Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (North/Central America)

The Migrant "Caravan": 

A large group of mostly Honduran migrants is making its way through Mexico en route to the United States. This WOLA FAQ provides a useful overview. More info and commentary follow, organized chronologically:

A Caravan of Migrants Makes Its Way to the US, as Trump Threatens to Close the Border (Immigration Impact Blob, 18 Oct. 2018) [text]

"Trump Administration Supports Mexico, UN Plan to Deal with Caravan of Migrants," USA Today, 18 Oct. 2018 [text]

Migrant Caravan, Press statement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 21 Oct. 2018 [text]

"UNHCR: People Seeking Asylum Have Legal Right to Enter US," VOA News, 21 Oct. 2018 [text]

Debunking President Trump's Tweets on the Migrant Caravan (Human Rights First, 22 Oct. 2018) [text]

5 Ways to Prevent the Next Migrant Caravan (Immigration Impact Blog, 23 Oct. 2018) [text]

*"The Reality Behind ‘Migrant Caravans’," New Republic, 23 Oct. 2018 [text]

"Trump Concedes There’s ‘No Proof’ Terrorists are Among Honduran Migrants," Boston Globe, 23 Oct. 2018 [text]

UNHCR Says Stabilizing ‘Caravan’ Situation Urgently Important (UNHCR, 23 Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also related VOA news story.

Migrant Caravan Members Have Right to Claim Asylum – Here’s Why Getting It Will be Hard (The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2018) [text]

Publications:

Central America: To Slow Refugees’ Flight, Reduce the Violence (U.S. Institute of Peace, Oct. 2018) [text]

El Salvador Has a Historic Opportunity to Address Internal Displacement (Refugees Deeply, Oct. 2018) [text]

Judicial Errors: Evidence from Refugee Appeals, Working Paper, no. 2018-75 (Becker Friedman Institute, Oct. 2018) [text via SSRN]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Lessons from the 1990s for Belize Today," Forced Migration Review, no. 59 (Oct. 2018) [open access]

Migrants and Refugees in the Americas: A Solidarity Crisis (openDemocracy, Oct. 2018) [text]

"On a Bridge Between Borders, Asylum Seekers Linger in Painful Limbo," The Guardian, 16 Oct. 2018 [text]

State of the Art in Research on, and Services for, Immigrant Women, Youth and Seniors: Knowledge Synthesis Report (CERIS, Sept. 2018) [text]

"U.S. Campaign Against Migration Goes Unheard, or Unheeded, in Guatemala," New York Times, 7 Oct. 2018 [text]

Resource:

New Online Database by WOLA Tracks U.S. Assistance to Central America [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (27 Sept. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (Central America) (27 Sept. 2018)

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