Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Deportations and Protection Risks in the Americas (Jesuit Refugee Service, Nov. 2023) [text]

The International Community is Failing the Human Rights of Forced Migrants Crossing the Deadly Darien Gap (Connecting Ideas Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

IOM, UNHCR, Partners Seek USD 1.59 bn for Refugees, Migrants from Venezuela and Host Communities (IOM, Dec. 2023) [text]

IOM, UNHCR call for stronger response in the Americas as half a million people cross the Darien jungle (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

USAID Announces Nearly $485 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the Western Hemisphere (USAID, Nov. 2023) [text]

"The Venezuelan Exodus," Excerpt from Foundations of International Relations (Bloomsbury, 2022; posted Nov. 2023) [text]

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

Reports:

Evaluación Rápida de Evidencia sobre Riesgos de Protección de población migrante en Suramérica (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text]

Flujo Venezolano y Derecho al Refugio en Colombia (Jesuit Refugee Service, Dec. 2023) [text]

IDPs in Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and Mexico (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

Personas Migrantes y Refugiadas provenientes de Venezuela (OAS, Nov. 2023) [text]

“This Hell Was My Only Option”: Abuses Against Migrants and Asylum Seekers Pushed to Cross the Darién Gap (Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2023) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

An Unprecedented Migration Crisis: Characterizing and Analyzing its Depth (The Dialogue, Nov. 2023) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 24 (Nov. 2023) [full-text]

- Issue theme focuses on "Central America: A forgotten subcontinent?"

"Incorporating migrants into National COVID-19 Vaccination Plans in Latin America: A comparative analysis of policies in seven countries," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 9 (2024) [open access]

"Mexicans vs Central Americans: Violented Migrants Crossing Mexico," Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Latest Articles, 30 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Policy preferences in response to large forced migration inflows," World Development, vol. 174 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Colombia.

"Transnational ambivalence: incorporation after forced and compelled return to Mexico," Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 46, no. 12 (2023) [Academia]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (6 Nov. 2023)