Examines trends, challenges, and needs from the donor community to help the Americas assist and integrate migrants from Venezuela.
Refugee and Migrant Needs Analysis (RMNA) for 2023
189 NGO Reports
Links to long-form information produced by non-governmental organizations (other than WOLA)
La esperanza en el camino: La REDODEM en un país de impunidad, militarización y violencias.
Publicado por REDODEM on September 12, 2023.
A 273-page research report about migration trends, policies, and human rights in Mexico in 2021 and 2022.
Migration Trends in the Americas March-June 2023
Published by the International Organization for Migration on September 8, 2023.
Examines migration trends in the hemisphere during the second quarter of 2023.
Child alert: Child migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Published by UNICEF on September 7, 2023.
“Globally, children make up around 13 per cent of the migrant population, but they account for 25 per cent of people on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela – August 2023
The platform, coordinated by two UN agencies, offers its latest estimates of Venezuelan migrants living in other states throughout the Americas.
Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: August 2023
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on August 31, 2023.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
CBP One: The Latest Roadblock to Asylum in the United States
Published by NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice on August 31, 2023.
Highlights harms of the Biden administration’s asylum ban and reliance on the CBP One smartphone app to control access to asylum.
2022 Americas overview of missing migrants data
Published by the International Organization for Migration on August 24, 2023.
Finds that 2022 was the deadliest year on record for migrants in the Americas, with nearly half happening at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Limits on Access to Asylum After Title 42: One Month of Monitoring U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry
A report from organizations monitoring asylum seekers’ limited access to land-border ports of entry in the month after the Title 42 policy’s termination.
CBP Violations of Custody Standards and International Human Rights By Failing toProvide Water, Food, Shelter, Sanitation and Medical Assistance to Migrants Detained inOpen-Air Corridor Between Border Wall Layers Near San Ysidro Port of Entry
Published by the Southern Border Communities Coalition on May 13, 2023.
A complaint to the DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties office about Border Patrol’s practice of penning asylum seekers between layers of the border wall south of San DIego for days before processing them.
The Militarization of Border Communities
Published by the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center on April 12, 2023.
Covers use or misuse of military equipment, CBP’s broad authorities, migrant deaths, corruption, and oversight shortcomings.
Leading by Example, Honoring Commitments: Recommendations for the Biden Administration to Uphold Refugee Law at Home
Published by Human Rights First on January 26, 2023.
Takes stock of the Biden administration’s border and migration policies after two years, with a strong human rights critique.
International Protection Considerations With Regard to People Fleeing Nicaragua
Published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on January 19, 2023.
“UNHCR considers that the situation prevailing in Nicaragua may be characterized as a massive violation of human rights.” (Original link)
Biden Administration Plan to Resurrect Asylum Ban Advances Trump Agenda
Published by Human Rights First on January 17, 2023.
Lays out arguments against the Biden administration’s proposed asylum transit ban, comparing it to a similar measure pursued by the Trump administration.
The Opioid Epidemic Demands Public Health Solutions, Not False Claims About Immigration
Published by the Center for American Progress on October 31, 2022.
A study of approaches to the opioid epidemic finds no link to immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Spotlight on the Borderlands: How Militarization and Border Control Impact Migrants and Border Residents on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Published by the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights on October 27, 2022.
Articles and analyses from “frontline leaders and organizers with direct experience, both in theory and practice, of migrant human rights.”
Quarterly Mixed Migration Update: Latin America and the Caribbean, Q3, 2022
Published by the Mixed Migration Center on October 19, 2022.
A quarterly update on countries affected by the Venezuelan migration crisis.
Surviving Deterrence: How Us Asylum Deterrence Policies Normalize Gender-Based Violence
Published by Oxfam America and the Tahirih Justice Center on October 12, 2022.
Finds that U.S. asylum deterrence policies engender conditions that cause gender-based violence to proliferate at the U.S. southern border.
Arizona Border Patrol Sectors’ Practice of Forcing Migrants to Relinquish Their Personal Belongings During Processing
Published by several organizations on October 3, 2022.
Finds that, particularly in Border Patrol’s Yuma sector, “CBP is failing to comply with its own internal operating guidelines and unreasonably confiscating the personal property of individuals in its custody.”
Climate Change and Regional Instability in Central America
Published by the Council on Foreign Relations on September 29, 2022.
“To stave off climate-induced instability in Central America,” the report recommends measures for “both immediate crisis response and long-term instability mitigation.”
GIFMM Colombia: Mixed movements in transit through Urabá region – January to July 2022
Published by the Interagency Group on Mixed Migratory Flows on September 28, 2022.
Monitoring migration patterns in Colombia’s northwestern region of Urabá, the beginning of the treacherous journey through the Darién Gap.
Fatally Flawed: “Remain in Mexico” Policy Should Never Be Revived
Published by Human Rights First on September 13, 2022.
As the Remain in Mexico “2.0” policy comes to an end, “a vanishingly small number of the mainly Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans subjected to the policy were granted asylum.”
Most Border Patrol Apprehensions are for Repeat Crossers, But Agency Data Doesn’t Yet Provide the Full Picture
Published by TRAC Immigration on September 9, 2022.
Contends that, contrary to official claims, implementing Title 42 did not clearly increase repeat border crossings.
Border Wall Construction in Defiance of President Biden’s Executive Order
Published by the Center for Biological Diversity on September 8, 2022.
Reproduces documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, indicating that the Army Corps of Engineers used “a narrow emergency exemption” to resume some border wall construction after President Biden called a halt to wall-building in 2021.
Metering Update: August 2022
Published by the University of Texas at Austin Strauss Center on August 31, 2022.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.