Regional Focus: Americas

Opportunity:

How Latin America is Responding to the Venezuelan Exodus, Webinar, 5 December 2018 [info]

Publications:

*Americas: Stuck at the Door - The Urgent Need for Protection of Central American Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants in the Caravans (Amnesty International, Nov. 2018) [text]

Análisis de las Encuestas de Monitoreo de Flujos de Nacionales Venezolanos en Sudamérica: Brasil, Ecuador y Perú 2018 (IOM, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Aspectos de la Migración Nicaragüense en Costa Rica (Inter-American Development Bank, Nov. 2018) [text]

Brazil Elections 2018: How Will Bolsonaro’s Victory Affect Migration Policy in Brazil and South America? (LSE Latin America & Caribbean Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

Brothers or Invaders? How Crises-Driven Migrants Shape Voting Behavior (SSRN, Oct. 2018) [text]

Central American Refugees and Migrants Reach Mexico City (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework: Regional Annual Report 2017/2018 (OAS & UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

"Domestic Violence and International Child Abduction at the Border of Canadian Family and Refugee Law," Journal of Law and Social Policy, vol. 29 (2018) [open access]

El Salvador: Encuesta de Caracterización de Personas Migrantes en Tránsito y Necesidades Humanitarias (IOM, Nov. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Honduran Caravan: How Did Things Get Here, and What Lies Ahead? (MPC Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"The Key Reason Why Central Americans Don’t Want Asylum in Mexico," QZ, 28 Nov. 2018 [text]

Life Under Gang Rule in El Salvador (International Crisis Group, Nov. 2018) [text]

"The Long Wait for Tijuana’s Migrants to Process Their Own Asylum Claims," New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2018 [text]

Migrant Caravans: The Tip of the Iceberg (IDMC Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

Migration from Venezuela to Colombia: Short- and Medium-Term Impact and Response Strategy (World Bank, Nov. 2018) [text]
- See also related press release and news article.

Number of Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela Reaches 3 Million (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

Redrawing the Central American Migrant Caravan: How Other (African) Trajectories Cross Its Path (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

"La Réforme du Système d’Octroi de l’Asile au Canada: Où en Sommes-nous? = The Refugee Reform in Canada: Where Do We Stand?," La Revue des Droits de l'Homme, no. 14 (2018) [full-text]

Response to Arrivals of Asylum-seekers from the North of Central America to Mexico (UNHCR, Nov. 2018) [text]

Venezuela: A Humanitarian Crisis Denied - Special Report (IRIN, Nov. 2018) [access]
- See also related article.

Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia: Expansion, Needs Assessment Report (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 6, 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

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Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (6 Nov. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (Migrant "Caravan") (6 Nov. 2018)

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