The Migrant Rights Initiative conducts cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research on the human rights of migrants and fosters opportunities for innovative action.

Ithaca, NY
Joined July 2022
Announcing the launch of the Migrant Rights Initiative (previously @IMBRights) and publication of a new visualization of our pathbreaking Migrant Rights Database (MRD) at migrantrightsinitintive.org. 1/x
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A number of additional full scholarships available for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration - starting in October 2024. Please check out all the info via the link below. Do message me if you have any questions!
Interested in the MA #RefugeeProtection and #ForcedMigration Studies programme? There are three scholarships and one bursary available for the October 2024 start! Deadline: 4 August - learn more here: london.ac.uk/study/courses/p… #funding #scholarships #bursary @LondonU @SASNews
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Honored to have again helped organize this conference with @Refugees and partners for the Global Strategic Litigation Council. Please register here: cornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Congratulations to Professors Katrina Robinson and Kristen Stanley of Cornell Law School’s Lawyering Program, recipients of the 2024 Legal Research and Communication Scholarship Grants! #CornellLawyering
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Pathbreaking work ⬇️
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Honored to deliver a consensus civil society statement @UNmigration at #IDMigration24 on behalf of 50+ organizations about the importance of rights-based approaches to pathways, safeguarding labor rights of migrants and migrant participation and leadership. @ICMC_news @cornellMRI
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Our Director @ianmkysel delivered a statement on behalf of the civil society Action Committee at today’s @UNmigration #IDMigration24.
Honored to deliver a consensus civil society statement @UNmigration at #IDMigration24 on behalf of 50+ organizations about the importance of rights-based approaches to pathways, safeguarding labor rights of migrants and migrant participation and leadership. @ICMC_news @cornellMRI
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“My story is a migration story.” IOM’s new Global Goodwill Ambassador America Ferrera shares her story and how it fuels her passion to support migrants. Together, we will ensure that every migrant is treated with equal respect and dignity.
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Our Director, @ianmkysel, intervened today at @UNmigration’s #IDMigration24 on our Migrant Rights Database findings on pathways to ensure the right to family unity, the right to life at borders & regularization of migrants. You can explore our data at migrantrights.info!
Glad to be joining the discussions at #IDMigration24 and intervening about @cornellMRI’s work today @UN.
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Important work from @CornellLaw
Cornell Law's Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic recently collaborated with the @immigrantarc to launch a new interactive map that shows immigration-law service providers across Upstate NY. Read the full story: bit.ly/3WPJw1H
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So proud to have worked with @_JustinGest for the past 10+ years on this project and grateful to @sociopublico and @fedfragapane for making our data come to life online with support from @SwissMFA and @CornellMig.
NEW: Migrant Rights Database expansion LIVE just in time for @UNmigration #IDMigration24! Check out migrantrights.info for a visualization of our 45-country study covering ~75% of the world's migrants & showing protection/implementation of migrant rights in 2020 & 2023!
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It is almost time. We are ready to welcome progressive conversation on facilitating safe pathways to migration. Follow #IDMigration24 for more updates.
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NEW: Migrant Rights Database expansion LIVE just in time for @UNmigration #IDMigration24! Check out migrantrights.info for a visualization of our 45-country study covering ~75% of the world's migrants & showing protection/implementation of migrant rights in 2020 & 2023!
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Great to see the @achpr_cadhp guiding principles getting disseminated in this forum!
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Excellent thread on today's High Court decision in #ASF17 and its ramifications, by @KaldorCentre's @annactalbot
#ASF17 handed down today, here are a few thoughts: there were two judgments, one by 6 judges, and one by Edelman alone. They all agreed that ASF17's claim to be released from immigration detention should be dismissed, but Edelman J's reasons were very nuanced
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#Virtually: Provided technical support to H.E @AmbSamate at t/Copenhagen Migration Conference - Comprehensive Partnerships. I reecho t/mention that externalisation of borders by the global north countries contradicts international norms. 🇩🇰 is urged to condemn this practice.
#HappeningNow: Copenhagen🇩🇰Migration Conference - #ComprehensivePartnerships. H.E @AmbSamate virtually spoke on Forgotten Humanitarian Situations in Africa & Migration 4️⃣ Dev’pmnt during t/panel debate on Challenges facing countries hosting large refugee populations. 📍Hybrid
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Listen to our brave and resilient client, Fahimeh, share her experience with family separation. My students helped tell her story to the Supreme Court and are working to reunite her with her spouse!
Replying to @IRAP
Fahimeh M., a U.S. citizen, married her Afghan husband and together they have 4 children. Her husband was evacuated from Afghanistan during the withdrawal of U.S. troops, but was denied entry to the U.S. after being held at a U.S. military base for a year. Hear their story:
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