Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"Mexico saw refugee, asylum claims almost double in 2021," AP News, 3 Jan. 2022 [text]

Migration in Latin America: Explainer (Chatham House, Oct. 2021) [text]

Refugee family found safety and stability in Mexico. Next step: citizenship (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Access to information for Venezuelan refugees and migrants: Before and during the journey (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2021) [text]

How to migrate north: Factors behind Central American refugees’ and migrants’ decisions in Mexico (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2021) [text]

“It’s Very Hard to Have Rights”: The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugee and Migrant Communities in Tijuana (Espacio Migrante & Haitian Bridge Alliance, Dec. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Experiences of Nicaraguan Political Refugees in Costa Rica," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 10, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 22.

"Movilidad humana y COVID-19: violaciones de derechos humanos por el cierre de fronteras en Brasil," FORO: Revista de Derecho, no. 37 (2022) [open access]

"News Frames in the Context of a Substantial Increase in Migration: Differences Between Media Platforms and Immigrants’ Nationality," International Journal of Communication, vol. 15 (2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Chile.

"Non-Governmental Organizations in Tijuana, Mexico Serving Deported Migrants from the United States," Frontera Norte, vol. 33 (2021) [open access]

"Vaccines for all? A rapid scoping review of COVID-19 vaccine access for Venezuelan migrants in Latin America," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 4 (2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

Crisis Humanitaria de Migrantes y Refugiados en Venezuela, 1 Dec. 2021 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (16 Dec. 2021)