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Trends in Unaccompanied Child and Family Migration from Central America
After reaching record highs in 2014, Central American child migration fell for a few months before rising again, showing enforcement surges cannot resolve the structural causes of this emigration.
Governments Increasingly Restrict Citizenship
Governments narrowed who can gain or keep citizenship, from Dominican-born Haitians to terrorism suspects, often with limited evidence of security gains.
Reception and Reintegration Services in Central America: Ending the Deportee Revolving Door
A webinar releasing a report examining deportations to Central America and reception and reintegration services in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Climate Change and Natural Disasters Displace Millions, Affect Migration Flows
Nepal’s earthquake, slow-burning droughts, and other events quietly redrew migration patterns and challenged existing protection frameworks.
Stopping the Revolving Door: Reception and Reintegration Services for Central American Deportees
Northern Central American governments offer basic returnee reception but long-term reintegration programs reach only a fraction of returnees, leaving many at risk of remigration.
Unaccompanied Child Migrants in the United States: How Are They Faring?
Marking the release of a MPI brief, this webinar will examine data on where unaccompanied child migrants are being placed in the United States, how they are faring in immigration courts, what services are available to them, and how U.S. communities are adapting to their arrival.
Unaccompanied Child Migrants in U.S. Communities, Immigration Court, and Schools
The U.S. immigration court system has failed to resolve most unaccompanied children's legal status, leaving communities and schools with minimal federal support.
Regional Enforcement: A Profile of Migrants Deported from the United States and Mexico to the Northern Triangle
Marking the release of an MPI report, speakers on this webinar present an overview of regional immigration enforcement trends, including U.S. and Mexican apprehensions and deportations of both children and adults, along with a demographic, socioeconomic, and criminal profile of child and adult deportees.
Central American Immigrants in the United States
In 2013, there were 3.2 million Central American immigrants in the United States, most of them from the Northern Triangle.
Migrants Deported from the United States and Mexico to the Northern Triangle: A Statistical and Socioeconomic Profile
Mexico is intercepting more northern Central American migrants before the U.S. border. But shifting flows without addressing root causes is not a lasting solution.
