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Socioeconomic conditions, sexual abuse, the search for family reunification and domestic violence have prompted thousands of Central American and Dominican women to migrate to improve their quality of life.
Thematic Area: Gender and migration, Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish
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Historically, the Caribbean has been a region with extensive transit, internal, intraregional and external transit migration. Due to the constant movement of migratory flows in the area, Caribbean migrants faced the danger of being potentially exploited by smugglers.
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: English
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The recent increase in international South-North migration flows, due to the process of globalization, has sparked an interest in shedding light on its positive effects and contributions to development.
Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development
Language: English
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This publication analyzes the flows of Central American transmigrants in Mexico during the first years of the 21st century and constitutes an effort to improve the understanding of transit movements in Mexico.
Thematic Area: Migration Data
Language: Spanish
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Factors such as widespread poverty, the economic hardships in Latin America and the Caribbean and the tightening of the visa regime in United States have generated a rapid increase in migration flows to Europe, mainly of migrants with a high education level and high rates of labor force…
Thematic Area: Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: English
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This text constitutes an investigation carried out within the framework of the project "State of Migration Management in Central America: An Applied Research" and contains information concerning an assessment of the status of the migration administration of the Central American countries during…
Thematic Area: Policy, governance and liaison, and legal
Language: Spanish
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The present guide is intended to provide key information on the importance of a psychosocial approach to post-arrival reintegration counselling, describing the basic counselling and communication skills necessary to conduct a successful and psychologically informed reintegration counselling intervie
Thematic Area: Migration Health
Language: English, Spanish, French
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Assisted Voluntary Return & Reintegration Pilot Programme from Canada.