In this publication, Sarah Miller from Refugees International provides a comprehensive analysis of the global response to internal displacement. She illuminates the challenges faced by aid and development actors in addressing the needs of internally displaced people (IDPs). The report offers a critical examination of the shortcomings in the humanitarian landscape and presents a forward-looking agenda for improving the response to IDP situations, drawing on extensive research and case studies.

Digital identity wallets are an emerging innovation in digital identification, but they are still in the pilot phase. Like all technologies, these wallets are shaped by political decisions. In 2021, the EU Commission proposed the European Digital Identity (EUDI) wallet scheme, which has the potential to set global standards. Our partners at Caribou Digital, the University of Virginia, and Queen Mary University reviewed the EUDI, looking at accessibility, inclusivity, and risk mitigation, particularly around surveillance, privacy, and data protection. Their recommendations address the need for policymakers to be responsive to rights advocates and civil society.

The coronavirus pandemic was followed by Russia's attack on Ukraine, and since then almost 1.2 million people have arrived in Germany from Ukraine - in addition to those who have migrated via the regular asylum system. At the same time, personnel and financial bottlenecks in local authorities are becoming more apparent: problems such as a lack of housing or insufficient childcare are putting local administrations under pressure. How can municipalities develop resilience in the face of these multiple challenges? Between May 2023 and March 2024, DeZIM explored this question together with 11 municipalities, highlighting best practice and making recommendations for action in the report. (German only)

The report sets out a transformative vision for how the international protection system can evolve, with a focus on the future of asylum. The report analyzes promising developments and ideas around facilitating orderly entry, ensuring system efficiency, and building regional capacity. It also examines how these elements could foster a system that is better at providing protection for those who need it while also securing public trust by reducing chaos at borders and ensuring that enforcement and the rule of law remain core elements. It is the concluding report produced under the three-year Beyond Territorial Asylum: Making Protection Work in a Bordered World initiative undertaken by MPI and the Robert Bosch Stiftung. The initiative seeks to explore new ways to facilitate access to protection that better support equity and results in more flexible, sustainable infrastructure.

How can policymakers manage migration better? In the first issue of our new Policy Briefing publication series, Jessica Bither and Hannes Einsporn, both experts in the Migration Team at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, show how a combination of different policy measures can respond more quickly and flexibly to the growing challenges in migration policy. The authors argue that restrictive measures alone will not lead to more "control" in migration policy. In fact, they can have the opposite effect.