19 May 2021

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

Chile: Arbitrary and collective expulsion of migrants must stop - UN experts (OHCHR, May 2021) [text]

Fronteras virtuales: soberanías difuminadas e identidades reemplazadas. El caso de las alertas migratorias en México (Nexos Blog, May 2021) [text]

Refugees and COVID-19 in Brazil: challenges, lessons, and expectations (Refugee Outreach & Research Network Blog, April 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Migration Management and Changes in Mobility Patterns in the North and Central American Region," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 17 May 2021 [open access]

Protección social y la migración venezolana en América Latina y el Caribe en el contexto de COVID-19 (UNICEF & WFP, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also the English version.

Regional toolbox for the mitigation of risks of eviction (R4V, 2021) [access]
- Scroll down to view a regional survey on evictions of migrants and refugees from Venezuela, a legal guide and a mapping of best community practices, along with accompanying infographics; tools are available in both English and Spanish.

Journal issues:

Andamios: Revista de Investigación Social
, vol. 18, no. 45 (2021) [open access]
- Includes thematic dossier on "Pensar los éxodos, nuevos desplazamientos forzados, discriminación y representaciones mediáticas del racismo." 

PERIPLOS: Revista de Investigación sobre Migraciones, vol. 5, no. 1 (2021) [open access]
- Special issue on "Corredores migratorios en América Latina: nuevos flujos migratorios, nuevas territorialidades, nuevas restricciones." Note that of the nine articles, seven are in Spanish and two are in Portuguese, even though the table of contents might indicate that all articles are in Portuguese.

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 29, no. 61 (2021) [open access]
- Features a thematic dossier on "Pessoas migrantes e refugiadas em tempos de Covid-19: violações e resistências = Migrant and refugee people in Covid-19 times: violations and resistance." Articles are in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian or English.

Multimedia:

From a Humanitarian Exodus to Long-Term Growth: Latin America’s Journey Responding to the Venezuelan Exodus, 11 May 2021 [access]
- Follow link for video and audio recordings.

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