15 July 2022

Regional Focus: Americas

Blog posts & press:

La efectiva protección de los derechos humanos de las personas refugiadas requiere soluciones integrales y duraderas (UNHCR & Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, June 2022) [access]
- Follow link for press release in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

For many displaced people in Latin America, new lives start in the kitchen (UNHCR, July 2022) [text]

Migration needs different storytelling and tools to push for policy changes (LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog, July 2022) [text]
- Focuses on Central Americans.

"Nowhere left to turn," The New Humanitarian, 13&14 July 2022
- Part 1: "Venezuela’s COVID fallout leaves children dying and the poor scavenging for food."
- Part 2: "In a region hit hard by COVID, the welcome for Venezuelan migrants wears thin."

A US-designed Migration Pact for the Americas? (MPC Blog, July 2022) [text]

Venezuelan Migrants in South America Seek New Destinations in the United States and Europe (CMS News, July 2022) [text]

What the Past Can Show Us about a Way Forward for Migration Policy in the Americas (RI Blog, July 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Borders in Globalization Review, vol. 3, no. 2 (2022) [open access]
- Features a special section on "Mexico’s Southern Border and Beyond."

Declaración Conjunta de la VIII reunión técnica internacional sobre movilidad humana de personas venezolanas en la región, Proceso de Quito Capítulo de Brasilia, 30 de junio y 1 de julio de 2022 [access]
- Follow link for text in Spanish, English and Portuguese. See also related press release.

Discrimination Toward Migrants During Crises, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10091 (World Bank, June 2022) [text]
- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia.

Guía legal sobre el Estatuto Temporal de Protección para Venezolanos (ETPV): Colombia 2022 (R4V, July 2022) [text]

Haiti: Impact of the deteriorating security situation on humanitarian access: Background note (OCHA, 8 July 2022) [text]

Manual sobre Desplazamiento Interno (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, June 2022) [text via Refworld]
- Focuses on Mexico. See also related press release.
- "El Manual sobre Desplazamiento Interno, el primero en su tipo en América Latina, busca brindar a las y los impartidores de justicia  herramientas para que apliquen los estándares más altos de protección en la materia; acercarles a la experiencia comparada; contribuir a que desempeñen su rol bajo un enfoque de derechos; guiar en la determinación de violaciones a los derechos humanos de las personas desplazadas internas y su reparación integral, así como impulsar a las autoridades a cumplir con obligaciones asumidas en favor de esta población o de quienes están en riesgo de desplazamiento."

"Survival migrants’ intention to stay: The case of Venezuelans in Colombia," International Migration, vol. 60, no. 3 (June 2022) [eprint via ResearchGate]

"Triple Nexus" Approach in the Venezuelan Migrant Crisis, Brief Analysis Report (IECAH & WeWorld, July 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Using a holistic and intersectional empowerment strategy for effective community-based protection of indigenous peoples: A Promising Practice on Age, Gender and Diversity in Brazil (UNHCR, March 2022) [text]

Multimedia:

Visualizing Asylum Applications in Canada (2000-2020) (Refugee Law Lab, May 2022) [access]

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