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Migration and Refugees

Migration and Refugees

Georgetown University takes a multidisciplinary approach to the issues of migration and refugees.

Students and faculty engage with these issues through research, teaching, and service across campuses and through key resources including the Institute for the Study of International Migration, regionally focused academic centers, the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, and community service organized by the Center for Social Justice. The university’s Washington, D.C., location provides opportunities for partnerships with international organizations and practitioners in the fields of migration and refugees. In keeping with Georgetown’s Jesuit identity and the principle of women and men for others, the university community approaches these issues as ethical and not just academic and policy challenges.

Migration and Refugees Events

Featured News

Carolyn Forché in an interview

Georgetown's Poet, Activist Carolyn Forché Talks About New Memoir

Professor Carolyn Forché discusses her memoir about the unrest she witnessed in El Salvador before the Civil War and gives insight into her commitment to social justice activism.

Berkley Center and ISIM Panel at Refugee and Migration Conference

Georgetown Hosts Conference on "Current Challenges in Refugee Policy”

Heeding the Call: Two Georgetown Law Alumni Fight for Asylum-seekers

Hillary Rodham Clinton Celebrates Women’s Rights Defenders at Georgetown

Select Academic Programs

Certificate in International Migration Studies

Certificate in International Migration Studies

This certificate program is offered by the Institute for the Study of International Migration through the School of Continuing Studies. Participants discuss global migration trends, national and local security conditions, and social issues driving contemporary immigration policy and enforcement.

Past Event

November 05

A Shared Global Shame: Human Trafficking Policy and Its Effectiveness in a Disruptive Environment

Past Event

September 19

American Triage, Part of the Borders and their Shadows Festival

Past Event

September 11

The U.S. Response to the Global Migration Crisis

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B.S. in Business Administration/M.S. in Foreign Service

B.S. in Foreign Service

B.S. in Foreign Service/M.S. in Foreign Service

Certificate in Arab Studies

Certificate in International Migration Studies

Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies

Jesuit World Learning: Higher Education at the Margins

M.A. in German and European Studies/Ph.D. in Government

Americas Initiative

Arab Migrant Communities in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Arab Studies Journal

Binational Research Initiative on International Migration

Center for Applied Legal Studies

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Occasional Papers

Center for Latin American Studies Travel Research Grants

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal

Migrant Labor in the Gulf

The Evolution of Gulf Global Cities

M.S. in Foreign Service Internship Opportunity with UNICEF

Magis: Kino Border Immersion

Study Abroad in Amman, Jordan: Middle East Studies - Council on International Educational Exchange

Study Abroad in Amman, Jordan: Refugees, Health, and Humanitarian Action - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Amsterdam, Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Apia, Samoa: Social and Environmental Change in Oceania - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland - Institute for Study Abroad

Study Abroad in Brighton, United Kingdom - University of Sussex

Study Abroad in Bristol, United Kingdom - University of Bristol

Study Abroad in Cardiff, United Kingdom - Cardiff University

Study Abroad in Cochabamba, Bolivia: Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Social Change - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Kathmandu, Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples - School for International Training

Study Abroad in Norwich, United Kingdom - University of East Anglia

Study Abroad in Rabat, Morocco: Migration and Transnational Identity - School for International Training

Study Abroad in St. Andrews, United Kingdom - University of St. Andrews

Study Abroad in Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington - Institute for Study Abroad

Summer in Fiesole, Italy: Cultures of Italian Migration - Villa Le Balze

Hoyas for Immigrant Rights

Immigration and Labor Project

Students Stopping the Trafficking of People

Rogaia Abusharaf

Sahar Zahida Akhtar

Alvaro M. Bedoya

Katherine Benton-Cohen

Jennifer Huang Bouey

Jocelyne Cesari

Sylvie Durmelat

Elizabeth Ferris

Elzbieta Gozdziak

Douglas A. Howard

Noureddine Jebnoun

B. Lindsay Lowell

Christina X. Marea

Anna Maria Mayda

William McDonald

Emily Mendenhall

Irfan Nooruddin

Nicoletta Pireddu

Carol Ann Rogers

Andrew Schoenholtz

Apichai Shipper

Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila

Center for International and Regional Studies

Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service

Institute for the Study of International Migration

International Migrants Bill of Rights Initiative

Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor

Indian Ocean Research Rethinks Borders, Leverages Cross-Campus Expertise

Can’t Even Cry: Experts Discuss the Mental Health of Syrian Refugee Children

"Faithful Priorities in a Time of Trump" Recap

Catholic Immigrant Advocates Ask, "Where’s The Horror?"

Borders: An Online Course that Crosses Boundaries

Filmmaker Shares Film on Refugees with Students in Advance of UNHCR Lecture

Global Governance: A Conversation with Father Endashaw Debrework

The Refugee Crisis and Global Governance

Chief Benefits Officer Helps Bring Art to Kenyan Secondary School

Americas Initiative Explores Catholicism in the Region

Georgetown Researchers Offer New Perspective On Urban Refugees

Georgetown and the World Economic Forum

Students Present at the First Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellows Symposium

SFS-Qatar Examines Development of Gulf Global Cities