Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"Homeless at Home: Inside Mexico’s Neglected Displacement Crisis," The New Humanitarian, 25 Aug. 2020 [text]

In Mexico, the UN Refugee Agency Alleviates a Crisis Created by the Trump Administration (PassBlue, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Liberals Appealing Ruling Striking Down Canada-U.S. Asylum Agreement," CBC News, 21 Aug. 2020 [text]

New Pathway to Permanent Residency for Claimants Working in the Health-care Sector (Canadian Council for Refugees, Aug. 2020) [text]
- See also related UNHCR news story.

Reports & journal articles:

"Central American Asylum Seekers in Southern Mexico: Fluid (Im)mobility in Protracted Migration Trajectories," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 18 Aug. 2020 [abstract]

Extortion: A Key Trigger of Internal Displacement and Forced Migration in the North of Central America and Mexico, REDLAC Violence and Protection in the North of Central America, Snapshot no. 8 (Norwegian Refugee Council et al., June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also Spanish version.

Guía para la Creación de Mecanismos Derivación Seguros para Personas en Situación de Migración y Personas Refugiadas (IFRC, Aug. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- "Esta guía se centra en tres temas: el acceso al procedimiento de asilo, la situación particular de niños/as y adolescentes migrantes y la situación de personas en riesgo o sobrevivientes de trata."

Guía para Solicitar la Condición de Refugiado en Colombia (UNHCR, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Haiti’s Painful Evolution from Promised Land to Migrant-Sending Nation," Migration Information Source, 19 Aug. 2020 [text]

The Impact of Violence on the Right to Health for Displaced Persons in the North of Central America and Mexico, REDLAC Violence and Protection in the North of Central America, Snapshot no. 9 (Norwegian Refugee Council et al., June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also Spanish version.

Unpacking Knowledge-practices in Social Movements: The Rohingya Social Movement in Canada (CARFMS, July 2020) [text]
- Winner of CARFMS 2020 essay contest (graduate/law category).

Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Regional Profile (Migration Policy Institute, Aug. 2020) [text]
- See also Spanish version.

Multimedia:

Esclareciendo el Panorama: Una Mirada a los Datos sobre Migrantes y Refugiados Venezolanos en América Latina y el Caribe, 27 Aug. 2020 [info]
- Watch for video/audio recording of this webinar to be posted.

Migration Conversations: A Canadian Migration Podcast [access]
- Follow link to access four podcasts.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (18 Aug. 2020)