24 September 2024

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Beyond the Harris-Trump debate: How politicians use anti-immigrant rhetoric to mask systemic failures (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US & Canada.

"From dodgy deterrence deals to drug cartels: Aid barriers in the Darién," The New Humanitarian, 18 Sept. 2024 [text]

Humanitarian mandates, Central American refugee camps, and the Cold War (Refugee History Blog, June 2024) [text]

Make Canada stronger by supporting the health of refugees (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]

A new wave of Venezuelan refugees would threaten a humanitarian crisis – Latin America could learn from Europe (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]

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

Reports & journal articles:

El contexto social del mundo de la vida, el ejercicio de derechos y políticas transformadoras en el caso de la población desplazada en Colombia (Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, Sept. 2024) [text]

Darién Gap: The Jungle Where Poor Migration Policies Meet (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2024) [access]
- "Analyzes migration policies in six countries in the region, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru." See also Spanish version.

The influence of Safe Mobility Offices (SMO) on mixed migration in Latin America (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2024) [access]
- Follow link for press release, fact sheet and report, which is available in English and Spanish.

The Los Angeles Declaration Continues to Shape the Regional and Global Migration Response (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Sept. 2024) [text]

Nota conceptual - Tercera Consulta Temática del Proceso de Cartagena+40: Protección en Contextos de Desplazamiento Forzado por Desastres, Bogotá, Colombia, 19 y 20 de junio de 2024 (ACNUR, June 2024) [text]

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 32 (2024) [open access]
- Special dossier focuses on the work of sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad. The remainder of the issue includes a mix of articles in English, Portuguese or Spanish.

RMNA 2024: Refugee and Migrant Needs Analysis (R4V, Sept. 2024) [text]

"Temporary settlements for Venezuelan refugees: case studies in the city of Boa Vista (Roraima, Brazil)," Oculum Ensaios, vol. 21 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

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