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) 

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published. Contents of vol. 38, no. 3, Sept. 2025 include:

• Towards black methods in research with refugees [open access]
• Displacement as lived experience. Refugee relief and female leadership in the life and work of Toni Sender (1888–1964) [abstract]
• Transnational belonging and disrupted care relationships [open access]
• ‘And now I feel I don’t have a clear future’: Hauntings and temporal uncertainty in refugee narratives [abstract]
• Tensions and coexistence: host narratives of refugee presence in Nakivale, Uganda [open access]
• “In the hands of the UN”: remembering Gatumba and resisting encampment in Kenya [free full-text]
• ‘Managing’ the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity [open access]
• Survivalist mobilities: freedom of movement and the economic lives of settlement refugees in Uganda [open access]
• Barriers and backslides: How economic instability impedes refugee self-reliance in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya [abstract]
• Relationship between self-efficacy, coping, and sense of community in native and refugee adolescent girls [abstract]
• Social networks and the dead: learning from South Sudanese military widows in exile in Khartoum (Sudan) [open access]
• Forced displacement and utilization of maternal health care services in host communities: micro-level evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, 1986–2016 [open access]
• Unequal refugeeness. Race, gender, and co-belligerence from Poles in colonial Africa to Ukrainians in Poland [open access]
• Motherhood on the move: forced migrant women from Ukraine [abstract]
• Diaspora at war: mobilization of the Ukrainian diaspora in the first 2 years of the Russian full-scale invasion [open access]
• Climate risks for displaced populations: a scoping review and research agenda [open access]
• ‘NO MORE WALLS IN THE SEAS’: Migration graffscapes and migrants’ messages while en route to and in Europe [abstract] [postprint]
• Stuck in a whirlpool? The role of hope and despair in dealing with risks during Afghan migration journeys [open access]
• The distorting effects of the for-or-against binary in the representation of European refugee hosting societies in 2015–6 [abstract] [postprint]
• Performing, contesting, and resisting internal bordering of refugee rights in Costa Rica [open access]

Five reviews are also included.

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Al Límite: Panorama en las Américas - El impacto devastador de los recortes en la ayuda para las personas forzadas a huir (UNHCR, July 2025) [text]

Human mobility under threat: How is Latin America responding? (Dejusticia, Sept. 2025) [text]

- Also available in Spanish.

IACHR and United Nations Experts: States Must Protect the Rights of Persons in Human Mobility (OAS, Sept. 2025) [text]

- Also available in Spanish.

Monitoreo de protección revela aumento en 2025 del porcentaje de personas que llega a México y declara haber salido de su país por violencia (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

'They grabbed us like dogs': deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart," The Guardian, 7 Sept. 2025 [text]

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

New open access book:

A Long Journey Home: Losing and Remaking Home following Conflict and Displacement (Berghahn Books, Sept. 2025) [open access]

- "Advancing contemporary scholarly debates on the role of home in understanding displacement and emplacement, A Long Journey Home explores powerful personal narratives from Colombia. The book examines the experiences of those whose sense of home has been disrupted by decades of conflict and violence. It highlights the profound feelings of loss and the enduring struggle of living without a home – an experience that can last for years or even decades. Through these stories, the book reveals how internally displaced people use creativity and imagination to remake their home while on the move." See also related FM List post.

Reports: 

‘Going to the Supermarket was Hard’: Pandemic Foodscapes and Unsettled Food Practices of Refugees in the Waterloo Region, Migration & Food Security (MiFOOD) Paper, no. 36 (Hungry Cities Partnership, 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Mexico’s Immigration Policies and Human Rights, GDP Working Paper, no. 26 (Global Detention Project, July 2025) [text]

Migración inversa en la ruta Costa Rica–Panamá–Colombia: Desafíos de protección y necesidad de una respuesta humanitaria regional (Instituciones Nacionales de Derechos Humanos (INDH) de Panamá, Costa Rica y Colombia, Aug. 2025) [text via Refworld]

- See also related PBS article.

Migration and Food (In)security During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Quito, Ecuador: A Photovoice Study with Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees, COVID-19 and Food Security Research Brief, no. 11 (Hungry Cities Partnership, 2025) [text]

Nicaragua: Persecution Beyond Borders - Exile and Transnational Human Rights Violations (OHCHR, Sept. 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Journal articles:

"Factors influencing U.S. and Canadian policy responses to Ukrainian refugees," Estudios fronterizos, vol. 26 (2025) [open access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

"Venezuelan Migration in Colombia: A Critical Literature Review," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 33 (2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

On the Move: Rapidly Evolving Migration Trends and Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 8 Sept. 2025 [access]

- See also recording of this book discussion in Spanish.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (29 Aug. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (29 Aug. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Webinar: On the Move: Rapidly Evolving Migration Trends and Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 8 September 2025 [info]

- See also info re. this webinar in Spanish.

Short pieces:

"Central America’s protection networks are collapsing. Will anyone notice before it’s too late?," The New Humanitarian, 6 Aug. 2025 [text]

Diplomatic Asylum as Safe Havens? Analysing the Political Crime Exception in Mexico v. Ecuador (RLI Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

[Dispatches from Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico] (WOLA & Women's Refugee Commission, July/Aug. 2025) [Honduras] [Guatemala] [Mexico]

Meet the Scholars Producing Critical Country Conditions Reports at the Migration & Asylum Lab (Austin Kocher Substack, Aug. 2025) [text]

- "Their lab produces meticulously researched bulletins on conditions in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela, and Cuba, with recent attention to Ecuador and Nicaragua."

Safe Third Country Agreement with Paraguay (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

"‘This is no life’: Trump deportees unable to return home left in limbo in Panama," The Guardian, 6 Aug. 2025 [text]

Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Are Fueling a Crisis for Displaced People in the Americas (Refugees International, Aug. 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish. See also related UNHCR report in Pt. 2 of this post.

"US plans to fund deportations from Costa Rica, document shows," Reuters, 1 Aug. 2025 [text]

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

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (31 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"Accommodating Childhood in Immigration Removal Proceedings," Univ. of Illinois Law Review (Forthcoming, Spring 2026) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"Family Separation Among Migrants in Need of International Protection: Anticipation, Duration, and Agency," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 5 June 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Costa Rica.

"Friends from the Past, Friends for the Future: Exploring How Young Refugees’ Friendship Practices Change and Endure Through Life Transitions," YOUNG, OnlineFirst, 6 June 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Governing Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children: Border Violence, De-Subjectification and Humanitarianism in Southern European Borderlands," Children & Society, Early View, 16 June 2025 [open access]

"Legal Protections for Children in Refugee and Migrant Crises in Central and Eastern Europe," Frontiers in Political Science, 3 June 2025 [open access]

"Post-crisis health reality and wellbeing of children within Syria: a scoping review of research from 2012 to 2024," Conflict and Health, 19:39 (July 2025) [open access]

"Protecting unaccompanied migrant youth in transit through Mexico: frontline perspectives on appropriate policy implementation," Health Policy and Planning, Advance Articles, 5 June 2025 [open access]

"State Interventions into Refugees’ Family Life: (Un-)Intended Consequences of Family Reunification Policies in Germany," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 11 June 2025 [open access]

Multimedia:

Exploring children’s wellbeing in situations of mobility and displacement, 5 June 2025 [access]

- "This seminar explores how displacement and mobility shape children’s wellbeing, drawing on research with Syrian Armenian children and families who moved to Armenia following the Syrian war."

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (3 July 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

"Argentina orders immigration crackdown with decree to 'make Argentina great again'," NPR, 15 May 2025 [text]

Bolsonaro’s paradox: a far-right leader’s pro-immigration strategy? (Migration Mobilities Bristol Blog, May 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Brazil.

Governing through expulsion: rise in U.S. deportations quiets the Darién Gap, shifting burdens south (Bliss Blog, May 2025) [text]

IACHR urges States to guarantee the rights of returned, deported, or expelled people (OAS, May 2025) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

Migration: A worldwide crisis of solidarity (Doctors without Borders, May 2025) [text]

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

Reports:

Facing New Migration Realities: U.S.-Mexico Relations and Shared Interests (Migration Policy Institute, May 2025) [text]

Haiti: Conflict escalation and increasing internal displacement (ACAPS, May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Limited Aid and Impossible Choices for People Seeking Refuge: The Human Impact of Trump Administration Policies in Costa Rica (Refugees International & Women’s Refugee Commission, May 2025) [text]

- See also related statement.

"The Strategy is to Break Us": The US Expulsion of Third-Country Nationals to Costa Rica (Human Rights Watch, May 2025) [access]

- A Spanish version is also available.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Feeding migrants to cultivate a moral self: an analysis of food relief in U.S. and Mexican migration control," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 16 May 2025 [open access]

"Irregularized Transits to the South: A Social Force in the Cross-Border Spatial Dispute in South America," Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Early View, 12 May 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Venezuelans.

"The Theoretical and Practical Potential of Acompañamiento for Research with People Marginalized through Immigration Controls," Chapter in Migration and Racialization in Times of “Crisis”: The Making of Crises and Their Effects (Univ. of Ottawa Press, May 2025) [open access]

- "Drawing on illustrative examples from the work of two members of an interdisciplinary research team working with Indigenous migrant communities in Mexico, Guatemala, and the United States, this chapter explores the concept of acompañamiento and considers its theoretical and practical relevance in shaping modes of enquiry and action."

"The Venezuelan 'Migratory Crisis' in the Ecuadorian Context: Problematizing Immigrants as Victims and Threats," Chapter in Migration and Racialization in Times of “Crisis”: The Making of Crises and Their Effects (Univ. of Ottawa Press, May 2025) [open access]

Multimedia:

Governing Migration and Mobility: Military-Humanitarianism at Brazil’s Northern Frontier, 14 May 2025 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Americas) (23 May 2025)

- Regional Focus: Americas (14 May 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

*Americas Factsheet (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

Costa Rica’s solidarity with refugees threatened by major funding cuts, warns UNHCR (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

Cruelty is Not My Flag: Contesting Arbitrary Detention and Deportations from the Dominican Republic (International Detention Monitor, April 2025) [text]

From Hope to Harm: Asylum Restrictions and Violence Facing Migrants in Mexico (Immigration Lab Blog, May 2025) [text]

How Canada could modernize and streamline its asylum claims system (CCPA, May 2025) [text]

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

Reports:

Compendio sobre buenas prácticas en derechos humanos, migración y refugio de las Instituciones Nacionales de Derechos Humanos (RINDHCA, Oct. 2024) [text via Refworld]

- "[U]na primera propuesta de las buenas prácticas de las Instituciones Nacionales de Derechos Humanos (INDH) que conforman el Grupo de trabajo sobre derechos humanos y población migrante y refugiada de la red. Estas INDH son Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panamá, Paraguay y Uruguay."

Derecho a defender los derechos de las personas en movilidad humana forzada en Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Venezuela, Brasil, México, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua (CODHES, April 2025) [access]

Un Hogar en México (ACNUR, April 2025) [access]

Joint Written Statement to the IACHR Rapporteurship on Human Mobility on Enforced Disappearances (Human Rights First et al., May 2025) [text]

Más que un refugio: Alojamiento, infraestructura y respuesta humanitaria en Ecuador 2023-2024 (ACNUR, April 2025) [text]

Las normativas de movilidad humana de los Estados de la región a la luz de los principios, objetivos y planes adoptados en la Conferencia Sudamericana de Migraciones (IOM, 2025) [text]

Regional Protection Monitoring in Latin America: Oct. 2024-Jan. 2025 (NRC, DRC & ProLAC, April 2025) [text]

- Focuses on Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.

Understanding the motivations and aspirations behind Colombian emigration (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Journal articles & books/book chapters:

"The Interrupting Island: Trinidad and Tobago and the Shifting Migration Trajectories of Venezuelans," Chapter in New Directions in South-South Migration (Springer, April 2025) [open access]

Stalwart Peasants, Undesirables, Refugees: Central and Eastern European Immigration to Canada (Sciendo, May 2025) [open access]

- "The collection of essays in this volume of HJEAS Books explores the history of immigration to Canada from Central and Eastern Europe, spanning a period of approximately one hundred years and adding fresh perspectives and methodological approaches that enrich scholarly discourse in the field. The chapters written by authors from the USA, Canada, Belgium, France, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary highlight differences in the migration trajectories of people from various countries of the region, while also shedding light on the shared experience of immigrants of different time periods."

"Why Colombians’ Unease about Venezuelan Immigration Has Not Led to New Restrictions," Migration Information Source, 30 April 2025 [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (24 April 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

As Criminal Violence Grows, Ecuadorians Escape Internally: A Government Stance on Displacement is Pending (Researching Internal Displacement, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Part of a series on "Internal Displacement in the Context of Organised Criminal Violence." Note: A compilation of all five contributions is available here, along with a call for future contributions to the series.

"As Trump ends asylum, is Mexico a viable alternative for those left stranded?," The New Humanitarian, 3 April 2025 [text]

- See also an earlier related TNH article.

Crossing the entire world for a better life: Extracontinental migration in the Americas (Doctors without Borders, April 2025) [text]

Governance in Transit: Migration Control and Cartel Power in the Darién Gap (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2025) [text]

"How Latin American countries should counter Trump’s migration crackdown," The New Humanitarian, 1 April 2025 [text]

"How Trump's US aid freeze stymied Colombia’s immigration system," Al Jazeera, 17 March 2025 [text]

Letters to the governments of Costa Rica and Panama urge countries to address injustices relating to U.S. return scheme (Human Rights First, et al., March 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

"Rise in asylum seekers crossing into Quebec as U.S. revokes status of thousands of migrants," CBC News, 8 April 2025 [text]

"What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced," Time Magazine, 21 March 2025 [text]

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

Reports & journal articles:

De la hospitalidad al control: ¿Securitización de la migración en Perú? (Encuentros Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"A Deportation Boomerang? Evidence from U.S. Removals to Latin America and the Caribbean," Demography, Advance Publication, 26 March 2025 [open access]

"Emotion regulation and attitudes toward FARC-EP ex-combatants and Venezuelan migrants: effects of a reappraisal training," BMC Psychology, 13:359 (April 2025) [open access]

- Focuses on Colombia.

"Health in Transit: A case study on the migratory trajectories of Haitian populations in Chile and Mexico," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 11 (2025) [open access]

"Impacts of COVID-19 on Venezuelan migrants in the Andean corridor," International Migration, vol. 63, no. 3 (June 2025) [open access]

Observaciones: Visita de trabajo a Panamá (Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, April 2025) [text]

- "El objetivo de la visita fue observar la situación de las personas en el contexto de la movilidad humana en tránsito por Panamá, desde un enfoque regional, así como recibir información sobre las medidas adoptadas por el Estado para la protección de los derechos humanos de esta población."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (19 March 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Opportunity:

Talk: Mapping Scenarios: Responding to the Current Migration Patterns in the Latin American and Caribbean Region, Baltimore, MD, 8 April 2025 [info]

Short pieces:

Brazil Advances in Building a National Policy for Refugees and Migrants (Refugees International, Feb. 2025) [text]

Costa Rica: Allow Deported Migrants to Seek Asylum (Human Rights Watch, March 2025) [text]

"Migration Flows Shift South as Trump Hardens Border," Latin America Brief, 14 March 2025 [text]

"They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they’re stuck in Panama," AP News, 12 March 2025 [text]

"The US lines up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations," AP News, 26 Feb. 2025 [text]

Violence Triggers Record Displacements in Port-au-Prince: Over 60,000 People in a Month (IOM, March 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 (IOM, 2025) [text]

Análisis regional de necesidades de ayuda legal: Colombia, México, Perú, Venezuela, Guatemala y Honduras, Nov. 2023-Oct. 2024 (Danish Refugee Council, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Haiti: Haitians deported to Haiti — Profiles, migration experience and intentions of Haitians deported in 2024 (IOM, March 2025) [text]

- Also available in French.

Internal Displacement Caused by Violence Perpetrated by Organised Criminal Gangs and Networks: Drivers and Dynamics (Researching Internal Displacement, Feb. 2025) [text]

- Second contribution in a series on "Internal Displacement in the Context of Organised Criminal Violence."

Tendencias del desplazamiento forzado en Colombia en ocho años de posacuerdo (2016-2024), CODHES Informa, no. 118 (Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, Feb. 2025) [text via Refworld]

Tendencias del desplazamiento forzado en Costa Rica: Logros del ACNUR en 2024 (UNHCR, 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"Immigrants’ Barriers to Accessing Social Policy in Argentina and Chile," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 26 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Latin American Perspectives, vol. 52, no. 2 (March 2025) [contents]

- Special issue on "Latin Americans Seeking Asylum in North America: Documenting the Crisis as Researchers and Expert Witnesses." The original CFP provides additional information.

"A Migratory Ecosystem: Legibility, Visibility, and the Role of Organizations in Ecuador," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 26 Feb. 2025 [free full-text]

"'Operation Welcome': Humanitarian Pathway and Admission Applied to the Reception of Venezuelan Migrants in Brazil," QRP: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, vol. 64, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Resettlement vs. spontaneous applications: Canadians’ attitudes to asylum policy in a comparative perspective," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 25 Feb. 2025 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (24 Feb. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (24 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Amid Tariff Threats, Migration Management is Key to the Evolving Trump-Sheinbaum Relationship (MPI, Feb. 2025) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

"As Trump’s anti-migrant push gains steam, advocates urge Canada to act," Al Jazeera, 7 Feb. 2025 [text]

"Canada refugee claims drop as country issues fewer visas," AP News, 19 Feb. 2025 [text]

Colombia: 30 days in limbo amid escalating armed conflict (NRC, Feb. 2025) [text]

Criminal Groups and Internal Displacement: What Lessons Can We Learn from Central America Ten Years On? (RID Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

- First contribution in a series on "Internal Displacement in the Context of Organised Criminal Violence."

"Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees," AP News, 21 Feb. 2025 [text]

The hidden truth about migrant deaths at the Canada-U.S. border (The Conversation, Feb. 2025) [text]

IACHR expresses concern over recent migration and asylum policies and measures in the United States (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Feb. 2025) [text]

What Trump’s mass deportation plans mean for Latin American countries (New Atlanticist Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

Why are migrants dying trying to cross into the US? These are the 3 main risks they face (The Conversation, Feb. 2025) [text]

"With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico," AP News, 13 Feb. 2025 [text]

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

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (2 Feb. 2025)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (2 Feb. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

The Dominican Republic’s expulsion of thousands of Haitians shows the brutality of mass deportations (The Conversation, Jan. 2025) [text]

Ecuador: ongoing violence displacing thousands (NRC, Jan. 2025) [text]

*Haiti Displacement Triples Surpassing One Million as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens (IOM, Jan. 2025) [text]

*"The truth about asylum in Canada," Policy Options = Options Politiques, 9 Jan. 2025 [text]

Reports:

Flujo venezolano y derecho al refugio en Colombia (Jesuit Refugee Service, Jan. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Haitian Forced Migration in the Americas: Trajectories and Protection Gaps – 2023 (Jesuit Refugee Service, 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Available in English and Creole.

Island of Peace No More: Forced Migration from Ecuador (USCRI, Dec. 2024) [text]

Migration Governance Indicators Data on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (IOM, 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Análisis comparado del éxodo venezolano en el marco del Acuerdo sobre Residencia del Mercosur ampliado," Migraciones internacionales, vol. 15 (2024) [open access]

- Available in Spanish and English.

"Failing Asylum-Seekers: Limited Judicial Review of Refugee Status Determination Decisions in Brazil," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 3 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"The hidden power of provincial and territorial immigration programs in shaping Canada’s immigration landscape," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:59 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"The impact of stigma and discrimination-based narratives in the health of migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review," The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, vol. 40 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"An introductory approach to study the relationship between protracted mobility and diaspora: the Haitian experience," Estudios fronterizos, vol. 25 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Performing, contesting, and resisting internal bordering of refugee rights in Costa Rica," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 9 Jan. 2025 [open access]

"Reasons to Stay: A Review of Community-Led Efforts to Generate Rootedness," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 6 Jan. 2025 [full-text]

- Focuses on Central America.

"Respuesta del Estado chileno a la crisis migratoria y de refugiados venezolana (2018-2022)," Migraciones internacionales, vol. 15 (2024) [open access]

- Available in Spanish and English.

"Venezuelan migration in South America: coordinating regional responses to a transboundary reception crisis," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 20, no. 20 (2024) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (23 Dec. 2024)

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (23 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2

Reports:

Alianza estratégica entre MINTRAB y ACNUR para fortalecer el trabajo inclusivo de personas refugiadas, guatemaltecas y población vulnerable (ACNUR, Dec. 2024) [access]

- Follow link to access four labor inclusion guides that focus on different population groups in Guatemala, including people on the move.

Análisis exploratorio de la contribución fiscal y económica de la migración venezolana en Perú (IOM, Dec. 2024) [text]

- A related news story is available in English.

Costa Rica: Why is it important to include refugees to enhance development?, Links to Development Factsheet (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Nicaraguans.

Immigration and the macroeconomy in the second Trump administration (Brookings, Dec. 2024) [text]

Immigration as a solution to healthcare workforce shortages (Niskanen Center, Dec. 2024) [text] 

- Focuses on the US.

The Labor Market Impact of Forced Displacement: Jobs in Host Communities in Colombia, Ethiopia, Jordan, and Uganda (World Bank, Dec. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) Technical Report, 2023 (Govt. of Canada, Dec. 2024) [text]

- "The Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) is a comprehensive source of data that plays a key role in the understanding of the economic behaviour of immigrants. It is the only annual Canadian dataset that allows users to study the characteristics of immigrants to Canada at the time of admission and their economic outcomes and regional (inter-provincial) mobility over a time span of more than 40 years."

Work permits for refugees as social protection during polycrises: Evidence from refugees in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic, WIDER Working Paper, no. 83 (UNU WIDER, Dec. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Jordan.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (30 Dec. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The economic impacts of the Syrian refugee migration on Jordan: A trade perspective (Let's Talk Development, Oct. 2024) [text]

Errors Mar Report That Claims Mass Deportation Cuts the Debt (CATO at Liberty Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

For many Venezuelan migrants in the US, working all hours means hope for a life back home (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

Getting financial service providers “refugee-ready”: four lessons from Uganda (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

New Hope: Ethiopia's Bold Move Grants Refugees the Right to Work (World Bank, Nov. 2024) [text]

Proof that immigrants fuel the US economy is found in the billions they send back home (The Conversation, Oct. 2024) [text]

Shining a spotlight on Nicaraguans’ poverty and wellbeing in Costa Rica (UNHCR Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Economic Participation and the Global Cost of International Assistance in support of Refugee Subsistence Needs (UNHCR & World Bank, Nov. 2024) [text]

- See also related blog post. This resource page provides more background information on this endeavor as well as links to related reports.

Explainer: Immigrants and the U.S. Economy (Migration Policy Institute, Oct. 2024) [text]

The livelihoods of urban internally displaced persons (IDPs): time to meet in the middle? (ODI, Sept. 2024) [text]

The U.S. benefits from immigration but policy reforms needed to maximize gains (Economic Policy Institute, Oct. 2024) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (14 Oct. 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Cartagena +40: Where Next for Refugee Protection in Latin America?, Washington, DC/Online, 18 November 2024 [info]

Short pieces: 

ACNUR da a conocer resultados de encuesta de percepciones hacia personas refugiadas en México (Oct. 2024) [text]

Brazilian pioneer of refugee protection honoured at 2024 Nansen Awards (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]

Canada's immigration strategy: How reduced targets can preserve positive attitudes (The Conversation, Nov. 2024) [text]

"Deterrence policies and cartel violence fuel a humanitarian crisis in southern Mexico," The New Humanitarian, 21 Oct. 2024 [text]

Food Insecurity as a Forgotten Dimension in Irregular Migration in Central America (International Development Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]

Migration drivers and onward movement among migrants in South America (Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

"Migratory studies from the South do not exist? A Latin American perspective," IMISCOE Bulletin, no. 10 (2024) [text]

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

Reports:

After the Darien: Aid and Pathways for Migrants in Panama and Costa Rica (Refugees International, Oct. 2024) [text]

*Central American Migration: Root Causes and U.S. Policy (Congressional Research Service, Oct. 2024) [text]

Escaping from Hardship, Searching for Comfort: Climate Matching in Refugees’ Destination Choices, Growth Lab Working Paper, no. 237 (Harvard Univ., Oct. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Venezuelan refugees in South America.

Migración forzada e inseguridad alimentaria en contextos de precariedad en tránsito y llegada en Panamá y Honduras: Un marco para la gobernanza regional (Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, Oct. 2024) [text]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (11 Oct. 2024)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

*Closing the gap: zooming in on refugee women on Equal Pay Day (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]

Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Fortune 500: Powering the US Economy in 2024 (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]

Immigrants are unsung heroes of global trade and value creation (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]

Immigrants Receive Less Medicare and Medicaid Per Person (CATO at Liberty Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

The labor market impact of deportations (Brookings Commentary, Sept. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Latest data show that recent immigrant population growth is not unprecedented and below historical peaks: New immigrants help grow the economy (Working Economics Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Solidarity and inclusion in the Savanes region of Togo: refugee women and host communities join forces for economic empowerment (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]

Tent Partnership and UNHCR join forces to help refugees into employment (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [text]

Work Permits as Window-Dressing? Refugees’ Right to Work in Host Economies with High Labor Informality (COMPAS Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Characteristics and Economic Impact of Migrants and Refugees in Costa Rica," IMF Staff Country Reports, no 443 (2023) [full-text]

- See also related blog post.

"Child Migrant Workers: The Invisible Children?," Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, vol. 52, no. 2 (2024) [SSRN]

- Focuses on the US.

The Economic Impact on Citizens and Authorized Immigrants of Mass Deportation (Univ. of New Hampshire, Aug. 2024) [text]

- Literature review.

The Economic Impacts of the Syrian Refugee Migration on Jordan: An Integration Perspective, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10903 (World Bank, Sept. 2024) [text]

Emerging practices to improve access to and working conditions on digital labour platforms for refugees and host communities (UNHCR, ILO & UNDP, Aug. 2024) [text]

"(Hidden) in Plain Sight: Migrant Child Labor and the New Economy of Exploitation," Arkansas Law Review, vol. 77, no. 2 (2024) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Report to Congress on Refugee Employment (US Dept. of State, Sept. 2024) [text]

- Note: Focuses on efforts to promote self-reliance globally.

Resource:

Displaced Livelihoods Initiative [access]

- Seeks to "strengthen livelihoods, self-reliance, and economic inclusion" by generating, sharing and supporting new research.

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (8 Sept. 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

159 Civil Society Organizations Endorse Recommendations for the Implementation of Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection (CEDA, June 2024) [text]

Canada at a crossroads: Understanding the shifting sands of immigration attitudes (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

"Cartagena +40: nueva hoja de ruta liderada por Chile," DW, 4 June 2024 [text]

"Hunger, healthcare, and schools: Reasons to leave Venezuela (along with a Maduro poll win)," The New Humanitarian, 25 June 2024 [text]

IACHR: States Must Strengthen National Protection Systems for Refugees (OAS, June 2024) [text]

"Will Mexico’s new president use the border as leverage?," The Dispatch, 6 June 2024 [text]

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

Reports:

Building on Regular Pathways to Address Migration Pressures in the Americas (Migration Policy Institute, June 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Spanish.

Costa Rica: Access to Protection (Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas, June 2024) [text]

- See key findings in the Americas Migration Brief.

Forced Migration in Canada (University of Ottawa, 2024) [text]

- "Forced Migration in Canada is intended to be a comprehensive repository of teaching and learning resources related to displacement to, and in, Canada, from colonization and slavery, to trafficking, statelessness and refugee protection and resettlement. In each section, we have compiled multimedia resources to introduce students, researchers and the general public to the key issues."

Imagining Brazil: Reasons to migrate, destination choice, and life in a new country in the accounts of Haitian migrants (MIDEQ, April 2024) [text]

Migrants in Colombia: Between government absence and criminal control (Washington Office on Latin America, June 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Situación humanitaria en Colombia 2023, CODHES Informa, no. 113 (Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, April 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Time is Now: Mexico Must Grant Haitians Refugee Protections under the Cartagena Declaration (CDH Fray Matías & NYU, April 2024) [access]

- Available in English, Spanish and Creole.

Violence-driven displacement in Mexico: Why including internally displaced persons in national statistics is necessary to inform a protection-based response (Joint Data Center, May 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Expanding the border: Increased securitisation and the proliferation of checkpoints at Mexico's southern border," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [text]

"The Importance of Administrative Appeals as Second Instance Bodies to Strengthen Migration and Asylum Systems," Refugee Law & Migration Studies Brief, vol. 1, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]

- Focuses on Costa Rica.

*"Mapping cooperation: insights into Colombia's humanitarian response to migration from Venezuela," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 21 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Peru’s Historical Anxiety about Asian Immigration May Have a Contemporary Twist," Migration Information Source, 20 June 2024 [text]

"Quality of life of Venezuelan migrants in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic," CSP: Cadernos de saúde pública, 40(6): e00147423 (June 2024) [open access]

"Resilience strategies ‘on the move:’ Navigating the border regime in Mexico and the US," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [text]

"The Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis, Out-Migration, and Household Change Among Venezuelans in Venezuela and Abroad," Demography, vol. 61, no. 3 (June 2024) [open access]

Resource:

Cartagena +40: 40 aniversario de la Declaración de Cartagena sobre los Refugiados 1984-2024 (ACNUR) [access]

- "En 2024 se cumple el 40 aniversario de la Declaración de Cartagena, que dará lugar al proceso de Cartagena+40, por el cual los países de América Latina y el Caribe trabajarán conjuntamente hacia la adopción de un nuevo plan estratégico regional: la Declaración y el Plan de Acción de Chile 2024-2034."

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (4 June 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants (The Conversation, March 2024) [text]

The Glas Case: Diplomatic Asylum Returns to the ICJ? (EJIL: Talk Blog, April 2024) [text]

"Venezuelans increasingly stuck in Mexico, lowering illegal crossings to US," VOA News, 31 March 2024 [text]

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

Reports:

Análisis regional de necesidades de ayuda legal: Colombia, México, Perú, Venezuela, Guatemala y Honduras (Danish Refugee Council, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Declaración de la IX Reunión Plenaria del Proceso de Quito: "Construyendo un sistema integral para la respuesta a las crisis migratorias y humanitarias en América Latina y el Caribe," Santiago, 22-24 Nov. 2023 [access]

- Text available in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Diagnóstico Participativo 2023: Percepciones de la población refugiada y otras personas desplazadas por la fuerza sobre la inseguridad y violencias en Ecuador (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [text]

Neglected in the Jungle: Inadequate Protection and Assistance for Migrants and Asylum Seekers Crossing the Darién Gap (Human Rights Watch, April 2024) [Eng. text] [Sp. text]

Nota metodológica: predicciones de víctimas y probabilidad de desplazamientos masivos e individuales 2024 (Blumont, March 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Colombia.

Perfil de los refugiados y los migrantes venezolanos en la República Dominicana (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, May 2023) [text]

The Politics of Immigration Arrives in Canada (Wilson Center, March 2024) [text]

Primera Consulta Temática del Proceso de Cartagena+40: Protección de las personas en situación de movilidad humana y apátridas, Ciudad de México, 4 y 5 de abril de 2024 [access]

- Follow link for concept note in Spanish and English. See also related press release in Spanish and English.

Refugee Relocation Can Be a Positive Experience (Baker Institute, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Mexico and Brazil.

*Riesgos y protección en las zonas más peligrosas de las rutas de tránsito migratorio por Centroamérica y México (IOM, April 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Design and implementation of an intensive panel survey with refugees and other migrants in need of protection in Costa Rica," PLoS ONE 19(3): e0301135 (March 2024) [open access]

"Estimating the incidence of Venezuelan migration and other socioeconomic factors on urban growth in Colombia," PLoS ONE 19(4): e0301552 (April 2024) [open access]

"Latin American immigration and refugee policies: a critical literature review," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:15 (March 2024) [open access]

"Lessons from Colombia’s response to Venezuelan forced displacement," Albany Law Review, vol. 87, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

"Persistent Food Insecurity and Material Hardships: A Latent Class Analysis of Experiences among Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Urban Colombia," Nutrients, vol. 16, no. 7 (April 2024) [open access]

"A Transnational Network Analysis of Refugees in Crisis," Media and Communication, vol. 12 (2024) [open access]

- "Over 3,000 articles from 2012–2022 in Spanish and English across the US, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras were manually coded to better understand how refugees in crisis were framed in both home and destination countries."

"Vulnerability of Asylum Seekers and Undocumented Migrants in Toronto," Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, First View, 5 April 2024 [open access]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (15 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Short pieces:

Advancing Gender and Sex Equality in Asylum Protections (Think Immigration Dec. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports & journal articles:

"Better Late Than Never? SOGI Asylum Claims and 'Late Disclosure' Through a Foucauldian Lens," UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, vol. 27, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Beyond the Rainbow? An Intersectional Analysis of the Vulnerabilities faced by LGBTIQ+ Asylum-Seekers," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 25, no. 4 (2023) [open access] 

- Focuses on Italy.

*"COVID-19 pandemic and transgender migrant women in India: Socio-economic vulnerability and vaccine hesitancy," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 8 (2023) [open access]

Deconstructing the binary between “forced” refugees and “voluntary” migrants, Thesis (Univ. of Amsterdam, 2023) [text via Sogica]

"Dignity. Reverence. Desecration," Seton Hall Law Review, vol. 53, no. 4 (2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Fadh, Sharaf and Respectable Passing as New Frameworks for Understanding Transmasculinity in the MENA Region: Case Studies of Transmasculine Refugees in Lebanon," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 Nov. 2023 [open access]

"Gender Identity as a Barrier to Accessing Adequate and Inclusive Healthcare for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon's Northern Regions," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 3 Jan. 2024 [open access]

Improving the Socio-economic Integration of LGBTIQ+ Refugees in Costa Rica (Refugees International, Dec. 2023) [text]

Monitoreo de protección: Situación de protección de personas con orientación sexual, identidad y expresión de género diversa (OSIEGD) (Danish Refugee Council, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Colombia.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (8 Nov. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

Asylum Seekers in Costa Rica Struggle to Survive as New Decree Restricts Access to Work (RI Commentary, Aug. 2023) [text]

Fortune 500 Companies with Immigrant Roots Generated More Money Than the GDP of Most Western Nations (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Government enhances support for refugees to find jobs (UK Home Office, Sept. 2023) [text]

"Refugees overqualified and underpaid in Germany," DW, 12 Aug. 2023 [text]

UNHCR: advancing opportunities for Syrian refugee employment in Jordan’s private sector (UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [text]

What do trade agreements have to do with migration policy? (MPC Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

"With European countries hungry for workers, more Ukrainians are choosing Germany over Poland," AP News, 12 Sept. 2023 [text]

Reports:

Labor Inclusion Study for Venezuelan migrants and refugees in the cities of Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Manta and Machala (USAID & World Council of Credit Unions, Aug. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for Spanish-language report.

Refugee Entrepreneurship in Rwanda, RSC Research in Brief, no. 20 (Refugee Studies Centre, Sept. 2023) [text]

Turning Policy into Reality: Refugees’ Access to Work in Rwanda (Refugees International, Sept. 2023) [text]

Vida migrante: Economic inclusion of Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador (WFP, April 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Corporate sector engagement in contemporary ‘crises’: the case of refugee integration in Germany," Disasters, vol. 47, no. 4 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

"Do Work Permits Work? The Impacts of Formal Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 17 Sept. 2023 [open access]

"Experiences of Egypt as a destination and transit country for Syrian refugee healthcare workers: a qualitative study," BMC Health Services Research, 23:872 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

"Migrant Entrepreneurs as Agents of Development? Geopolitical Context and Transmobility Strategies of Colombian Migrants Returning from Venezuela," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 24, suppl. no. 2 (March 2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (10 Aug. 2023)