Regional Focus: Americas

Opportunity:

Job announcement: Research Assistant, Legal Aid Funding and Access to Justice for Refugee Claimants, Centre for Refugee Studies [info]
- Apply by 24 July 2020.

Blog posts & press:

"Covid-19 Has Come to Our Migrant Camp. It Makes Ending the MPP Policy Even More Urgent," Washington Post, 3 July 2020 [text]
- Focus is on migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico. See also related Border Report article.

"COVID-19 Sparks Push for Immigration Reform in Brazil," The New Humanitarian, 14 July 2020 [text]

"Forced Displacement and Violence Fester Four Years after Colombia Peace Deal," The New Humanitarian, 15 July 2020 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Migratory Policy in Mexico (2019-20) (Strauss Center, June 2020) [text]

"The Battle of Numbers: Refugee Protection, Race, and Neoliberal Politics of Bureaucratic Efficiency," Oñati Socio-Legal Series (Forthcoming) [open access]
- Focuses on Canada.

COVID-19 and Venezuelan Refugees, Spotlight on Migration, no. 1 (Ryerson Univ., June 2020) [text]

"COVID-19 in the Americas: Who’s Looking After Refugees and Migrants?," Annals of Global Health, vol. 86, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

Migrant Protection Protocols: Implementation and Consequences for Asylum Seekers in Mexico (2019-20) (Strauss Center, June 2020) [text]

Migrants from Another World: Introduction to the Project (Bellingcat, July 2020) [access]
- A "collaborative, cross-border investigation" that aims to tell the story of the many migrants from Asian and African countries that pass through Latin America on their way north. Follow the link for an intro to the five chapters

Población bajo los Protocolos de Protección a Migrantes en Ciudad Juárez 2020, DTM Matriz del Monitoreo y Desplazamiento (IOM, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Resource:

Qué Significa ‘Quedarse en Casa’ Cuando Tuviste que Huir de la Tuya? Testimonios de Personas Refugiadas, Solicitantes de Asilo y Desplazadas en América Latina y el Caribe (ACNUR) [access]
- Follow link for testimonials from people on the move during the pandemic.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (2 July 2020)


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