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Following the declaration of a pandemic by COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, several countries in the Central American region implemented a series of measures,in which the closure of land borders and alterations in border management policies as a public health…
Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: Spanish
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COVID-19 leaves few lives and places untouched. But its impact is harshest for those groups who were already in vulnerable situations before the crisis.
Thematic Area: Migration Health
Language: English
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This publication presents a synthesis of international standards on return; the programs identified in the region, the institutions in charge of them, the beneficiary populations, the steps to request support and contact information.
This document is available in Spanish.
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish
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The number of extraregional migrants in the Americas, both those who use regular means of entry and those who use irregular forms of migration, has been increasing in recent years.
Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: English, Spanish
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Illustrated children's book that recounts the migratory journey of the raggae band Talawa.
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: English, Spanish
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The guide explains the step by step activities to be carried out in the days of psychosocial care groups. It is a supplementary document to the "Handbook for facilitators of psychosocial care groups to promote the reintegration of returnees at the community level".
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance, Migration Health
Language: Spanish
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The Work Plan on the Smuggling of Migrants of the Network of Liaison Officers on Combating the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons of the Regional Conference on Migration, aims at guiding and promoting regional cooperation to prevent and combat the smuggling of migrants, while…
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish
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In its content, it also offers recommendations for the generation of proposals related to labour migration, with emphasis on the regularization of migration status and social integration and inclusion.
Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development
Language: Spanish
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