14 February 2022

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

"Biden’s immigration polices have left Haitians stranded in Mexico," Vox, 20 Jan. 2022 [text]

"In Haiti, gang violence strains aid operations and demands new approaches," The New Humanitarian, 7 Feb. 2022 [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Atención a la población haitiana en México, Informe especial, no. 2 (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]

"The Continued Pivotal Role of the 1951 Convention in Refugee Protection: evidences from dialogues with Latin American Refugee Law and the GCR," Chapter 17 in Direitos Humanos e Vulnerabilidade e o Direito Internacional dos Refugiados (Univ. Federal de Roraima, 2021) [full-text]

Encuesta de Alta Frequencia = High Frequency Survey, July-Sept. 2021 (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]
- First round of a survey to assess the protection situation of the population affected by forced displacement currently in Costa Rica.

Study on the protection situation of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in the Caribbean (IOM & R4V, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Impacts of Political Discourse on Vulnerable Migrant and Refugee Communities: Comparative Media Analysis in Brazil, Mexico and Japan," Journal of Human Security Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

International Migration, vol. 60, no. 1 (Feb. 2022) [free full-text]
- Features a special section on “Policies and Politics of Venezuelan Migration in Latin America,”  with the following articles:
- Introduction: Latin American Political and Policy Responses to Venezuelan Displacement
Reacting to Change within Change: Adaptive Leadership and the Peruvian Response to Venezuelan Immigration
What do immigrants make of immigration policies? Insights from interviews with Venezuelans in Chile
Between liberal legislation and preventive political practice: Ecuador’s political reactions to Venezuelan forced migration
Colombia's open-door policy: An innovative approach to displacement?
Progressive legislation but lukewarm policies: The Brazilian response to Venezuelan displacement

"Invisibles o invisibilizados? La COVID-19 y los solicitantes de refugio venezolanos en Perú," Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, no. 129 (2021) [open access]

"Media and government framing of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic," International Review of Education, Latest Articles, 26 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"Sheltering as a destabilising and perpetuating practice in the migration management architecture in Mexico," Third World Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

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