Regional Focus: Americas

COVID-19:

COVID-19 and Migrant Vulnerability in Tijuana: A Looming Crisis (UC Davis Global Migration Center, April 2020) [text]

Despite Pandemic Restrictions, People Fleeing Violence and Persecution Continue to Seek Asylum in Mexico (UNHCR, April 2020) [text]
- See also related story.

Getting Ahead of the Curve: Why the United States Needs to Plan for the Coronavirus in the Americas (Center for American Progress, May 2020) [text]
- See also related press release.

Guía sobre las Consideraciones de Protección Relacionadas con la Protección Comunitaria y Grupos Específicos en las Américas en el Marco de la Respuesta al COVID-19 (ACNUR, March 2020) [text]

How to Protect Human Rights in Times of Corona? Lessons from the Inter-American Human Rights System (EJIL Talk Blog, May 2020) [text]

*"Risks and challenges to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees living under COVID-19 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico," Migration Policy Practice, vol. X, no. 2 (April–June 2020) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 48.

*'There are So Many Unknowns': Gearing Up for COVID-19 Among Asylum Seekers Returned to Mexico (RI Blog, May 2020) [text]

What the COVID-19 Pandemic Means for Refugees: A Report from Brazil (Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants & Statelessness, April 2020) [access]
- Follow link for video.

What the COVID-19 Pandemic Means for Volunteer Engagement with Refugees: Remote Social Support (Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants & Statelessness, April 2020) [access]
- Focuses on Canada. Follow link for video.

Reports & journal articles:

Americas Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]
- Theme is "The Migration Issue." PDF is available here.

The Economy of Roraima and the Venezuelan Flow: Evidence and Subsidies for Public Policies (UNHCR, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Informe: Situación de los Migrantes y Refugiados Venezolanos en Bolivia (OAS, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Leaving is Living: The Impact of Family, the Economy and Violence on Migrant Children from El Salvador (IDMC & World Vision, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Regional Response to the Venezuelan Exodus," Current History, vol. 118, no. 805 (2019) [ResearchGate]

Resources:

Redes, Migrantes sin Fronteras [access]
- "Redes es una iniciativa digital de conexión con las asociaciones, albergues y programas de apoyo a migrantes en tránsito por México o a mexicanos en retorno."

Toolkit: Promoting Positive Opinion about Refugees (Canadian Council for Refugees, March 2020) [access]

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (15 April 2020)