Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"Canada Defends 'Safe Third Country' Pact with U.S. as Court Wraps up," Reuters, 8 Nov. 2019 [text]

Forced Internal Migration Grows in Venezuela (openDemocracy, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Mapped: The Venezuelan Diaspora and Growing Emigration Challenges," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2019 [text]

Three Facts You Haven’t Heard Much about are Keys to Better Policy Toward Central America (CGD Blob, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Twitter thread.

UNHCR Welcomes Commitment by Central American States and Mexico to Address Forced Displacement (UNHCR, Nov. 2019) [text]

US$1.35 Billion Needed to Help Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants and Host Countries: Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release (Nov. 2019) [text]

Reports:

*"The Cartagena Declaration at 35 and Refugee Protection in Latin America," e-International Relations, 22 Nov. 2019 [text]

"De la Teoría a la Práctica": Un Informe de 61 Organizaciones de Sociedad Civil de Belice, Guatemala, Honduras, México y Panamá sobre el Marco Integral Regional de Protección y Soluciones (MIRPS) (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Migrant Caravan: From Honduras to Tijuana - An Analysis by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Fellows (2018-2019) (UC San Diego, Aug. 2019) [text]

Not Just the Luck of the Draw? Exploring Competency of Counsel in Federal Court Refugee Leave Determinations (2005-2010) (SSRN, Nov. 2019) [preprint]

Painting the Full Picture: Displacement Data Gaps in the NTCA (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Nov. 2019) [text]

Social Policy Trends: The Asylum Claim Backlog Surpasses 80,000 Cases (Univ. of Calgary, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Focus is on Canada.

Venezuela Migration Crisis - A Protection Crisis: Testimonies from Children, Adolescents and Young Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (Plan International, Nov. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (30 Oct. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (30 Oct. 2019)

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