31 July 2025

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Canada's proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

A pesar del cierre de oficina en Guyana, ACNUR reafirma su compromiso con las poblaciones desplazadas en el país (ACNUR, July 2025) [text]

"This family self-deported to Mexico, and lost everything," Reuters, 26 July 2025 [text]

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

Reports: 

Análisis de los indicadores de gobernanza de la migración a nivel regional (International Organization for Migration, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Exilio: Un viaje entre el desarraigo y la esperanza (ACNUR, July 2025) [text]

External State Actors and Irregular Migration in Latin America: Assessing Chinese, Russian, and Iranian Patterns (Florida International University, June 2025) [text]

Guía de Monitoreo: prevención de la tortura y malos tratos en contextos de movilidad (RINDHCA, April 2025) [text via Refworld]

Memorias de Cartagena+40: 40 años de la Declaración de Cartagena sobre Refugiados (ACNUR, July 2025) [access]

Refugee Law Lab Consultation Report on Bill C-2 (Refugee Law Lab, July 2025) [text via SSRN]
- Focuses on Canada.

Journal articles:

"Crafting a Transnational Partnership Amidst a Protracted Displacement Crisis: The R4V Platform in Latin America," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 23, no. 3 (2025) [open access]

Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies, no. 98 (2025) [full-text
- Special issue on "Regards sur l’approche du Canada à l’égard des réfugiés à travers deux siècles et demi (1770-2023) = Examining Canada’s Approach to Refugees across Two and a Half Centuries (1770-2023)."

"Spectrums of Power: The Plight of Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 15 July 2025 [open access]

"A tale of two homecomings: the fragmented reintegration of first- and 1.5-generation returnees in Mexico," Comparative Migration Studies, 13:54 (July 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

Before & After Deportation: How to Prepare, Protect, and Rebuild, 25 July 2025 [access via ImmigrationProf Blog]
- Follow link for webinar recording, presentation slides, and a copy of the Deportation Preparation Manual.

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