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In an aerial image taken on May 12, 2023, a border wall and concertina wire barriers stand along the Rio Grande river between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, left, and El Paso, Texas. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Title 42 didn’t result in a surge of migration, after all – but border communities are still facing record‑breaking migration

Lydia Renee Cleveland, Old Dominion University; Alexandra P Leader, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Erika Frydenlund, Old Dominion University

When host communities unexpectedly receive large numbers of migrants, the influx can tax local services – and relations between migrants and residents.
Most Ukrainian refugees, like those pictured here on March 7, 2022, have crossed into Poland. Nicola Marfisi/AGF/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Ukrainian refugee crisis could last years – but host communities might not be prepared

Jose J. Padilla, Old Dominion University and Erika Frydenlund, Old Dominion University

More than 2 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the Russian invasion. The EU has welcomed the refugees, but research shows that host communities may tire of the newcomers.
Venezuelans wait at the Colombian border to be processed and housed in tents in 2020. All Venezuelans now in Colombia will receive a 10-year residency permit. Schneyder Mendoza/AFP via Getty Images

Colombia gives nearly 1 million Venezuelan migrants legal status and right to work

Erika Frydenlund, Old Dominion University; Jose J. Padilla, Old Dominion University, and Katherine Palacio, Universidad del Norte

Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with political strife and displacement.

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