Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Assisted Voluntary Return: Another Opaque Asylum Restriction with a Misleading Name (Niskanen Center Commentary, Feb. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on AVR programme in Mexico for Central Americans.

"In Colombia, a Community Displaced by War Welcomes Venezuelans with Open Arms," The New Humanitarian, 19 Feb. 2020 [text]

It’s Time to Start Solving Latin America’s Migration Crisis with Creative Housing Solutions (Sustainable Cities Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Data sets:

Asylum in Mexico by the Numbers (Asylum Access, Jan. 2020) [text]
- Follow link for access to dataset of asylum applications in Mexico. See also related press release.

"Data Shows Gang Killings in El Salvador Rival Bombings in Syria," The New Humanitarian, 28 Feb. 2020 [text]
- See also related ACLED press release.

Migrant caravans:

"Caravanas de Migrantes y Refugiados en México = Caravans of Migrants and Refugees in Mexico," Barataria: Revista Castellano-Manchega de Ciencias Sociales, no. 25 (2019) [open access]

EntreDiversidades: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, vol. 7, no. 1 (2020) [open access]
- The first five articles of this issue explore the "visibility" of different migrant caravans that have moved through Mexico in 2018 and 2019.

Migrant Caravans: Explained (On the Move Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

New Caravans of Central Americans Fleeing Violence (Norwegian Refugee Council, Feb. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"We were afraid": Testimonies from the First Migrant Caravan of 2020 (On the Move Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (13 Feb. 2020)
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (U.S/Mexico/NTCA) (13 Feb. 2020)