2025
Integration contracts in France
We show that mandatory integration contracts in France improved immigrants’ short-term labor market integration without provoking a backlash, but had no lasting effects. Read our new study.
Why anti-immigration parties are seeing success
We find that the success of anti-immigration parties in Switzerland’s border regions is driven less by the negative consequences of migration itself than by the rhetoric of these parties.
Higher welfare payments reduce refugee crime
In a new study, we find that higher welfare benefits reduce criminal charges among refugees, with limited repercussions for their labor market participation.
European Support for Asylum Seekers Proves Surprisingly Durable
New research from IPL shows that European support for asylum seekers remained remarkably stable across the Syrian (2015–16) and Ukrainian (2022) refugee protection crises.