Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador (The Conversation, April 2026) [text]

Trump Restrictions on Legal Immigration Could Sharply Reduce U.S. Population Growth (MPI, April 2026) [text]

U.S. Third-Country Deportation Agreements Are More About Fear than Numbers (MPI, March 2026) [text]

USCIS Ends Some “Holds,” Including on Certain Asylum Seekers (The Asylumist Blog, April 2026) [text]

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

Journal articles:

"Advice without Lawyers? Immigrants, Legal Deserts, and Reflections on Who Can Practice Law," William & Mary Law Review, vol. 68 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

"Best Practices for Community-Engaged Research: Navigating Trust and Resistance in Challenging Sociopolitical Contexts," International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14 March 2026 [open access]

- "This methodological article synthesizes ethical challenges, safety concerns, and field-informed strategies for conducting qualitative, community-engaged research with migrant populations during periods of heightened immigration enforcement."

"Desirable Mootness: How 'Making Moot' is a Tactic in Immigration Mandamus Claims," UC Davis Social Justice Law Review, vol. 29, no. 2 (Summer 2025) [full-text]

"Drones, Drugs, and Deportations: The New War on Terror," West Virginia Law Review, vol. 129 (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"Protection as Punishment: Victim Relief in the Crimmigration State," California Law Review, vol. 115 (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

"Punitive Exile," Denver Law Review (Forthcoming, 2027) [preprint]

Multimedia:

Is the Dignity Act "Amnesty"? My Conversation with Ashley DeAzevedo and Rebecca Shi, 10 April 2026 [access]

Resources:

Immigration Court Data: Latest Outcomes for Immigrants in Court (Mobile Pathways) [access]

- Provides information and data relating to court appearances, asylum applications, immigration judges, and removal orders.

Third Country Deportation Watch (Human Rights First & Refugees International) [access]

- "This tracker explains the U.S. third country transfer agreements, the political and financial motives behind them, and the harms they have caused – as well as relevant lawsuits and other efforts to challenge them." See also related AP article.

Third Country Deportations Tracker (USCRI) [access]

- "This page compiles publicly available information on third country deportations from the United States, and Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs) and their impact on asylum seekers."

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Detention (United States)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (2 April 2026)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (2 April 2026)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Deported Without Due Process: How Border Militarization Undermines Constitutional and Human Rights (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Fact-checking Kristi Noem that 1.6 million immigrants "have gone home voluntarily" (PolitiFact, Sept. 2025) [text]

- See also related Newsweek article.

Freedom Isn’t Free – It’s Very Expensive (The Asylumist, Sept. 2025) [text]

From the Field: Learning Under Surveillance - An Encounter with American Border Authoritarianism (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

ICE Has Diverted Over 25,000 Officers from Their Jobs (CATO At Liberty Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Immigrants Have Lower Lifetime Incarceration Rates than Native-Born Americans (CATO At Liberty Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Judges keep blocking the president's agenda. Are Trump's mass deportation plans at risk?," USA Today, 6 Sept. 2025 [text]

The Latest Bad News (and a Few Silver Linings) (The Asylumist, Sept. 2025) [text]

The President Should Not Have a License to Kill (CATO At Liberty Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

- Analysis of the administration's recent extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela; the author notes, "Like so much about this administration’s agenda, including Trump’s deployment of US troops in US cities, the real motivation for this boat strike is likely immigration enforcement, not drugs or crime."

Supreme Court win set up Salvadoran’s fight to remain in U.S. (SCOTUSblog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Trump Administration Appoints Hundreds of Unqualified Military Lawyers to Serve as Immigration Judges (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Trump administration urges other nations to join its push to restrict asylum rights," Reuters, 25 Sept. 2025 [text]

Whose Common Sense? Some Reflections on Noem v. Vazquez Perdomo (Verfassungsblog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (3 Sept. 2025)

- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (3 Sept. 2025)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Beyond the Harris-Trump debate: How politicians use anti-immigrant rhetoric to mask systemic failures (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US & Canada.

"From dodgy deterrence deals to drug cartels: Aid barriers in the Darién," The New Humanitarian, 18 Sept. 2024 [text]

Humanitarian mandates, Central American refugee camps, and the Cold War (Refugee History Blog, June 2024) [text]

Make Canada stronger by supporting the health of refugees (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]

A new wave of Venezuelan refugees would threaten a humanitarian crisis – Latin America could learn from Europe (The Conversation, Sept. 2024) [text]

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

Reports & journal articles:

Access to and use of civil registration by migrants and refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF, July 2024) [text]

El contexto social del mundo de la vida, el ejercicio de derechos y políticas transformadoras en el caso de la población desplazada en Colombia (Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, Sept. 2024) [text]

- Part of the "El Reto Ante la Tragedia Humanitaria del Desplazamiento Forzado" series.

Darién Gap: The Jungle Where Poor Migration Policies Meet (Human Rights Watch, Sept. 2024) [access]

- "Analyzes migration policies in six countries in the region, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru." See also Spanish version.

The influence of Safe Mobility Offices (SMO) on mixed migration in Latin America (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2024) [access]

- Follow link for press release, fact sheet and report, which is available in English and Spanish.

The Los Angeles Declaration Continues to Shape the Regional and Global Migration Response (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Sept. 2024) [text]

Nota conceptual - Tercera Consulta Temática del Proceso de Cartagena+40: Protección en Contextos de Desplazamiento Forzado por Desastres, Bogotá, Colombia, 19 y 20 de junio de 2024 (ACNUR, June 2024) [text]

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 32 (2024) [open access]

- Special dossier focuses on the work of sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad. The remainder of the issue includes a mix of articles in English, Portuguese or Spanish.

RMNA 2024: Refugee and Migrant Needs Analysis (R4V, Sept. 2024) [text]

"Temporary settlements for Venezuelan refugees: case studies in the city of Boa Vista (Roraima, Brazil)," Oculum Ensaios, vol. 21 (Sept. 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (5 Sept. 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Haiti: More than 60% of forced displacements happened in 2023, a year of growing brutality (IOM, Jan. 2024) [text]

The migratory implications of Ecuador’s crisis (Americas Migration Brief, Jan. 2024) [text]

The term ‘refugee’ should be replaced by the more inclusive term ‘forced migrant’ (LinkedIn, Feb. 2024) [text]

- Focuses on Venezuelans in Peru.

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

Reports:

ABC: Ley para la prevención, atención y protección de las personas desplazadas internamente en Honduras, Decreto 154 de 2022 (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for an FAQ and the complete text of Honduras’ internal displacement decree.

Análisis del acceso al permiso temporal de permanencia, Informe no. 1 (Danish Refugee Council & Encuentros SJM, Feb. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

México y los exiliados que desplazó la violencia del nuevo siglo, RID Working Paper, no. 39 (Researching Internal Displacement, Jan 2024) [text]

A ‘safe haven’ for refugees? Canada’s balancing act between promise and pressure (Clingendael, Feb. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Consideraciones sobre la evolución jurídica del concepto de refugiado," Agenda Internacional, vol. 30, no. 41 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Venezuelans.

"Espera, vida cotidiana y subjetividad en población transmigrante en la frontera sur de México," Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 15 (2024) [open access]

*Huellas de la Migración, vol. 8, no. 15 (2023) [open access]

- Mix of articles focusing primarily on Mexico.

"Joining a migrant caravan: herd behaviour and structural factors," Third World Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 6 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Central Americans. 

"Migrants in Waiting in Mexico," Current History, vol. 123, no. 850 (Feb. 2024) [free full-text]

"Persistent Discord: The Adjudication of National Security Deportation Cases in Canada (2018–2020)," Dalhousie Law Journal (Forthcoming) [preprint]

"El rol de las organizaciones no gubernamentales en la respuesta a la migración venezolana en Colombia," Desafíos, vol. 35, Spec. iss. (2023) [open access]

Salud Pública, vol. 66, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

- Special issue on "Movilidad, migración y salud en el contexto de la pandemia por Covid-19." Focuses on Mexico.

"'Tangled times': Central American refugee perspectives on the long Cold War," Cold War History, Latest Articles, 8 Jan. 2024 [open access]

- Focuses on Salvadorans.

Resource:

Documentation from Cartagena and CIREFCA Conventions dataset (European Univ. Institute) [access]

- "The dataset curated for this study is an extensive compilation of archival materials sourced primarily from UNHCR, encompassing minutes, pamphlets, documents, personal letters, and reports related to the Cartagena Convention of 1984 and the CIREFCA Convention of 1989."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (29 Jan. 2024)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

"The asylum case: an analysis of the International Court of Justice's leading judgment on political asylum and regional custom," Revista da Defensoria Pública da União, vol. 19, no. 19 (2023) [open access]

- Discusses a dispute between Colombia and Peru regarding a diplomatic asylum case.

"Citizenship, Belonging, and Deportation," Canadian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 11, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Communication and citizenship of Venezuelan refugees in shelters on the Brazil-Venezuela border, Intercom: Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Comunicação, vol. 46, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Historias negadas: Migración forzada de Honduras y El Salvador a España en el siglo XXI," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 31, no. 67 (2023) [open access]

"Ignoring Complex Identities: Canada’s Post-Ezokola Overzealous Application of Article 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention," Canadian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 11, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 31, no. 67 (2023) [open access]

- Special dossier on "Diásporas y Movilidades Negras en las Américas." 

"The social and health protection of migrants in Chile: qualitative analysis of civil society proposals for constitutional change," BMC Public Health, 23:1207 (June 2023) [open access]

Website:

Movilidad Segura (Govt. of the US) [access]

- "Through the ‘Movilidad Segura’ program, eligible refugees and migrants will be considered for humanitarian and other regular pathways to the United States or other countries that may offer such opportunities. Individuals seeking to go to the United States, or other countries participating in the program, should take advantage of these safe and lawful processes.

  The United States is establishing Safe Mobility Offices in partner countries in South and Central America, which will serve to direct refugees and migrants to lawful pathways and help them avoid the risks associated with onward movement. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and other partners are supporting this process."

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (28 June 2023)

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Blog posts:

To Protect the Lives of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers, the Biden Administration Must Fully End Title 42 (Human Rights First Blog, July 2021) [text]

Queering Asylum… or Human Rights in Europe? (ADiM Blog, Feb. 2021) [text]

New open access book:

Queering Asylum in Europe: Legal and Social Experiences of Seeking International Protection on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Springer, Sept. 2021) [open access]

- "This two-volume open-access book offers a theoretically and empirically-grounded portrayal of the experiences of people claiming international protection in Europe on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI)."

Reports & journal articles:

2021 Global Roundtable on Protection and Solutions for LGBTIQ+ People in Forced Displacement, 7-29 June 2021 [info]

- A discussion paper prepared for the roundtable and the Summary Conclusions are now available.

"Conceptualizing 'Family' and the Role of 'Chosen Family' within the LGBTQ+ Refugee Community: A Text Network Graph Analysis," Healthcare, vol. 9, no. 4 (March 2021) [open access]

"Constructing Sexuality and Gender Identity for Asylum through a Western Gaze: The Oversimplification of Global Sexual and Gender Variation and Its Practical Effect on LGBT Asylum Determinations," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35, no. 2 (Winter 2021) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Exploring Social Remittances and Transnational Activism Amongst Transgender Refugees," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 17 Aug. 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on transgender refugees living in the UK, Europe and the US.

Guidance Note: Diverse SOGIESC Rapid Assessment Tool to assess diverse SOGIESC inclusion results in humanitarian contexts (UN Women, 2021) [access]

- Follow link to access the publication and other related documentation.

*"“I Need to Keep Me and My Mother Safe”: The Asylum Crisis at the US-Mexico Border," Annals of Family Medicine, vol. 19, no. 5 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"Implementing and interpreting refugee resettlement through a veil of secrecy: A case of LGBT Resettlement from Africa," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 9 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"Improving SOGI Asylum Adjudication: Putting Persecution Ahead of Identity," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"Knowledge and Policy about LGBTQI Migrants: A Scoping Review of the Canadian and Global Context," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 22, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [postprint]

"Legal Violence and (In)Visible Families: How Law Shapes and Erases Family Life in SOGI Asylum in Europe," Human Rights Law Review, Advance Articles, 6 Aug. 2021 [postprint]

- Note: Access to the text is embargoed until 7 Aug. 2023.

"Negotiating Space for Queer-Identifying Young People in a Refugee Organization: Viability, Complexities and Tensions," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2021) [postprint]

- Focuses on the UK. Note: Access to the text is embargoed until 17 Dec. 2021.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (8 July 2021)

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Analysis of FY 2018 Legal Immigration Statistics (National Foundation for American Policy, Jan. 2020) [text]

Change is Hard: Managing Fear and Anxiety about Demographic Change and Immigration in Polarized Times (Welcoming America, 2020) [text]

A Changing Nation: Population Projections under Alternative Migration Scenarios (U.S. Census Bureau, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related Brookings analysis.

"Collection: National Emergencies," Yale Law Journal, 15 Feb. 2020 [access]

Deported to Danger: United States Deportation Policies Expose Salvadorans to Death and Abuse (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2020) [text]

"Empathic Humanitarianism: Understanding the Motivations behind Humanitarian Work with Migrants at the US–Mexico Border," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 20 Jan. 2020 [open access]

"Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States," Migration Information Source, 14 Feb. 2020 [full-text]

Immigration: Actions Needed to Strengthen USCIS's Oversight and Data Quality of Credible and Reasonable Fear Screenings (Government Accountability Office, Feb. 2020) [text]

Perverse Incentives: An Analysis of the Border-management Industry in the United States, RSC Working Paper, no. 132 (Refugee Studies Centre, Feb. 2020) [text]

Multimedia:

Symposium: Immigration Law in Shifting Times, Denver, 7 Feb. 2020 [info]

- Follow link for recording of presentations. See also useful overview from ImmigrationProf Blog.

Resource:

Why Internal Relocation is Not Feasible for Most Central American Asylum Seekers: New Resources for Asylum Attorneys [access]
- "[T]he Sheller Center for Social Justice at Temple University Law School and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) released a new series of Annotated Table of Contents (ATOCs) for lawyers supporting cases of asylum seekers fleeing Central America’s Northern Triangle region. ATOCs are a tool asylum attorneys and their clients use to bolster their arguments with detailed, authoritative, and compelling information about country conditions."

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (26 Feb. 2020)

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (U.S/Mexico/NTCA)

Event:

Centroamérica: Violencias y Migración Forzada, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 27 February 2020 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"Briefing: The Fallout of US Migration Policies in Mexico and Central America," The New Humanitarian, 11 Feb. 2020 [text]

Confronting Internal Forced Displacement in El Salvador (NACLA, Feb. 2020) [text]

"Death of Ugandan Shows Risks for African Asylum Seekers in Mexico," The New Humanitarian, 3 Feb. 2020 [text]

MPP Has Created a Refugee Camp in Mexico - Why Aren’t We Treating It Like One? (Niskanen Center Commentary, Feb. 2020) [text]

"'Scared for my life': Why More Indians are Joining Migrants on Risky Journey to Reach the US," The Guardian, 3 Feb. 2020 [text]

The "Virtual Wall": Mexico, Part 1 (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Reports:

Between Walls: Asylum Seekers under the Migrant Protection Protocols (Coalicion Pro Defensa del Migrante & American Friends Service Committee, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also Spanish version.

Deported to Danger: United States Deportation Policies Expose Salvadorans to Death and Abuse (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related HRW comment.

No Way Out: The Humanitarian Crisis for Migrants and Asylum Seekers Trapped between the United States, Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America (Médecins Sans Frontières, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also Spanish version and related Guardian article.

Resource:

Delivered to Danger (Human Rights First) [access]
-  Database that tracks "kidnappings, attacks and other violence against asylum seekers under the administration’s cruel and illegal Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the 'Remain in Mexico' policy." Note: HRF has published two recent reports (Dec. 2019 & Jan. 2020) documenting violence against asylum seekers as a result of U.S. policies.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (13 Feb. 2020)

Regional Focus: Americas

Resource:

The Observatorio de Protección Internacional at the Universidad Iberoamericano has published various studies on Mexican asylum procedures. Follow this link for analyses of the Cartagena Declaration, gender as a ground for refugee status, international and refugee law, the refugee definition, and statelessness.

More publications:

"Here's How a Refugee Claim Gets Fast Tracked for Emergency Protection in Canada," CBC News, 17 Jan. 2019 [text]

Hope and Anguish in a Mexican Refugee Shelter: Researcher Records Stories of Central American Asylum Seekers (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Mexico Says Will Not Accept Return of At-risk U.S. Asylum Seekers," Reuters, 23 Jan. 2019 [text]

Regional Hearing: Human Rights Situation of the Persons That Make Part of the Migrant Caravan (Human Rights Brief, Feb. 2019) [text]

"The Repatriation Process in El Salvador and Arguments of Relocation in US Immigration Hearings," Rights in Exile Newsletter, no. 99 (Feb, 2019) [full-text]

The Ripple Effect: Economic Impacts of Internal Displacement - Lost Production Due to Internal Displacement: The 2017 Earthquake in Mexico (IDMC, Jan. 2019) [text]

Venezuelans:

Canada’s Disturbing Indifference to the Plight of Venezuelans (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Colombia’s Radical Plan to Welcome Millions of Venezuelan Migrants," The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2019 [text]

Creativity amid Crisis: Legal Pathways for Venezuelan Migrants in Latin America (Migration Policy Institute, Jan. 2019) [English text] [Spanish text]
- See also related video from report's launch event.

Forced into Illegality: Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Trinidad and Tobago (Refugees International, Jan. 2019) [text]

Improving Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago’s Responses to Venezuela’s Migration Crisis, Washington, DC, 30 Jan. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video. Note: Discussion doesn't start until about 27:45 into the video!

Joint Statement by UNHCR and IOM, by Eduardo Stein, Joint UNHCR-IOM Special Representative for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants (UNHCR, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Rising Tensions as Colombia's Displaced Converge with Venezuelan Migrants," VOA News, 30 Jan. 2019 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (18 Jan. 2019)

Tagged Publications.

Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 2 (Migrant "Caravan")

Migrant "caravan" update:

8 Lessons from Psychology That Explain Trump’s Caravan Fearmongering (Vox, Nov. 2018) [text]

Caravans from El Salvador: The Tip of the Iceberg (ISIM Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

Guatemala: Migrant Caravan, Briefing Note (ACAPS, October 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mexico: Honduran Caravan is Not a Security Threat but a Group of People with Human Rights (Amnesty International, Oct. 2018) [text]

Mexico: Migrant Caravan, Briefing note (ACAPS, October 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Mexico Offers Temporary Permits to Caravan Migrants Seeking Asylum," The Guardian, 27 Oct. 2018 [text]

Migrants Travel in Groups for a Simple Reason: Safety (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"A New Migrant Caravan from El Salvador is Making Its Way North," Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2018 [text]

Trump and the Caravan: Why is He Flexing the Military’s Muscle at an Imaginary Crisis? (Niskanen Center Blog, Nov. 2018) [text]

Trump’s Cuts to Central America Aid Will Lead to More Caravans (Council on Foreign Relations, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Why Hondurans Head North," NPR, 28 Oct. 2018 [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Americas - Pt. 1 (6 Nov. 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: Americas

Analysis: Venezuelan Migration Flows in South America (IOM, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Applying the Comprehensive Refugee Response (CRRF) in North & Central America (UNHCR, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Busting Myths about Why Latin Americans Seek to Enter the US (World Economic Forum Blog, June 2018) [text]

Central America’s Violent Northern Triangle: Backgrounder (Center on Foreign Relations, June 2018) [text]

Forced Migration from Central America: 5 Essential Reads (The Conversation, June 2018) [text]

"How Mexico Could Force America’s Hand on Immigrants," Politico Magazine, 22 June 2018 [text]

How the Media Can Better Listen to Refugees (Refugees Deeply, June 2018) [text]

Mexico: An Unsafe Country for Thousands of Refugees Fleeing Violence in Central America (MSF, June 2018) [text]

Neither Security nor Justice: Sexual and Gender-based Violence and Gang Violence in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala (KIND, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"‘Our country is not a safe place’: Why Salvadorans Will Still Head for the US," The Guardian, 24 June 2018 [text]

Our Moral Obligation to Central American Migrants (The Conversation, June 2018) [text]

Searching for Safety in Central America (Talking Humanities Blog, June 2018) [text]

Socioeconomic and Labor Profile of Venezuelans in Brazil (UNHCR, Jan. 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Stunning Scale of Latin America’s Migration Crisis," Americas Quarterly, 20 June 2018 [text]

"Today’s Migrant Flow is Different - Poverty Has Driven Many Previous Waves of Migrants from Their Homes. What’s New Now is the Rise of the Gangs," The Atlantic, 26 June 2018 [text]

*Understanding the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis (e-International Relations, June 2018) [text]

The U.S. Border is Just One of the Places Where Central Americans Seek Refuge (FiveThirtyEight, June 2018) [text]

*Violence Drives Immigration from Central America (Future Development Blog, June 2018) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Americas (19 June 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Opportunity:

CFP: Journal of Lesbian Studies [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "Lives That Resist Telling: Migrant and Refugee Lesbians." Submission deadline is 30 June 2018.

Publications:

European Court of Justice Bans Homosexuality Tests for Asylum Seekers (EJIL: Talk Blog, May 2018) [text]

Forced to Flee Her Home, Trans Activist Calls for Tolerance (UNHCR, May 2018) [text]

France: National Court of Asylum Recognises Refugee Status to Venezuelan Applicant Fleeing Persecution on Grounds of Sexual Orientation (EDAL, April 2018) [text]

Guest Post: Preparing Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Identity (Free Movement Blog, May 2018) [text]

Human Rights Claims on the Basis of Homosexuality in Asylum Applications & Appeals (EIN Blog, May 2018) [text]

ICE’s Rejection of Its Own Rules is Placing LGBT Immigrants at Severe Risk of Sexual Abuse (Center for American Progress, May 2018) [text]

"The L.G.B.T. Refugees in Turkey Who Refuse to Be Forgotten," New Yorker, 14 June 2018 [text]

"Op-Ed: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum in the UK: Is ‘Discretion’ Ever a Choice?," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 17 May 2018 [text]

Performing for Their Lives: LGBT Individuals Seeking Asylum (OUP Blog, June 2018) [text]

The Reform of the Common European Asylum System: Fifteen Recommendations from a Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Perspective (SOGICA & Univ. of Sussex, May 2018) [text]

Taking Sexual and Gender Minorities Out of the Too-hard Basket (Humanitarian Advisory Group, June 2018) [text]
- See also related Devex article.

UNHCR Chief Calls for Solidarity with LGBTI Displaced (UNHCR, May 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (11 April 2018)

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.

Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2

Publications:

The 14 Most Common Arguments against Immigration and Why They’re Wrong (Cato at Liberty Blog, May 2018) [text]

2018-2019 Framework for Cooperation between the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (U.S. State Dept., May 2018) [text]

Asylum Division Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting, Washington, DC. 1 May 2018 [info]
- Follow link for asylum statistics and other reports.

Asylum Interview Tips for Attorneys from a Former Asylum Officer (The Asylumist Blog, May 2018) [text]

Deportations under ICE's Secure Communities Program (TRAC, April 2018) [text]

DHS: Not Entitled to Its Own Facts (Just Security Blog, May 2018) [text]

"Fatal Encounters: 97 Deaths Point to Pattern of Border Agent Violence across America," The Guardian, 2 May 2018 [text]
- See also other related Guardian article.

Here’s What Happened Inside the Supreme Court during the Travel Ban Arguments (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2018) [text]

"Predicting Unauthorized Salvadoran Migrants’ First Migration to the United States between 1965 and 2007," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 1 May 2018 [open access]

Revving Up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement under Trump and the Pushback (Migration Policy Institute, May 2018) [text]
- Watch/listen to related discussion of this report.

"The Trump Administration’s Hard Line on Refugees Comes under Fire," New Yorker, 1 May 2018 [text]

"Trump is Creating a Vetting Center. Is It ‘Extreme’ Enough to End His Travel Ban," Washington Post, 22 April 2018 [text]

"When Shadow Removals Collide: Searching for Solutions to the Legal Black Holes Created by Expedited Removal and Reinstatement," Washington University Law Review, vol. 96 (Forthcoming, 2018) [preprint]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (10 May 2018)

Tagged Publications. 

Regional Focus: United States

News & developments:

DHS Announces Extension of TPS for Syria (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, 31 Jan. 2018) [text via AILA]

Migrant Deaths Remain High Despite Sharp Fall in US-Mexico Border Crossings in 2017 (IOM, Feb. 2018) [text]

Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen Statement on the National Vetting Center (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, 6 Feb. 2018) [text]

USCIS to Take Action to Address Asylum Backlog (USCIS, 31 Jan. 218) [text]

White House Releases Its Framework on Immigration Reform and Border Security (White House, 25 Jan. 2018) [text via AILA]

Blog posts & commentary:

The Asylum Office is Getting Tougher (Probably) (The Asylumist, Feb. 2018) [text]

Debunking 3 Myths Behind ‘Chain Migration’ and ‘Low-skilled’ Immigrants (The Conversation, Feb. 2018) [text]

Decoding the White House Immigration Framework (Immigration Impact, Jan. 2018) [text]

DHS Extends Temporary Protected Status for Syrians, but Leaves Some without Protections (Immigration Impact, Feb. 2018) [text]

Researcher Postcard: Are Would-be New Americans Part of Trump’s ‘New American Moment’? (Kaldor Centre, Feb. 2018) [text]

State of the Union Speech Highlights President Trump’s Vision for Massive Reductions in Immigration (Immigration Impact, Jan. 2018) [text]

Trump’s Immigration Wishlist Risks Running Afoul of U.S. Treaty Obligations (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

US: Census Bot Tweets Immigrants’ Profiles (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2018) [text]

Voters to Trump: You’re on Thin Ice with Immigration Policy (FIXGOV Blog, Feb. 2018) [text]

White House Principles on Immigration (AILA, Jan. 2018) [access]
- Follow link for statement and analysis.

Who’s Next? United States’ Removal of Rights and Protections for Salvadoran Immigrants (Human Rights Brief, Feb. 2018) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"DREAM Act-Eligible Poised to Build on the Investments Made in Them," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 6, no. 1 (2018) [open access]

"How Immigration Became So Controversial," The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2018 [text]

No Safety in a Warzone: Why TPS is Needed for Syria (CLINIC, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Presidential Power to Protect Dreamers: Abusive or Proper?," Yale Law & Policy Review Inter Alia, 29 Jan. 2018 [full-text]

Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (26 Jan. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (26 Jan. 2018)

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Blog posts & commentary:

Asylum and the Limits of Mercy in a Nation of Laws (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

IACHR Expresses Concern for Decision of the United States regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) (OAS, Jan. 2018) [text]

"‘Language as a weapon’: In Trump Era, Immigration Debate Grows More Heated over What Words to Use," Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2018 [text]

The One-Year Asylum Filing Deadline and What to Do about It (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

Travel Ban 3.0 Heads to the Supreme Court: Win or Lose the Battle, the Resistance is Winning the War (Verdict Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]
- See also related ImmigrationProf blog post.

Trump’s 1st State of the Union: Refugee Policy and What Will Likely Go Unsaid (Fixgov Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]
- Note: The State of the Union address will take place 30 January 2018.

US: Keep Temporary Protection for Syrians (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2018) [text]

U.S. Government Skews Terrorism Data to Add Fuel to the Anti-Immigrant Fire (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]
- See also related Lawfare blog post.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 1 (16 Jan. 2018)
- Regional Focus: United States - Pt. 2 (16 Jan. 2018)

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News & developments:

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to January 2018 Preliminary Injunction (USCIS, Jan. 2018) [text]
- See also related ImmigrationProf blog post.

"Every Immigration Proposal in One Chart," PBS New Hour, 12 Jan. 2018 [text]

"The Invisible Wall: How Trump is Slowing Immigration without Laying a Brick," The Guardian, 23 Dec. 2017 [text]

"Trump Administration Says That Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans Must Leave," New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018 [text]

Blog posts & commentary:

Asylum Court Backlogs Exacerbated by the Trump Administration (Niskanen Center Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]
- See also recent data from TRAC.

Here’s How Immigrants from Countries Trump Slammed Really Do in the US (Vox's The Big Idea, Jan. 2018) [text]

Immigration Adjudication in an Era of Mass Deportation (ImmigrationProf Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

Nativists Can’t Back up Their Claims on Immigration and Crime (Immigration Impact, Jan. 2018) [text]

Waiting is the Hardest Part (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]
- Discusses the psychological impact of lengthy waits for asylum cases to be heard.

What Salvadorans With Temporary Protected Status Should Know Now (ImmigrationProf Blog, Jan. 2018) [text]

Will Politics Trump Humanity as Syrians in America Risk Losing Humanitarian Protection?  (Huffington Post, Jan. 2018) [text]

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- Regional Focus: United States (4 Jan. 2018)

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Regional Focus: Americas

Dangerous Territory: Mexico Still Not Safe for Refugees (Human Rights First, July 2017) [text]

"El Salvadoran Asylum Seeker Takes Canada to Court over Refugee Law," Reuters, 6 July 2017 [text]

"A Flawed Asylum System in Mexico, Strained Further by U.S. Changes," New York Times, 5 Aug. 2017 [text]

"Holding Refugees Hostage at Legal Aid Ontario," Slaw: Canada's Online Legal Magazine, 19 June 2017 [text]

"Mexico Becomes a Destination for Migrants," The Economist, 27 July 2017 [text]

Migrant Deaths on the US-Mexico Border (IOM, Aug. 2017) [text]
- See also related Guardian article and IOM press release.

"Montreal Turns Stadium into Welcome Centre for Asylum Seekers from US," The Guardian, 2 Aug. 2017 [text]

Strengthening Mexico’s Protection of Central American Unaccompanied Minors in Transit (Migration Policy Institute, July 2017) [text]

US and Mexico Immigration: Portraits of Guatemalan Refugees in Limbo (The Conversation, Aug. 2017) [text]

Venezuela is Imploding: These Citizens Were Desperate to Escape (Human Rights First, Aug. 2017) [text]

Violence, Development, and Migration Waves: Evidence from Central American Child Migrant Apprehensions, Working Paper 459 (Center for Global Development, July 2017) [text]
- See also related blog post.

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- Regional Focus: Americas (17 July 2017)

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15 Años del Sistema Nacional de Protección de Refugiados en Guatemala (UNHCR, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"After a Harrowing Flight from U.S., Refugees Find Asylum in Canada," New York Times, 16 July 2017 [text]

Americas: Population Movement (ACAPS, July 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Argentina Grants 1,000 Scholarships to Syria Refugees, Urges Others to Follow," Reuters, 7 April 2017 [text]

As Asylum Applications by Venezuelans Soar, UNHCR Steps up Response (UNHCR, July 2017) [text]

"'At home, we couldn’t get by': More Venezuelans Flee as Crisis Deepens," The Guardian, 17 July 2017 [text]

Canada’s Syrian Refugees Ill-served by Media Coverage (The Conversation, July 2017) [text]

"Down on the Border," Maclean's, 11 July 2017 [text]
- Report from the U.S.-Canada border.

"Haiti Still in Dire Straits, Number of Migrants Shows," VOA News, 13 July 2017 [text]

"How Venezuelan Refugees are Surviving in Brazil," Americas Quarterly, 11 July 2017 [text]

*"'It's like I've been born again': The Young Syrians Making a New Life in Mexico," The Guardian, 14 July 2017 [text]

Mexico’s Southern Border: Security, Central American Migration, and U.S. Policy (Washington Office on Latin America, June 2017) [text]

Salvadorans Fleeing Street Gangs Find Safety in Belize Village (UNHCR, July 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

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- Regional Focus: Americas (10 July 2017)

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"Alternative Fact? More Democratic States are More Likely to Provide Refugee Protection," Alberta Law Review (Forthcoming) [postprint]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Amid Economic Crisis and Political Turmoil, Venezuelans Form a New Exodus," Migration Information Source, 14 June 2017 [text]

"Brazil's Refugee Policy Needs a Radical Overhaul in Response to Venezuela's Crisis," The Guardian, 15 June 2017 [text]

Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, Miami, 15-16 June 2017 [info]
- Principal aim of this meeting was "to address the economic, security, and governance challenges and opportunities in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras." As noted in this Reuters article, though, some observers saw it primarily as an attempt to "curtail migration from Central America." Follow a/m link for statements, session summaries, and videos. See also related MSF statement.

"Desperate Venezuelans Set Sights on Colombia as Worry Mounts," VOA News, 22 June 2017 [text]

Facing Walls: USA and Mexico’s Violation of the Rights of Asylum Seekers (Amnesty International, June 2017) [text]

"'He will kill me if he sees me again': Abused Women Seek Refuge in Mexico," The Guardian, 7 June 2017 [text]

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 69 (June 2017) [full-text]
- Themed issue on "The Humanitarian Consequences of Violence in Central America," with 10 articles.

"Humanitarian Standards in Urban, Post-disaster Contexts: A Study of Sphere Shelter Standards in Haiti," Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 69 (June 2017) [full-text]

"On Silences: Salvadoran Refugees Then and Now," Latino Studies, vol. 15, no. 1 (April 2017) [free full-text]

Point of No Return: The Fear and Criminalization of Central American Refugees (Center for Migration Studies, June 2017) [text]

UNHCR Submissions to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Framework of the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Scope and Purpose of the Right to Asylum (UNHCR, April 2017) [text]

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- Regional Focus: Americas (6 June 2017)

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Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

Aging in Times of Crisis: Health Inequality among Older Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Presentation at Cambridge Symposium on Gender Equality and Human Rights, Cambridge, UK, 10 Feb. 2017 [info]
- An abstract is available here.

Australia Has Kept Disabled Migrant Children Out for Decades - It's Time We Gave Them Protection Instead (The Conversation, March 2017) [text]

Elderly and on the Run from El Salvador’s Street Gangs (UNHCR, April 2017) [text]

EU: Ensure Aid Reaches Refugees with Disabilities (Human Rights Watch, March 2017) [text]
- See also related VOA news story.

Fresh Hope in Germany for Syrian Girl Who Fled Home in a Wheelchair (UNHCR, April 2017) [text]

Older People in Situations of Migration in Africa: The Untold Migration Story (HelpAge & Samuel Hall, Feb. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Strengthening the Role of Women with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action: A Facilitator’s Guide (Women's Refugee Commission, Feb. 2017) [text]

Understanding Sexual and Gender-based Violence against Refugees with a Communication Disability and Challenges to Accessing Appropriate Support: A Literature Review (Manchester Metropolitan University, Jan. 2017) [text via ResearchGate]

Vulnerability- and Resilience-based Approaches in Response to the Syrian Crisis: Implications for Women, Children, and Youth with Disabilities (Women's Refugee Commission, Jan. 2017) [text]

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- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities and Older People (18 Jan. 2017)

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