produces pioneering, policy-relevant research on international migration, refugee protection and immigrant integration issues.

Among the defining characteristics of its work, CMS:

• Identifies compelling and emerging issues affecting migrants and refugees;
• Cultivates and draws on the best scholars in the field;
• Supports multi-disciplinary, comparative research and scholarship;
• Develops compelling topics for scholarship from the top down and from the bottom up;
• Engages non-traditional stakeholders;
• Produces independent evidence-based reports with concrete recommendations to improve immigration, refugee protection and integration systems, policies and laws; and
• Convenes diverse advisory groups in order to meet migration-related challenges in a multi-disciplinary and sustained way.

At present, CMS is pursuing four research projects: