Caitlyn Yates
Caitlyn Yates is a PhD student in sociocultural anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on human security, transit migration, extracontinental migration, migrant smuggling, and borders in Latin America. She has conducted ethnographic and policy-related fieldwork on migration topics throughout the region. Yates is a fellow in the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and an affiliate of the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Migration Studies. She has also been a research consultant with the Migration Policy Institute.
She holds a Master of Global Policy Studies from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in anthropology from Trinity University.
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Chasing Public Opinion, UK Immigration Policy Has Swung Cyclically
Since 2010, the United Kingdom has repeatedly swung between opening and tightening its labor migration pathways, often driven by the fluctuating public salience of immigration.
Cómo el peligroso Tapón del Darién se convirtió en la encrucijada migratoria de las Américas
El Tapón del Darién se ha convertido en un corredor migratorio masivo, con unas 500.000 travesías estimadas en 2023; sin embargo, las condiciones letales, la escasez de servicios y las deficiencias en la aplicación de la ley dejan a muchos migrantes en situación de riesgo.
How the Treacherous Darien Gap Became a Migration Crossroads of the Americas
The Darien Gap suddenly became a mass migration corridor, with an estimated 500,000 crossings in 2023 through the deadly jungle, which has claimed the lives of many migrants.
African Migration through the Americas: Drivers, Routes, and Policy Responses
African migrants increasingly transit the Americas via the Darién Gap, though COVID-19 disrupted flows in 2020. Coordinated regional policy responses are needed.
Migración africana a través del continente americano: impulsores, rutas y respuestas normativas
Las detenciones de migrantes africanos en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México alcanzaron 5,000 en 2019; se requieren respuestas regionales coordinadas.
Haitian Migration through the Americas: A Decade in the Making
Haitian migration to the U.S. border reflects a decade of hemispheric movement shaped by the 2010 earthquake, shifting host-country policies, and racial discrimination.
As More Migrants from Africa and Asia Arrive in Latin America, Governments Seek Orderly and Controlled Pathways
Growing numbers of migrants from Africa and Asia are traversing Latin America en route to the United States, prompting responses from Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica.
