Long-form information produced by WOLA
Published by WOLA on August 30, 2023.
Gretchen Kuhner directs the Mexico City-based Institute for Women in Migration (IMUMI). She explains the challenges and complexities—and occasional advocacy successes—of the current moment of record migration and changing policies, viewed from Mexico.
Published by WOLA on June 23, 2022.
A discussion of Latin America’s historic current levels of migration, commitments made at the Summit of the Americas, and what WOLA staff have seen during recent fieldwork at the U.S.-Mexico and Mexico-Guatemala borders.
Published by WOLA on June 2, 2022.
Report on a March 2022 research visit to Tapachula, near Mexico’s border with Guatemala, where large numbers of asylum-seeking migrants are stranded by U.S. and Mexican policies.
Published by WOLA on May 26, 2022. (Español)
A look at migration beyond the U.S.-Mexico border, examining recent trends in human mobility and the challenges migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are facing throughout the hemisphere
Published by WOLA on December 7, 2021.
A discussion with Mexico-based experts about the state of Mexico’s asylum system and its increasingly militarized migration enforcement.
Published by WOLA on April 15, 2021.
A discussion of Mexico’s crackdown on migration, its asylum system, and the role of U.S. policy.
Published by WOLA on March 23, 2021.
An explanation of Mexico’s growing asylum system, obstacles to protection in Mexico, and how the United States can help.
Published by WOLA on March 17, 2021.
Amid increasing arrivals of migrants at the border, an explanation of trends and recommendations for next steps.
