Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Catatumbo, Colombia: 100,000 displaced after a year of brutal conflict (NRC, Jan. 2026) [text]

CEJIL Boletín (Jan. 2026) [text]

- "Resumen anual 2025 - Políticas migratorias, fronteras y caminos." 

El Salvador: ACNUR apoya el fortalecimiento de la respuesta ante emergencias con el lanzamiento del Sistema Logístico de Asistencia Humanitaria (SILAH) (ACNUR, Enero 2026) [text]

IOM Praises Brazil for Welcoming and Supporting Migrants (IOM, Jan. 2026) [text]

Venezuela after Maduro: mixed migration implications of a sudden regime rupture (Mixed Migration Centre, Jan. 2026) [access]

- Available in English & Spanish. See also related TNH article and Univ. of Oxford feature.

Venezuela in Exile: Refugee Stories (USCRI, Jan. 2026) [text]

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

Reports & book chapters: 

Document forgery and identity theft in the context of irregular migration in Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic (International Organization for Migration, Jan. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

“Introduction,” The Borders of America: Migration, Control, and Resistance Across Latin America and the Caribbean (Duke Univ. Press, Feb. 2026) [access]

Panorama de Desplazamiento Interno Forzado en Honduras, Enero-Septiembre 2025 (Norwegian Refugee Council, Feb. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Families on the move – Latin American perspectives," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 22 Jan. 2026 [free full-text]

- Introduction to forthcoming special issue.

"Governance Through Uncertainty and the Making of Mixed-Status Venezuelan Families in Chile and Colombia," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 21 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"Health status and living conditions of north-bound migrant minors in Mexico at place of origin and during the migration journey: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 13 (2026) [open access]

"Pushed into Precarity: Costa Rican Anti-Asylum Decrees and Nicaraguan Migrant Labor," Journal of International Service (Fall 2025) [open access]

"Understanding Transit Migration Through the Push-Pull Plus Framework: Evidence from Casa del Migrante, Honduras," Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (13 Jan. 2026)