Regional Focus: Americas

Fleeing a Broken Venezuela (IRIN, Jan. 2017) [text]

*"How Sanctuary Cities Work and What Might Happen to Them under Trump," Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2017 [text]

Immigration Court Appearance Rates (Human Rights First, Nov. 2016) [text]

"International Human Rights Tribunal Discusses Low Asylum Grant Rates in US Immigration Court," ABA Journal, 20 Dec. 2016 [text]

"New Trends in Migratory and Refugee Law in Brazil: The Expanded Refugee Definition," Revista do Direito, vol. 3, no. 50 (2016) [open access]

Refugee Claims and Successful Claimants in Canada 2000-2014: A Description of a Forgotten Reality in Canada, Mater of Public Policy Capstone Project (Univ. of Calgary, 2016) [text]

"Sanctuary Cities" Get Ready to Resist Trump Deportations (IRIN, Jan. 2017) [text]

Syrian Immigrants Have Integrated Well, Refugees Will Too (Niskanen Center Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

"Syrian Refugees in the United States," Migration Information Source, 12 Jan. 2017 [text]
- See graphic above.

Taking Action to Reflect Current Reality: Obama Administration Ends "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" Policies on Cuban Migration (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2017) [text]
- See also related NPR news story.

UNHCR Welcomes Ecuador’s New Human Mobility Law (UNHCR, Jan. 2017) [text]

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- Regional Focus: Americas (5 Jan. 2017)

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