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The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean presents this brief in order to highlight several key changes and trends in mobility and migration that have occurred during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thematic Area: Migration Health, Migration Data
Language: Spanish, English
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COVID-19 has emerged in a world tightly connected by local and international population movements, with more people moving for work, education and family reasons, tourism and survival than ever in the past (Skeldon, 2018).
Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
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This guide aims to provide guidance on how to integrate counter-trafficking-specific data collection and analysis into existing information management mechanisms which are already well established in humanitarian responses.
Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
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Every year, thousands of people leave their homes in an attempt to forge a future that has become virtually unattainable in their countries of origin.
Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: Spanish
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The purpose of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)is to provide quick guidance to border officials to prevent disease transmission and contamination of the working and living premises by COVID-19, as well as effectively manage suspected and/or probable COVID-19 cases.
Thematic Area: Immigration and Border Governance
Language: English
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International migration is a key element in development processes. The migratory corridor of Central America and Mexico is one of the most important in the world, through which both migrants from the countries of the area and people from other parts of the Americas and the world transit.
Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development
Language: Spanish
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Between 1 and 18 November 2020, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and parts of South America were affected by two major natural hazards - Hurricane Eta, which reached the second highest hurricane classification of Category 4, followed by Hurricane Iota, which peaked at the highest…
Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: English
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Shelter profiles based on the assessment of preparedness of emergency shelters on Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands for 2020 hurricane season.
Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
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