Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar/report launch: Building Effective Migration Management Capacity in Mexico and Central America, 15 April 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

Border Criminologies Blog (April 2021) 

- New themed blog series that covers "immigration and border control in South and Central America, with posts on Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao and Mexico, as well as the complex relationship between these countries." Posts in the series can be accessed via the "see also" menu on the right. Four posts to date discuss Haitians in Brazil, and Venezuelans in Curaçao, Trinidad & Tobago, and Colombia.

COMPASS: why our new planning system will make a bigger difference in the lives of people forced to flee (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia.

Qué significa el desplazamiento interno? Abriendo la caja de Pandora. Reflexiones desde la Red Latinoamericana de Desplazamiento Interno (RLI Blog, April 2021) [text]

- See also English version.

‘They killed my husband. If I’d stayed, they would have killed me too’ (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

UNHCR ramps up support for Mexico amid mounting asylum applications (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

Reports:

The Humanitarian Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Venezuelans in Peru, One Year in (Refugees International, April 2021) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

Procedimiento operativo estándar para la protección y atención de personas refugiadas y migrantes frente a la trata de personas en contextos de asistencia humanitaria en el Perú (R4V, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Supporting Canada’s COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery Through Robust Immigration Policy and Programs (Royal Society of Canada, March 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report and executive summary.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (24 March 2021)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (24 March 2021)