Dr. Frank Laczko
@flaczko.bsky.social
Former UN Migration Director. Series Editor, Routledge, Global Migration Issues, books. Budapest, Hungary. Geneva, Adviser Multi-Cultural Insights. Son of a refugee.
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Dr. Frank Laczko
@flaczko.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Routledge one of the leading publishers in the world, has launched a new series of books focusing on “Key Issues in Global Migration”. Please contact me if you are interested in contributing to this series.
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The White House said that Trump's proclamation "allows for potential exemptions, which can include physicians and medical residents."
Map shows health care H-1B visas by state as Trump floats fee exemption
www.newsweek.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The White House said that Trump's proclamation "allows for potential exemptions, which can include physicians and medical residents."
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Hiring workers on a H-1B visa may now cost employers $100,000 more. Here's why the CTO of an expanding AI company isn't worried about that price tag.
I'd happily pay $100,000 for an H-1B hire to get the best talent for my AI company. It's part of the cost of doing business.
Hiring workers on a H-1B visa may now cost employers $100,000 more. Here's why the CTO of an expanding AI company isn't worried about that price tag.
www.businessinsider.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hiring workers on a H-1B visa may now cost employers $100,000 more. Here's why the CTO of an expanding AI company isn't worried about that price tag.
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Among the details in our new article from @flaczko.bsky.social & Neli Esipova: Female Chinese international students in the US are more likely to want to stay than their male counterparts
Read more about the factors affecting students’ decisions
https://bit.ly/46chwrY
Read more about the factors affecting students’ decisions
https://bit.ly/46chwrY
Amid Declining U.S. Enrollment, Many Chinese Students Cite Negative Experiences
The United States remains the top destination for Chinese students studying internationally, although numbers have declined significantly in recent years. Most Chinese students at U.S. colleges and universities say they have experienced discriminatio...
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September 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Among the details in our new article from @flaczko.bsky.social & Neli Esipova: Female Chinese international students in the US are more likely to want to stay than their male counterparts
Read more about the factors affecting students’ decisions
https://bit.ly/46chwrY
Read more about the factors affecting students’ decisions
https://bit.ly/46chwrY
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Most Chinese college students in the US say they have faced discrimination & abuse. About half experienced racism
Our NEW ARTICLE from @flaczko.bsky.social & Neli Esipova digs into survey findings
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/disc...
Our NEW ARTICLE from @flaczko.bsky.social & Neli Esipova digs into survey findings
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/disc...
September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Most Chinese college students in the US say they have faced discrimination & abuse. About half experienced racism
Our NEW ARTICLE from @flaczko.bsky.social & Neli Esipova digs into survey findings
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/disc...
Our NEW ARTICLE from @flaczko.bsky.social & Neli Esipova digs into survey findings
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/disc...
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Trump and Chinese students. Trump says they're coming in and we need them. And his administration is systematically denying all their visa applications. Typical case of Trump chaos.
Trump Says He Welcomes Chinese Students, as His Administration Blocks Them
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Trump and Chinese students. Trump says they're coming in and we need them. And his administration is systematically denying all their visa applications. Typical case of Trump chaos.
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So, 3 months ago, the US govt said it would "aggressively" revoke visas of Chinese students. Now, Trump wants to "welcome more Chinese students than ever." I feel sorry for the Chinese students, for US visa officials, for anyone who still attempts to make sense of US politics.
August 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So, 3 months ago, the US govt said it would "aggressively" revoke visas of Chinese students. Now, Trump wants to "welcome more Chinese students than ever." I feel sorry for the Chinese students, for US visa officials, for anyone who still attempts to make sense of US politics.
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President Trump threw his own conservative base into disarray this week after declaring he would welcome 600,000 Chinese students to American universities — a position that clashes with his administration’s past hard line on student visas.
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Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Base Are Accusing Him of Betraying His ‘America First’ Agenda
MAGA voices on social media are outraged at Trump's proposal to let 600,000 Chinese students enter the U.S.
belib.org
August 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
President Trump threw his own conservative base into disarray this week after declaring he would welcome 600,000 Chinese students to American universities — a position that clashes with his administration’s past hard line on student visas.
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Go-go boots Ronnie says we have too many Chinese students while the orange conman wants to allow another 600,000 in. Keep infighting. We like that
#USDemocracy
www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/educa...
#USDemocracy
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Ron DeSantis claims the number of Chinese students in US is 'way out of bounds'
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) criticized the Trump administration over its decision to grant student visas to as many as 600,000 Chinese students.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Go-go boots Ronnie says we have too many Chinese students while the orange conman wants to allow another 600,000 in. Keep infighting. We like that
#USDemocracy
www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/educa...
#USDemocracy
www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/educa...
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China urges US to welcome Chinese students, stop 'harassment' reut.rs/47MzzY2
China urges US to welcome Chinese students, stop 'harassment'
China hopes the United States will act on U.S. President Donald Trump's commitment to welcome Chinese students, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
China urges US to welcome Chinese students, stop 'harassment' reut.rs/47MzzY2
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President Donald Trump has sparked backlash from some members of his loyal base by saying his administration would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities.
Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash
President Donald Trump has sparked backlash from some members of his loyal base by saying his administration would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
President Donald Trump has sparked backlash from some members of his loyal base by saying his administration would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities.
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Right-wing media has spent years portraying Chinese international students as economic saboteurs or outright spies. Why? In part because key figures inside Trump world have been making that case for years. Now Trump is calling for 600,000 Chinese student visas.
NEW from Will Sommer:
NEW from Will Sommer:
MAGA’s Newest Meltdown With Trump
Move over, Epstein files—the president’s call for 600,000 Chinese student visas has his base irked.
www.thebulwark.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Right-wing media has spent years portraying Chinese international students as economic saboteurs or outright spies. Why? In part because key figures inside Trump world have been making that case for years. Now Trump is calling for 600,000 Chinese student visas.
NEW from Will Sommer:
NEW from Will Sommer:
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Q: "In May, Sec. Rubio said they were aggressively removing visas of Chinese students. Yesterday, you said you wanted to allow 600 thousand Chinese students to study in the U.S....What is the policy on Chinese students?"
Trump: "I'm getting along very well with President Xi. I think it's very insul
Trump: "I'm getting along very well with President Xi. I think it's very insul
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Q: "In May, Sec. Rubio said they were aggressively removing visas of Chinese students. Yesterday, you said you wanted to allow 600 thousand Chinese students to study in the U.S....What is the policy on Chinese students?"
Trump: "I'm getting along very well with President Xi. I think it's very insul
Trump: "I'm getting along very well with President Xi. I think it's very insul
Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...
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@atpgeo.bsky.social 1/4 Brain Drain Trends (2025)
Emigration of Skilled Workers: The U.S. is experiencing a modest "brain drain" as highly educated professionals seek better opportunities abroad. Significant net losses of state college-educated individuals, with emigration rates exceeding 60%
Emigration of Skilled Workers: The U.S. is experiencing a modest "brain drain" as highly educated professionals seek better opportunities abroad. Significant net losses of state college-educated individuals, with emigration rates exceeding 60%
February 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@atpgeo.bsky.social 1/4 Brain Drain Trends (2025)
Emigration of Skilled Workers: The U.S. is experiencing a modest "brain drain" as highly educated professionals seek better opportunities abroad. Significant net losses of state college-educated individuals, with emigration rates exceeding 60%
Emigration of Skilled Workers: The U.S. is experiencing a modest "brain drain" as highly educated professionals seek better opportunities abroad. Significant net losses of state college-educated individuals, with emigration rates exceeding 60%
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Together with Michail Moschovokos (@ec.europa.eu - Research and Innovation), Giulio Maria Mancini (@euhomeaffairs.bsky.social), Fabian Bach (Eurostat), @deniskierans.bsky.social (@compasoxford.bsky.social), @flaczko.bsky.social (former @iom.int), @bircantuba.bsky.social (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),
June 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Together with Michail Moschovokos (@ec.europa.eu - Research and Innovation), Giulio Maria Mancini (@euhomeaffairs.bsky.social), Fabian Bach (Eurostat), @deniskierans.bsky.social (@compasoxford.bsky.social), @flaczko.bsky.social (former @iom.int), @bircantuba.bsky.social (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),
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Foreign nationals applying for student and exchange visitors visas will be asked to set their social media profiles to public, and the U.S. State Department said failure to do so would raise red flags.
U.S. orders social media vetting for student visa applicants
The move steps up measures to restrict foreign nationals’ entry to American campuses over national security concerns.
www.japantimes.co.jp
June 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Foreign nationals applying for student and exchange visitors visas will be asked to set their social media profiles to public, and the U.S. State Department said failure to do so would raise red flags.
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The world's largest (and only) migration statistics conference - more than 500 participants, dozens of sessions - will be in Malmö, Sweden, 16-18 June 2025
Co-organised by OECD, IOM and UNDESA.
Paper/Session proposals can be submitted by 1 December.⬇️
oe.cd/ifms-2025
Co-organised by OECD, IOM and UNDESA.
Paper/Session proposals can be submitted by 1 December.⬇️
oe.cd/ifms-2025
October 14, 2024 at 9:30 AM
The world's largest (and only) migration statistics conference - more than 500 participants, dozens of sessions - will be in Malmö, Sweden, 16-18 June 2025
Co-organised by OECD, IOM and UNDESA.
Paper/Session proposals can be submitted by 1 December.⬇️
oe.cd/ifms-2025
Co-organised by OECD, IOM and UNDESA.
Paper/Session proposals can be submitted by 1 December.⬇️
oe.cd/ifms-2025
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More than 500 participants from around the world will gather in Malmö on 16-18 June for a conference on global migration. “We need a better understanding of international migration at the global level,” says Professor Pieter Bevelander, Director of the research centre MIM.
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Global migration in focus as leading experts gather in Malmö | Malmö University
More than 500 participants from around the world will gather in Malmö on 16-18 June for a conference on global migration. “We need a better understanding of international migration at the global level,” says Professor Pieter Bevelander, Director of the Malmö University Research Centre for Migration Studies (MIM), which is hosting the event.
mau.se
June 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
More than 500 participants from around the world will gather in Malmö on 16-18 June for a conference on global migration. “We need a better understanding of international migration at the global level,” says Professor Pieter Bevelander, Director of the research centre MIM.
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In a new blog @alanmanning4.bsky.social explains why change was needed to the "seriously flawed" social care visa route and how the government now needs to deliver on its promise to make care work a more attractive job.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/poli...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/poli...
Why the social care visa had to go - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Labour's immigration White Paper has proposed closing the social care visa route for workers from overseas. This was a needed change to a flawed system.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In a new blog @alanmanning4.bsky.social explains why change was needed to the "seriously flawed" social care visa route and how the government now needs to deliver on its promise to make care work a more attractive job.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/poli...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/poli...
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OTTAWA — Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the last quarter of the year as the government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
Population growth slows for first time since pandemic as feds clamp down: StatCan
OTTAWA — Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the last quarter of the year as the government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
dlvr.it
September 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
OTTAWA — Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the last quarter of the year as the government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
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New net migration figures covering 2024 will be released on Thursday.
Fewer visas have been granted, so it's widely expected that numbers will fall. But here are 3 questions we'll be asking when the stats are released.
Fewer visas have been granted, so it's widely expected that numbers will fall. But here are 3 questions we'll be asking when the stats are released.
May 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
New net migration figures covering 2024 will be released on Thursday.
Fewer visas have been granted, so it's widely expected that numbers will fall. But here are 3 questions we'll be asking when the stats are released.
Fewer visas have been granted, so it's widely expected that numbers will fall. But here are 3 questions we'll be asking when the stats are released.
Ed Davey's Why I care and why care matters out this Friday www.libdemvoice.org/ed-daveys-wh...
Ed Davey’s Why I care and why care matters out this Friday
Ed Davey has written a book about his own varied and lifelong caring experience and it’s coming out on 22 May, just in time for me to take my copy with me on my Highland holiday. He sent an email to p...
www.libdemvoice.org
May 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ed Davey's Why I care and why care matters out this Friday www.libdemvoice.org/ed-daveys-wh...
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💡 Fascinating article explaining the recent changes in UK #migration data ⬇️
Prof Sumption is Director of @migobs.bsky.social, based at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at @oxford-anthro.bsky.social
Prof Sumption is Director of @migobs.bsky.social, based at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at @oxford-anthro.bsky.social
'Even if revisions are planned, they may still have a cost: lower public trust in the data.'
@migobs.bsky.social's Madeleine Sumption explains why the UK’s net migration numbers keep being revised ⬇️
theconversation.com/why-do-the-u...
@migobs.bsky.social's Madeleine Sumption explains why the UK’s net migration numbers keep being revised ⬇️
theconversation.com/why-do-the-u...
Why do the UK’s net migration numbers keep being revised – and can we trust the data?
Revisions to migration data are inevitable if ONS sticks to its current timelines.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:26 PM
💡 Fascinating article explaining the recent changes in UK #migration data ⬇️
Prof Sumption is Director of @migobs.bsky.social, based at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at @oxford-anthro.bsky.social
Prof Sumption is Director of @migobs.bsky.social, based at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at @oxford-anthro.bsky.social