[4] Stephen Castles, who had been director of the Refugee Studies Centre, assumed directorship of IMI upon its formation, and stepped down in August 2009.
From 2011 to 2016, directorship has been jointly in the hands of Oliver Blackwell and Hein de Haas.
[6] IMI was a member of the Migration Studies Society at Oxford University.
[9] It was also listed as a partner for the migration program of the Social Science Research Council.
[10] Experts from the International Migration Institute have been cited and quoted in the New York Times[11] and BBC News.