Al Jazeera • 19th April 2022 US officials attend migration summit while policies under fire High-level meetings are being held in Panama as rights advocates say risks for migrants exacerbated by US border push.
Truthout • 18th October 2021 Biden Has Outpaced Trump's Use of Title 42 to Expel Asylum Seekers President Joe Biden has used Title 42 to expel migrants over a remote border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico.
Al Jazeera • 6th June 2021 Put migrant protections at heart of US policy, rights groups urge Migrant advocates call for rights-based approach as US Vice President Harris heads to Guatemala and Mexico this week.
The Intercept • 4th May 2021 “Enemy Mentality”: Mexico Cracks Down on Migrants and Asylum-Seekers at Its Southern Border Driven by U.S. pressure, militarized immigration enforcement continues in southern Mexico.
Al Jazeera • 11th February 2021 US puts climate migrant protections on the table Joe Biden has asked officials to submit report on climate-related displacement and migration, a move welcomed by advocates.
The Intercept • 2nd February 2021 A Honduran Migrant Caravan Collides With the U.S. “Vertical Border” in Guatemala The effective U.S. border has not only been pushed south to Central America but has also expanded to fill every space in between.
The Christian Science Monitor • 26th January 2021 The caravan hoped for change. But it’s not all up to Biden. No matter who’s in the White House, migration challenges aren’t going away.
Al Jazeera • 26th January 2021 The ‘spiralling crisis’ pushing Hondurans to flee north Thousands in US-bound migrant caravan were returned to Honduras this month, but many say they will try again. Here’s why.
Los Angeles Times • 23rd January 2021 For members of a migrant caravan, Biden's immigration plan means little right now Biden has abandoned many of Trump’s hardline immigration policies but it does little for people fleeing Central America now.
Al Jazeera • 18th January 2021 ‘I was so scared’: Guatemalan forces disperse migrant caravan Soldiers and police evicted thousands of migrants and asylum seekers, most of them Honduran, from a highway in Guatemala.
Al Jazeera • 17th January 2021 Hondurans remain hopeful despite Guatemala crackdown on caravan Military and police are blocking thousands of migrants and asylum seekers fleeing hurricane destruction, unemployment, and violence.
Los Angeles Times • 16th January 2021 Fleeing the pandemic and two hurricanes, thousands of migrants walk toward the U.S. Some 7,500 Honduran migrants and asylum seekers, many of whom lost everything to hurricane flooding, are making their way through Guatemala.
Los Angeles Times • 3rd October 2020 Honduran migrants are caught between economic despair and militarized crackdowns Guatemala has deported more than half of a 4,000-strong migrant caravan.
Al Jazeera • 3rd October 2020 ‘There is no work’: Hondurans brave risks in US-bound caravan The Guatemalan government is ramping up efforts to halt the exodus of thousands of Honduran migrants attempting to reach the United States.
Truthout • 19th May 2020 US Is Using Pandemic as an Excuse to Send Asylum Seekers Back Into Harm's Way Central American asylum deals are in limbo as the US has essentially shut down asylum at the southern border while spreading COVID-19 through deportations.
Al Jazeera • 18th April 2020 Mexico judge orders release of migrants vulnerable to coronavirus Mexico must release detained migrants vulnerable to COVID-19 and grant them temporary residence rights, a judge ruled.
Al Jazeera • 11th February 2020 US policy puts migrants at risk of kidnapping, extortion: MSF Central American migrants and asylum seekers already suffer from mental health issues stemming from the violence they are fleeing, but US immigration policies are making matters much worse, according to a new report.
The Intercept • 29th January 2020 One Year Into "Remain in Mexico," the U.S. Is Enlisting Central America in Its Asylum Crackdown The Migrant Protection Protocols were a milestone in the Trump administration’s assault on asylum, but that assault has spread much further south.
Al Jazeera • 22nd January 2020 Prominent Guatemala migrant shelter receives threats: Director Guatemala City's main shelter for migrants and asylum seekers and the priest who runs it have been the targets of threatening phone calls.
Al Jazeera • 22nd January 2020 New Guatemalan gov't to stick with controversial US asylum deal Guatemala's new government will continue to receive Honduran and Salvador asylum seekers from the United States under a controversial asylum deal.