Jordi Amaral
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Highlights from todayโs Americas Migration Brief include:
โก๏ธ Data demystifying the ๐ป๐ช migration-crime connection in ๐ง๐ท๐จ๐ด
โก๏ธ Climate change and migration issues across the region
โก๏ธ Public opinion about migration in ๐จ๐ฑ
โก๏ธ Success of ๐บ๐ธ program for humanitarian parole for ๐บ๐ฆ
Highlights from today's Americas Migration Brief include:
โก๏ธ ๐ช๐ธ program to train and facilitate labor migration from ๐จ๐ด๐ฉ๐ด๐ช๐จ
โก๏ธ 'Re-balancing' the ๐บ๐ธ asylum system
โก๏ธ Health care access in ๐ง๐ท
โก๏ธ The role of ๐ฒ๐ฝ border enforcement and protection issues in transit
Great to contribute to The Inter-American Dialogue #LatinAmericaAdvisor earlier this week on migration through the Darien Gap. Thank you to Carl David Goette-Luciak Gene Kuleta for the opportunity.
Check out the Q&A here: thedialogue.org/wp-content/uplโฆ
And for more on migration: Americas Migration Brief
Highlights from today's Americas Migration Brief include:
โก๏ธ Irregular ๐ป๐ช migrants in ๐จ๐ด more likely to have high food insecurity and material hardship
โก๏ธ 'Permanently precarious residents' in ๐จ๐ฆ
โก๏ธ Protection risks in transit through ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ท๐ญ๐ณ๐ฌ๐น๐ฒ๐ฝ
โก๏ธ Remittances to ๐ญ๐น
Other top stories include:
โก๏ธ CARICOM expansion of free movement stalls
โก๏ธ Rampant kidnapping and extortion of migrants in ๐ฒ๐ฝ
โก๏ธ Protection concerns in the Darien Gap and ๐จ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ response
โก๏ธ ๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ impose mutual visa restrictions amid growing ๐ต๐ช emigration
Highlights from today's Americas Migration Brief include:
โก๏ธ ๐จ๐ด to launch new regularization program
โก๏ธ Contributions of migrants to development in ๐ฆ๐ผ๐จ๐ฑ๐จ๐ท
โก๏ธ ๐ช๐จ bets on circular migration to ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ธ
โก๏ธ ๐ธ๐ป role as a country of transit en route to ๐บ๐ธ
Important piece from InSight Crime debunking the baseless rumors and fearmongering which only worsen the public debate surrounding immigration:
Is Venezuelaโs Tren de Aragua โInvadingโ the US? Spoiler: the answer is no.
insightcrime.org/news/is-venezuโฆ
Other top stories include:
โก๏ธ ๐บ๐ธ revamping Root Causes Strategy in ๐ฌ๐น๐ญ๐ณ๐ธ๐ป
โก๏ธ Calls for a humanitarian visa for ๐จ๐ฉ in ๐ง๐ท
โก๏ธ More than 100k migrants have crossed the Darien Gap thus far this year
โก๏ธ Leading presidential candidate in ๐ต๐ฆ wants to halt migration
Highlights from today's Americas Migration Brief include:
โก๏ธ ๐ช๐จ regularization program ending; ๐จ๐ฑ studying possibility of their own
โก๏ธ ๐จ๐ด๐ช๐จ join ๐ป๐ช in deportation deal with ๐ฒ๐ฝ
โก๏ธ Despite calls for TPS for ๐ญ๐น, no plans to change policy from ๐บ๐ธ
โก๏ธ Deaths of migrants in transit in ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐จ๐ฑ
Other top stories include:
โก๏ธ New ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช deal on deportations, including stipends for returnees
โก๏ธ ๐จ๐ฆ undoing temp. policies to facilitate labor migration during COVID
โก๏ธ Back and forth legal drama with Texas ๐บ๐ธ SB4 law on border enforcement
โก๏ธ Migrant's access to healthcare in ๐จ๐ด
Highlights from today's Americas Migration Brief include:
โก๏ธ New UNHCR guidelines for protection for displaced ๐ญ๐น
โก๏ธ Violence and xenophobia impact access to education in ๐ช๐จ
โก๏ธ Lack of knowledge about ๐บ๐ธ Safe Mobility Offices in ๐จ๐ท๐จ๐ด
โก๏ธ Differentiated outcomes for migrant women in ๐ฆ๐ท๐จ๐ฑ