Focus on the Americas

On 10 November 2011, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted an event on "Protecting Refugees and IDPs in the Americas: Update on the Mexico Plan of Action." A brief summary about the meeting was posted on Refugees International's World Bridge Blog. As the latter notes, the event took a step towards implementing recommendations made in the Quito Declaration on the Protection of Persons Displaced and Refugees, which was adopted during last year's Humanitarian Regional Conference.

Other recent reports on developments in the Americas include:

Desplazamiento Forzado, Tierras y Territorios. Agendas Pendientes: La Estabilización Socioeconómica y la Reparación (ACNUR & PNUD, 2011) [text]

Ecuador: JRS Helps Colombian Refugees (JRS, Nov. 2011) [text]
- Discusses the Mexico Plan of Action.

The Effects of Internal Displacement on Host Communities: A Case Study of Suba and Ciudad Bolívar Localities in Bogotá, Colombia (Brookings-LSE Project on International Displacement, Oct. 2011) [text]

"Latin America," Global Appeal 2012-13 (UNHCR, Nov. 2011) [text]

Memorias del Foro "Conflicto y Desplazamiento en el Caribe: Una Apuesta Hacia el Futuro," Barranquilla, Colombia, 18 y 19 de agosto de 2011 (ACNUR, 2011) [text]

Mexico: Displacement Due to Criminal and Communal Violence (IDMC, Nov. 2011) [text]

Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster: Experiences from Latin America (World Bank & GFDRR, 2011) [text]

[Image credit: Civil Society: The Solution to Latin America’s Neglected Refugee Crisis? (World Bridge, Nov. 2011)]

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