05 February 2021

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

A Critical Look at Canada’s Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (RLI Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

9 Reasons Why Hondurans are Forming Caravans and Leaving Their Country (NRC, Jan. 2021) [text]

How are Venezuelans in Brazil faring? A new data dashboard is helping to provide answers (UNHCR Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

The imperative to address the root causes of migration from Central America (Order from Chaos Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

A Welcome Reception? Interdiction, Detention and Deportation in the Dutch Caribbean (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Venezuelans in Curaçao.

Reports & journal articles:

La asistencia monetaria itinerante: Adaptación del Programa de Asistencia Monetaria a migrantes en tránsito - Estudio de caso Perú (Save the Children & USAID, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Beyond 2020: Renewing Canada’s Commitment to Immigration: Selected presentations from the 22nd Metropolis Canada Conference, 2 vols. (Association for Canadian Studies, 2020) [vol. 1] [vol. 2

The Caminantes: needs and vulnerabilities of Venezuelan refugees and migrants travelling on foot (ACAPS, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guía Legal para la protección de personas refugiadas y migrantes de Venezuela contra los desalojos forzados (R4V, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Recursos Administrativos y Judiciales en Procedimientos de Asilo en Latinoamérica (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Jan. 2021) [text via Refworld]

"Refugees in Canada during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 3 (Jan. 2021) [open access]

"Venezuela’s Migrants and the Challenges of Trinidad and Tobago," E-International Relations, 31 Jan. 2021 [open access]

"Weathering the storm: contesting disaster governance after Hurricane Matthew in Haiti," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:4 (Jan. 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

La nueva tierra: Podcast difunde historias de personas refugiadas y migrantes que luchan por salir adelante en Perú (ACNUR & Amnistía Internacional) [info]
- New podcast series focusing on Venezuelans in Peru launched in February 2021; follow link for more info and access to the first episode.

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