31 March 2026

Regional Focus: Americas

Opportunity:

Call for registration: Migration across the Americas I: Governance of Borders, Mobilities and People, Los Angeles, 16 April 2026 [info]
- Co-sponsored by the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS).

Short pieces:

ACNUR y el Gobierno de Japón apoyan el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de asilo en Belice mediante la innovación y la protección (ACNUR, March 2026) [text]

Applying Modern Monetary Theory to the Housing Needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia (Refugee Research Online, March 2026) [text]

New immigration and asylum measures from Bill C-12 (the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act) have become law (Govt. of Canada, March 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Cuban migration dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A regional snapshot (IOM, March 2026) [access]

Displacement, Gendered Harm, and the Normalization of Crisis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Mercy Corps, March 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Response to Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Honduras: Factsheet (UNHCR, March 2026) [text]
- See also Spanish version.

US Immigration Policies and Migration in Transit Countries (Baker Institute, March 2026) [text]

The U.S.-Ecuador Asylum Cooperative Agreement: Why It Fails the Law and Endangers Asylum Seekers - Factsheet (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, March 2026) [text]

Venezuelans in the Americas face uncertainty in light of political changes at home and in exile (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2026) [access]
- Available in English and Spanish.

Journal articles:

"Intergenerational trauma in forcibly-displaced populations in Latin America: a scoping review," BMC Public Health, 10 March 2026 [open access]

"Trauma and economic displacement: psychological consequences and interventions among Venezuelan refugees in the Americas," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15 Feb. 2026 [open access]

Multimedia:

"Situación de las personas deportadas, expulsadas o trasladadas en el contexto de la movilidad humana," IACHR's 195th Period of Sessions, Guatemala City, 11 March 2026 [access]
- See also related joint NGO statement.

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