CERC Migration Policy Briefs

The CERC Migration Policy Brief series was curated by Naomi Alboim, CERC Migration Senior Policy Fellow, and Anna Triandafyllidou, CERC Laureate. The series provides background and policy advice on critical issues facing policy decision makers located in Canada and internationally.

Policy Brief 29: Provincial Nominee Programs and the Retention of Immigrants

(PDF file) Provincial Nominee Programs and the Retention of Immigrants. CERC Migration Policy Brief 29, Mar. 2026.

Policy Brief 28: Improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for permanent and temporary im/migrants in Canada

(PDF file) Improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for permanent and temporary im/migrants in Canada. CERC Migration Policy Brief 28, Feb. 2026.

Policy Paper 27: Taking back control? The impacts of the UK’s post-Brexit immigration reforms

(PDF file) Taking back control? The impacts of the UK’s post-Brexit immigration reforms. CERC Migration Policy Paper 27, Dec. 2025.

Policy Paper 26: The Successes and Challenges of Canada's Welcome to Displaced Ukrainians

(PDF file) The Successes and Challenges of Canada's Welcome to Displaced Ukrainians. CERC Migration Policy Brief 26, Oct. 2025.

Policy Paper 25 – Gender and Durable Solutions for Refugees: A Way Forward

(PDF file) Gender and Durable Solutions for Refugees: A Way Forward. CERC Migration Policy Paper 25, Sept. 2025.

Policy Paper 24: Building Solutions: How Newcomers Can Contribute to Ontario’s Construction Sector

(PDF file) Building Solutions: How Newcomers Can Contribute to Ontario’s Construction Sector. CERC Migration Policy Paper 24, Feb. 2025.

Policy Brief 23: Fixing a Broken System?

(PDF file) Fixing a Broken System? Reforming Australia’s Work and Study Visas. CERC Migration Policy Brief 23, Nov. 2024.

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(PDF file) Ensuring the success of the new care-worker pilots: Applying lessons from the past. CERC Migration Policy Brief 22, Sept. 2024.

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(PDF file) Durable Solutions for Syrian Refugees: Safe, Voluntary Returns and Beyond. CERC Migration Policy Brief 21, May 2024.

Policy Brief 20: Essential but unprotected

(PDF file) Essential but unprotected: Migrant farmworkers in Canada. CERC Migration Policy Brief 20, April 2024.

Policy Brief 19: Reframing Migration

(PDF file) Reframing Migration: The Use of Visual Communication by Government Institutions. CERC Migration Policy Brief 19, March 2024.

Policy Brief 18: Ontario Colleges and International Students: A Pivotal Time

(PDF file) Ontario Colleges and International Students: A Pivotal Time. CERC Migration Policy Brief 18, Feb. 2024.

Policy Brief 17: Rethinking EU-Africa Migration Cooperation

(PDF file) Rethinking EU-Africa Migration Cooperation. CERC Migration Policy Brief 17, Jan. 2024.

Policy Brief 16: Saving lives at sea: Learning through failure or failing to learn?

(PDF file) Saving lives at sea: Learning through failure or failing to learn?. CERC Migration Policy Brief 16, Aug. 2023.

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(PDF file) What Canada gets right (and wrong) in economic pathways for displaced talent. CERC Migration Policy Brief 15, July 2023.

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(PDF file) Improving outcomes for displaced populations in Mexico. CERC Migration Policy Brief 14, June 2023.

Policy Brief 13: Towards a better implementation of the UNHCR urban refugee policy

(PDF file) Towards a better implementation of the UNHCR urban refugee policy. CERC Migration Policy Brief 13, May 2023.

Policy Brief 12: Out of the shadows

(PDF file) Out of the shadows: A proposal for the regularization of migrants without status in Canada. CERC Migration Policy Brief 12, Feb. 2023.

Bulletin Politique 11 : Régularisations de migrants sans statut en Europe : Étendue, effet et leçcons tirées

(PDF file) Régularisations de migrants sans statut en Europe : Étendue, effet et leçons tirées. CERC Migration Bulletin Politique 11, février 2023.

Policy Brief 11: Regularization of migrants without status in Europe: Scope, impact and lessons learned

(PDF file) Regularizations of migrants without status in Europe: Scope, impact and lessons learned. CERC Migration Policy Brief 11, Feb. 2023.

Policy Brief 10: Agri-food systems, migrant labour and exploitation in Southern and Northern Europe

(PDF file) Agri-food systems, migrant labour and exploitation in Southern and Northern Europe. CERC Migration Policy Brief 10, Jan. 2023.

Policy Brief 9: Migration Governance and Data Saturation: Is Less More?

(PDF file) Migration Governance and Data Saturation: Is Less More? CERC Migration Policy Brief 09, Sept. 2022.

Policy Brief 8: Ensuring the Success of International Students

(PDF file) Ensuring the Success of International Students: A collaborative model between governments, post-secondary institutions and the settlement sector. CERC Migration Policy Brief 08, Aug. 2022.

Policy Brief 7: Globally Trained Local Talent

(PDF file) Globally Trained Local Talent: Opening pathways for internationally educated professionals to strengthen Ontario’s health care system. CERC Migration Policy Brief 07, Mar. 2022.

Policy Brief 6: Improving the Attraction and Retention of Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals in Small and Rural Communities

(PDF file) Improving the Attraction and Retention of Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals in Small and Rural Communities. CERC Migration Policy Brief 06, Jan. 2022.

Policy Brief 5: Expanding Refugee Pathways to Canada

(PDF file) Expanding Refugee Pathways to Canada: Strategies for welcoming Afghan and other refugees. CERC Migration Policy Brief 05, Nov. 2021.

Policy Brief 4: Towards a Unified Model of Refugee Resettlement

(PDF file) Towards a Unified Model of Refugee Resettlement. CERC Migration Policy Brief 04, Sept. 2021.

Policy Brief 3: Equitable Access: Implementing the Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway

(PDF file) Equitable Access: Implementing the Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway CERC Migration Policy Paper 03, Jun. 2021.

Policy Paper 2: Leveraging human resources for long-term prosperity

(PDF file) Leveraging human resources for long-term prosperity: Expanding pathways to permanence for lower-skill temporary workers in Canada. CERC Migration Policy Paper 02, May 2021.

Policy Brief 1: How Canada can address skills shortages by improving access to economic pathways for refugees and displaced people in Latin America

(PDF file) How Canada can address skills shortages by improving access to economic pathways for refugees and displaced people in Latin America. CERC Migration Policy Brief 01, Apr. 2021.