JSIS 495 - Winter 2025: Task Force C: Managing Migration: U.S. and EU Asylum and Refugee Policies

Millions of people around the world have fled their homes to seek sanctuary elsewhere, often within their own countries but also abroad. According to a recent UNHCR report the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide at the close of 2023 added up to over 117 million. Of these, 68.3 million are internally displaced people, 37.6 million refugees, 6.9 million asylum-seekers, and 5.8 million in need of international protection. This Task Force will investigate the policies that the U.S. and the EU have adopted to address this growing global crisis, particularly to manage asylum and migration. It will also focus on understanding their policy differences to consider ways in which states can work together to tackle the world refugee crisis.