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Indicators for the implementation of State commitments under the "Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, which complements the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

This document is available in Spanish.

Indicators of compliance with State commitments under the…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish
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The present instrument has organized some indicators of compliance with the Palermo Protocol.

Performance indicators: Commitments to address trafficking…

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Language: Spanish
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This document is a guide to support the development of a comprehensive response plan to the current situation posed by these migratory flows for the region, based on an approach focused on the protection of life, the integrity and rights of migrants and based on the promotion of alliances among…

Plan to strengthen the governance of extraregional migrant…

Thematic Area: Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: Spanish
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Mexico receives significant flows of migrants in transit, mostly to the US, and of temporary and cross-border migrant workers. This study explores their exposure and vulnerability to violence and human rights violations, as well as disasters caused by natural hazards.

Migrants in Mexico: Vulnerability and Risks

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: Spanish
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The Strategic Guidelines for Addressing the Health of Migrants in Transit through Mesoamerica, is a specialized document developed by the International Organization for Migration and aimed at supporting health authorities in the Mesoamerican region to implement a coordinated and comprehensive…

Strategic guidelines for addressing the health of migrants…

Thematic Area: Migration, environment, and climate change, Migrant protection and assistance
Language: English
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This document is a non-binding guide adopted by the countries of the region in the framework of the Regional Conference on Migration.

Regional Guidelines for Action for the Comprehensive…

Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance, Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: Spanish
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The study identifies the extent to which the migrant population is being incorporated into the normative and institutional frameworks of the National Systems of Risk Reduction and Emergency Assistance of the countries of the Central American region.

Executive Summary: Migrants in risk reduction and emergency…

Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: English
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This briefing presents an overview of health-related challenges faced by international migrants. Implicitly, the SDGs recognise the importance and interrelation between health and migration. 

Health, migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…

Thematic Area: Migration Health
Language: English
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