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For Every Step Forward on Refugee Protection, Two Steps Back amid Record Displacement
Low- and middle-income countries hosted nearly 90 percent of the world's displaced people, with countries neighboring conflict areas bearing the brunt of refugee movements.
Migrants and Smugglers Get Creative to Circumvent Immigration Enforcement
In 2016, route closures in Europe and the Americas shifted migrants onto deadlier paths, with Central Mediterranean deaths reaching approximately 4,200 by November, up from 2,900 in all of 2015.
While Mobility Comes under Assault in Europe, Other Regions Forge Ahead
Even as Europe tightened its borders, regional blocs in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America advanced freer intraregional movement.
United States Abandons its Harder Line on Haitian Migrants in the Face of Latest Natural Disaster
Hurricane Matthew forced the United States to suspend Haiti deportations in October 2016, just weeks after resuming them for the first time since the 2010 earthquake.
Free Movement in South America: The Emergence of an Alternative Model?
South America’s 2002 Mercosur Residence Agreement tested a rights-based free-movement model, even as uneven implementation left gaps in migrants’ protections.
Brazilian Immigrants in the United States
Generally highly educated Brazilian immigration to the United States is reflected in strong labor outcomes, low poverty rates, and rising remittances.
When Outbreaks Go Global: Migration and Public Health in a Time of Zika
The Zika epidemic shows that border controls targeting migrants did little to curb disease spread, as U.S.–Latin America health interests converged.
South American Immigrants in the United States
In 2014, there were 2.9 million South American immigrants in the United States.
Protecting the Forcibly Displaced: Latin America’s Evolving Refugee and Asylum Framework
From Colombia to Syria, Latin America’s framework has broadened refugee protection, yet politics and capacity limits still affect how fully it is realized.
Border Skirmishes Resonate in National Domestic Politics
From South America to Europe to Asia, governments have turned border disputes into instruments of domestic politics, with costly human fallout.
