09 July 2025

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Ante una crisis de desplazamiento sin precedentes, los países de las Américas continúan ofreciendo ejemplos de solidaridad e integración (UNHCR, June 2025) [text]

"Canadian bill seeks to deny hearings to some asylum-seekers," Reuters, 4 June 2025 [text]
- See also related commentary from The Guardian and The Conversation.

"The challenges facing 'invisible' reverse flow migrants in Panama," The New Humanitarian, 19 June 2025 [text]

Haiti Sees Record Displacement as 1.3 Million Flee Violence (IOM, June 2025) [text]
- See also related HRW news release.

More restrictive immigration policies underline the rule of law in the Dominican Republic (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, July 2025) [text]

On World Refugee Day, States throughout the Americas must uphold the right to seek asylum (Amnesty International, June 2025) [text]

"US signs agreements with Guatemala and Honduras to take asylum-seekers, Noem says," AP News, 26 June 2025 [text]

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

Journal articles:

"The Banality of Crimmigration: Can Immigration Law Recover Itself?," Laws, vol. 14, no. 3 (May 2025) [open access]
- Focuses on Canada.

"The border is always changing: a mixed-methods study of resilience among migrant serving organisations in the USA and Mexico," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, vol. 9, no. 5 (2025) [open access]

"Canada's Long-Standing Openness to Immigration Comes Under Pressure," Migration Information Source, 24 June 2025 [text]

"Cartagena+40: A Missed Opportunity for Regional Cooperation on Dangerous Journeys," Forced Migration Review, no. 75 (May 2025) [open access]

"Institutional Asymmetries in Border Crisis Response: State Constraints and Non-State Adaptability in the 2023 Peru-Chile Migration Emergency," Frontiers in Political Science, 3 June 2025 [open access]

"Lima is good enough: exploring role of city in coping strategies and future planning among Venezuelan forced migrants in Peru," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:39 (June 2025) [open access]

"Wall of visas: how race impacts the externalization of (forced) migration control in south-south migration corridors," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 7 April 2025 [open access]

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