Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

*After 5 years, Brazil relocation strategy benefits over 100,000 Venezuelans: UNHCR-IOM joint press release (UNHCR, April 2023) [text]

Deadly Detention Center Fire is a Reminder: Both the US and Mexico are Failing Migrants (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2023) [text]

New Network on Missing Migrants in the Americas Aims to Drive Action to Save Migrant Lives (IOM, March 2023) [text]

*Organised Migrants in Central America and Mexico: an exercise of collective (em)power(ment) (COMPAS Blog, March 2023) [text]

US and Canada Expand Safe Third Country Agreement in Another Move to Limit Asylum (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2023) [text]

- See also related UNHCR Canada statement and post on The Conversation.

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications (several of which are referenced in this post!). 

Reports & journal articles:

"Acculturation strategies and blood cortisol in Colombian Migrants in Chile," BMC Psychology, 11:94 (March 2023) [open access]

"'I Don't Want to Be Here' - Returning from the U.S. to Mexico and emotional distress: A qualitative study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 7 (2023) [open access]

Informe Anual: Monitoreo de Protección - Colombia, México, Perú y Venezuela, 2022 (Danish Refugee Council, March 2023) [text]

Migration in Central America (Noria Research, Oct.-Dec. 2022) [access]

- Follow link for four articles. 

Monitoreo de Protección: Situación de las personas refugiadas y otras en movilidad humana en Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2022 (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

"Qualitative assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migration, access to healthcare, and social wellbeing among Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Colombia," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 7 (2023) [open access]

"Reflections on ethics, care and online data collection during the pandemic: Researching the impacts of COVID-19 on migrants in Latin America," Migration Letters, vol. 20, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Venezuelan Migration, COVID-19 and Food (in)Security in Urban Areas of Ecuador," Land, vol. 12, no. 2 (Feb. 2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

Roxham Road: Asylum seekers won’t just get turned back, they’ll get forced underground (Don’t Call Me Resilient Podcast, March 2023) [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (20 March 2023)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (20 March 2023)