Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"Canada's Asylum Agreement with the U.S. Infringes on Charter, Says Federal Court," CBC News, 22 July 2020 [text]
- See also related PROTECT Project blog post.

UNHCR Expands Support to Refugees and Host Communities in Brazil as COVID-19 Takes Its Toll (UNHCR, July 2020) [text]

*What Fate for the Venezuelan Migrants Stranded in Peru? (openDemocracy, July 2020) [text]

New books:

Después de la Llegada: Realidades de la Migración Venezolana (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2019) [open access]

Migrações Internacionais: Experiências e Desafios para a Proteção e Promoção de Direitos Humanos no Brasil = International Migrations: Experiences and Challenges for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Brazil (Editora da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2020) [full-text via ACNUR]
- See also video of book launch.

Reports & journal articles:

COVID-19: Impacto de la Pandemia sobre Población Migrante en Argentina (Cruz Roja Argentina & IFRC, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Impact of COVID-19 among Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Peru, MMC Latin America and the Caribbean 4Mi Snapshot (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2020) [text]

La Migración en América Latina y el Caribe ante el Impacto del Coronavirus (Inter-American Development Bank, July 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

“Ni Refugiados ni Migrantes: La Protección Complementaria en Casos de Migrantes en Situación de Pobreza, a la Luz del Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos,” American University International Law Review, vol. 35, no. 3 (2020) [full-text]

PÉRIPLOS: Revista de Investigación sobre Migraciónes, vol. 3, no. 2 (2019) [full-text]
- Theme issue on "El Sistema de Protección Internacional de los Refugiados y su Aplicación en América Latina: Contradicciones y Tensiones entre el Derecho Internacional y la Soberanía Estatal."

Recommendations to Improve the Situation of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees within the Context of COVID-19 (Organization of American States, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Respuesta para la Recuperación Socioeconómica de las Personas Refugiadas, Solicitantes de Asilo y Otras Personas de Interés del ACNUR en las Fases de Emergencia y Post Emergencia COVID-19 (ACNUR, June 2020) [text]

Shared Heuristics: How Organizational Culture Shapes Asylum Policy, Dissertation (Univ. of Toronto, 2020) [preview]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Talking to Migrants: Invisibility, Vulnerability, and Protection," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 20 July 2020 [Academia]
- See also other outputs from the author's research project on forced migration from Central America, including podcasts of migrant testimonies and two reports, in both English and Spanish.

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (20 July 2020)