07 December 2024

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Chile: Amendments Enacted to Procedure for Determining Refugee Status (Global Legal Monitor, Nov. 2024) [text]

Colombia: 1.5 million displaced post peace agreement (NRC, Nov. 2024) [text]

*High Commissioner's speech at the MIRPS VII Annual Meeting (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Migration experts scrutinize Justin Trudeau’s explanation for immigration cuts (The Conversation, Nov. 2024) [text]

*"New survey finds Canadians are feeling anxious about immigration," CBC, 18 Nov. 2024 [text]

OIM y ACNUR elogian la labor de Costa Rica en impulsar respuestas regionales de protección e integración para las personas migrantes y refugiadas (IOM, Nov. 2024) [text]

Over 20,000 Flee as Rising Gang Violence Spurs Mass Displacement in Haiti (IOM, Nov. 2024) [text]

Why the ‘language of loopholes’ should be avoided if Trump cracks down on the Canada-U.S. border (The Conversation, Nov. 2024) [text]

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

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Accommodating Vulnerable Claimants in the Refugee Hearing: The Canadian Example," Chapter in Between Protection and Harm: Negotiated Vulnerabilities in Asylum Laws and Bureaucracies (Springer, Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Fear of Crime and Anti-Refugee Sentiments: Evidence from Canada," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Firearm-related threats before migrating to the USA from Latin America and the Caribbean," Injury Prevention, Online First, 23 Oct. 2024 [free full-text]

Multimedia:

Migration Through the Darien Gap: 'It’s not a passage; it’s a jungle', 18 Oct. 2024 [access]

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