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Migration played a pivotal role in the U.S. elections, and it looms prominently in political debates in Germany ahead of national elections next month. In the U.S., the potential mass deportations are projected to have a significant impact on the labor market and the economy and the state of DACA is in question. In both countries, border security as well as concerns about racial and xenophobic backlash are at the forefront of political debates. How can the U.S. and Germany develop strategies to curb illegal immigration while ensuring open immigration and refugee pathways?
Victoria Rietig, the Head of the Center for Migration at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Molly O’Toole shed light on the trends, challenges, and opportunities arising from immigration.
This event was the first in a new series with the American Council on Germany titled Hot Topics, Cold Realities, where we will be exploring themes that are shaping the current political, economic, and social debates on both sides of the Atlantic.
Biographies
Victoria Rietig has twenty years of experience working on migration, asylum, and refugee issues. She is the author of dozens of publications, has given hundreds of lectures and trainings on migration-related topics, and regularly comments on current migration issues in leading German and international media. She has conducted research in North and West Africa, the Middle East, and the Western Balkans, as well as Central and South America. Before building up and leading DGAP’s Migration Program from 2019 to 2024, Rietig advised government agencies and foundations in Europe and the United States as an expert on migration policies. Prior to that, she worked as an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, a fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, and a consultant at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in New York.
From 2019 to 2021, Rietig was an appointed member of the German Federal Government’s Commission on the Root Causes of Displacement.
Molly O’Toole is a Pulitzer-winning journalist and author from San Diego, California. She most recently worked for more than four years as the Immigration and Security Reporter for The Los Angeles Times, in Washington, D.C. She is currently working on a nonfiction book about migration from around the world, through Latin America, to the U.S. border, for Crown Publishing, a Penguin Random House imprint, as well as an accompanying podcast. Her book, “The Route,” is set to publish in 2025.
Migration played a pivotal role in the U.S. elections, and it looms prominently in political debates in Germany ahead of national elections next month. In the U.S., the potential mass deportations are projected to have a significant impact on the labor market and the economy and the state of DACA is in question. In both countries, border security as well as concerns about racial and xenophobic backlash are at the forefront of political debates. How can the U.S. and Germany develop strategies to curb illegal immigration while ensuring open immigration and refugee pathways?
Victoria Rietig, the Head of the Center for Migration at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Molly O’Toole shed light on the trends, challenges, and opportunities arising from immigration.
This event was the first in a new series with the American Council on Germany titled Hot Topics, Cold Realities, where we will be exploring themes that are shaping the current political, economic, and social debates on both sides of the Atlantic.
Biographies
Victoria Rietig has twenty years of experience working on migration, asylum, and refugee issues. She is the author of dozens of publications, has given hundreds of lectures and trainings on migration-related topics, and regularly comments on current migration issues in leading German and international media. She has conducted research in North and West Africa, the Middle East, and the Western Balkans, as well as Central and South America. Before building up and leading DGAP’s Migration Program from 2019 to 2024, Rietig advised government agencies and foundations in Europe and the United States as an expert on migration policies. Prior to that, she worked as an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, a fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, and a consultant at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in New York.
From 2019 to 2021, Rietig was an appointed member of the German Federal Government’s Commission on the Root Causes of Displacement.
Molly O’Toole is a Pulitzer-winning journalist and author from San Diego, California. She most recently worked for more than four years as the Immigration and Security Reporter for The Los Angeles Times, in Washington, D.C. She is currently working on a nonfiction book about migration from around the world, through Latin America, to the U.S. border, for Crown Publishing, a Penguin Random House imprint, as well as an accompanying podcast. Her book, “The Route,” is set to publish in 2025.
Migration played a pivotal role in the U.S. elections, and it looms prominently in political debates in Germany ahead of national elections next month. In the U.S., the potential mass deportations are projected to have a significant impact on the labor market and the economy and the state of DACA is in question. In both countries, border security as well as concerns about racial and xenophobic backlash are at the forefront of political debates. How can the U.S. and Germany develop strategies to curb illegal immigration while ensuring open immigration and refugee pathways?
Victoria Rietig, the Head of the Center for Migration at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Molly O’Toole shed light on the trends, challenges, and opportunities arising from immigration.
This event was the first in a new series with the American Council on Germany titled Hot Topics, Cold Realities, where we will be exploring themes that are shaping the current political, economic, and social debates on both sides of the Atlantic.
Biographies
Victoria Rietig has twenty years of experience working on migration, asylum, and refugee issues. She is the author of dozens of publications, has given hundreds of lectures and trainings on migration-related topics, and regularly comments on current migration issues in leading German and international media. She has conducted research in North and West Africa, the Middle East, and the Western Balkans, as well as Central and South America. Before building up and leading DGAP’s Migration Program from 2019 to 2024, Rietig advised government agencies and foundations in Europe and the United States as an expert on migration policies. Prior to that, she worked as an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, a fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, and a consultant at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in New York.
From 2019 to 2021, Rietig was an appointed member of the German Federal Government’s Commission on the Root Causes of Displacement.
Molly O’Toole is a Pulitzer-winning journalist and author from San Diego, California. She most recently worked for more than four years as the Immigration and Security Reporter for The Los Angeles Times, in Washington, D.C. She is currently working on a nonfiction book about migration from around the world, through Latin America, to the U.S. border, for Crown Publishing, a Penguin Random House imprint, as well as an accompanying podcast. Her book, “The Route,” is set to publish in 2025.
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