12 November 2026

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

The United States is Not Safe for Asylum Seekers: Statement from 130 U.S. NGOs and Experts (Nov. 2026) [text via Refugees International]
- Focuses on the U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA).

What Can Latin America Learn from Brazil’s Pragmatic, Politically Durable Migration Approach? (MPI Commentary, Oct. 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Between Solidarity and Coordination: The Transformation of Refugee Governance in South America, Paper presented at the International Asylum Coordination Workshop, Saskatchewan, 2-3 October 2026 [text]
- "Focuses on the U.S.–Paraguay transfer agreement signed in August 2025."

The Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement: Safe for Refugees or Safe from Refugees?, Policy Brief, no. 14 (Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation, Oct. 2026) [text]
- See also earlier related policy brief.

Respuesta Trinacional para una movilidad humana digna, pacífica e inclusiva en el Norte de Centroamérica: Evaluación final, EvO/2026/14 (Clio Consulting, Dec. 2025) [text via UNHCR]

Public Opinion on Immigration and Refugees: 2026 (Toronto Metropolitan Univ., Oct. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on Canada.

Regional Protection Analysis in Latin America and the Caribbean: Analysis of Emerging and Evolving Protection Risks Linked to Violence, Conflict and Disasters (R4V, Oct. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Shifting Financing of Responses to Venezuelan Displacement (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2026) [access]
- Available in English and Spanish. See also related press release.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"The double-edged sword of categorical expansion: UNHCR and the refugee label in Latin America," Chapter in A Research Agenda for Refugee Law (Edward Elgar, Oct. 2026) [free full-text] 

"Misinformation Among Migrants: Evidence from Mexico and Colombia," Journal of Experimental Political Science, vol. 13, no. 3 (Winter 2026) [open access]

"La neutralidad normativa como dispositivo de alteridad: Gobernanza migratoria, el Pacto Mundial y la construcción de la “extranjería” colombiana en México," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 34 (2026) [open access]

"Welfare deservingness and immigration status: evidence from a survey experiment in Brazil," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 10 Nov. 2026 [open access]

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