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Migration in the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities for a Changing Region
Looking at migration in Caribbean countries, this event outlined challenges and opportunities for integration, successful diaspora engagement to advance development, and how to strengthen the region’s capacity to accommodate changing migration patterns.
Crisis Prompts Record Emigration from Nicaragua, Surpassing Cold War Era
Political repression under President Daniel Ortega has triggered Nicaragua's largest modern exodus, sending record numbers to Costa Rica and the United States.
Efforts to Manage Climate Migration Are Slowly Growing, but Their Focus Is Often Indirect
Development organizations are slowly building a field around climate mobility, but with only 54 projects mapped worldwide and scant evaluations, efforts remain small-scale and largely indirect.
Migration, Integration, and Diaspora Engagement in the Caribbean: A Policy Review
Caribbean countries face high emigration, fragmented integration policy, and underused diaspora ties. Coordinated regional action is needed to close persistent gaps.
External Processing: A Tool to Expand Protection or Further Restrict Territorial Asylum?
External processing can widen or narrow asylum access; whether it protects or deters hinges on design, procedural safeguards, and international cooperation.
Financing Responses to Climate Migration: The Unique Role of Multilateral Development Banks
Multilateral development banks are uniquely positioned to finance climate migration responses but must build knowledge, data, and partnerships to act effectively at scale.
El número récord de encuentros con migrantes en la frontera México-Estados Unidos encubre la historia más importante
Los titulares enfocados en la cifra récord de 2,4 millones de migrantes encontrados en la frontera México-Estados Unidos durante el año fiscal 2022 encubren la historia más importante: Los flujos migratorios se han diversificado rápidamente más allá de México y el norte Centroamérica, y como resultado, las políticas de control migratorio son incongruentes con la realidad de hoy. Esto demuestra la evidente necesitad de nuevos enfoques regionales, argumenta este comentario.
Record-Breaking Migrant Encounters at the U.S.-Mexico Border Overlook the Bigger Story
Headlines focusing on the record-breaking nature of the 2.4 million migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2022 overlook the much bigger story: Migrant and asylum seeker flows have rapidly diversified beyond Mexico and northern Central America and as a result, U.S. enforcement policies are misaligned. Today's reality sharply underscores the need for new regional approaches, this commentary argues.
Top Statistics on Global Migration and Migrants
The global migrant population hit a historic high of 280.6 million in 2020, as forced displacement surpassed 100 million and remittances reached record levels.
Caribbean Immigrants in the United States
Caribbean immigrants are concentrated in Florida and New York, with family and humanitarian immigration pathways their main admissions channels.
