Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"At the US-Mexico Border, Asylum Chaos and Coronavirus Fear," The New Humanitarian, 22 June 2020 [text]

Briefing: Coronavirus and the Halting of Asylum at the US-Mexico Border," The New Humanitarian, 29 June 2020 [text]

"Coronavirus Case in Refugee Camp on US-Mexico Border Raises Alarm," Al Jazeera, 30 June 2020 [text]

COVID-19 at the Brazil-Venezuela Borders: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (openDemocracy, June 2020) [text]

OAS General Secretariat Launches Regional Campaign against Discrimination and Xenophobia against Displaced Venezuelans (OAS, June 2020) [text]

On the occasion of World Refugee Day, the IACHR observes serious challenges in the comprehensive protection of the rights of refugees and urges States to adopt effective and urgent measures in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (OAS, June 2020) [text]

Whose Travel is ‘Essential’ during Coronavirus: Hockey Players or Asylum-Seekers? (The Conversation, June 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Canada.

Reports & journal articles:

CMC Webinar on the Canadian Asylum Program: Cross-Regional Exchange of Good Practices, 16 Jan. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for programme and documents.

Connecting Past and Present: Central America’s Forced Migration as an Unfinished Project of Building Just Nations Post-Colonization and Post-Conflict, Legal Studies Research Paper Series (UC Davis, May 2020) [text]

*Estado del Arte de la Literatura sobre Desplazamiento Interno en América Latina, IDRP Working Paper, no. 3 (Refugee Law Initiative, June 2020) [text]

Harmful Returns: The Compounded Vulnerabilities of Returned Guatemalans in the Time of COVID-19 (Refugees International, June 2020) [text]
- See also Spanish version.

Humanitarian Needs Overview: El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras - Addendum: Impact of COVID-19 (OCHA, May 2020) [text]

Immobilisation, Restricted Spatial Mobility and Displacement in Violent Conflict: Humanitarian Needs of Confined Communities in Colombia, BICC Working Paper, no. 1 (Bonn International Center for Conversion, May 2020) [access]

Retos y Oportunidades de la Migración Venezolana en Ecuador (World Bank, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Situacion de Solicitantes de Asilo de Origen Venezolano (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Sept. 2019) [text]

Temas de Procedimiento Administrativo para el Reconocimiento de la Condición de Refugiado (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Sept. 2019) [text]

Yes, but not Here: Perceptions of Xenophobia and Discrimination towards Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (Oxfam, Oct. 2019) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (14 June 2020)
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (14 June 2020)