1. The Central American Humanitarian Crisis and US Policy Responses
- Author:
- Kevin Appleby, Leonir Chiarello, and Donald Kerwin
- Publication Date:
- 09-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Migration Studies of New York
- Abstract:
- The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS), a nonpartisan think tank/educational institute focusing on the study of international migration, and the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), a not-for-profit organization focusing on protection and development programs for migrants, traveled to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico from August 15 to 22 to visit migrant shelters operated by the religious Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, Scalabrinians. The delegation toured migrant detention and return facilities, met with public officials and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and assessed how the US-Mexico policies of deterrence and interdiction have impacted the region and particularly those seeking to flee the record levels of violence in the Northern Triangle states of Central America.
- Topic:
- Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Regional Cooperation, and Humanitarian Crisis
- Political Geography:
- United States, Central America, North America, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador