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FMR 56 - Youth outreach centres in El Salvador: providing alternatives to displacement

A growing number of youth are fleeing El Salvador, one of the most violent countries in the world, and travelling unaccompanied to the US-Mexico border.

FMR 56 - Accompaniment by the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is developing various initiatives to assist those fleeing violence in the Northern Triangle of Central America.

FMR 56 - Colombia: durable solutions for the forcibly displaced

Colombia has a sophisticated body of law and a wealth of experience in the development of policies for the forcibly displaced. However, numerous obstacles stand in the way of attaining permanent solutions to displacement.

FMR 56 - Colombia: time to invoke the cessation clause?

After more than five decades of internal armed conflict, in November 2016 the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the FARC-EP. Does this mean that those Colombians who had been forced to leave the country must now begin to return?

FMR 56 - Colombia’s ex–combatant children and adolescents

Large numbers of children and adolescents recruited into the armed conflict in Colombia are now being demobilised.

FMR 56 - New drivers of displacement in Colombia

Violence and displacement have not ended with the signing of the peace agreement in Colombia.

FMR 56 - Land restitution in Colombia: why so few applications?

Halfway through Colombia’s official land restitution process, questions arise as to why the number of claims is so much lower than anticipated.

FMR 56 - Colombia’s displaced indigenous women

Indigenous peoples are one of the most vulnerable groups within Colombia’s internally displaced population, and a lack of understanding of their culture and needs constitutes a major challenge to their protection and assistance.

FMR 56 - Triggers of internal displacement in Guatemala

More than 20 years since the end of the civil war, Guatemala is once again experiencing an upsurge in internal displacement. The causes are multiple, and demand attention.

FMR 56 - Falling short of protection: Peru’s new migration scheme for Venezuelans

audio/mpeg iconparent.mp3 Peru’s introduction of a new work and study permit for Venezuelans fleeing violence in their country is to be applauded – but it provides only a limited, temporary form of protection.

FMR 56 - Protection in the absence of legislation in Trinidad and Tobago

The Caribbean’s many small island States are grappling with increasingly complex mixed migration flows, yet few have introduced refugee legislation. Trinidad and Tobago is in the process of doing so.

FMR 56 - Eradicating statelessness in the Americas

Considerable progress has been made towards eradicating statelessness in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2014 but there is still work to be done if it is to become the first world region to eradicate statelessness.

FMR 56 - Extra-regional refugee resettlement in South America: the Palestinian experience

The Humanitarian Resettlement Programme for extra-regional refugees built on the Solidarity Resettlement Programme that emerged from the 2004 Mexico Declaration and Plan of Action.

FMR 56 - Venezuelan displacement: a challenge to Brazil

Brazil must strengthen its reception and integration of fleeing Venezuelans.

FMR 56 - The future of the Brazilian resettlement programme

Brazil’s resettlement programmes have been praised for demonstrating the country’s commitment to refugee protection but the number resettled remains small compared with international need.

FMR 56 - Visas and qualifications: Syrian refugees in Brazil

Brazil’s humanitarian visa programme for Syrian refugees and its efforts to recognise their qualifications could offer lessons for refugee protection and integration across the region.

FMR 56 - Syrian refugees in Uruguay: an uncomfortable topic

Only a year after Uruguay’s resettlement plan for Syrian refugees was established, the resettled families said they wanted to leave. Expectations have not been met.

FMR 56 - Measuring local integration in Ecuador

In 2014-15 UNHCR Ecuador developed an index to measure the degree to which refugees are integrated in their host country, using three main dimensions of local integration: legal, economic and socio-cultural.

FMR 56 - The RCM Guide: a novel protection tool for cross-border disaster-induced displacement in the Americas

A new regional guide presents practices and measures to help address the protection needs of cross-border disaster-displaced persons.

FMR 56 - Disaster-induced displacement in the Caribbean and the Pacific

People in Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to displacement by disaster. Governments in the Caribbean and the Pacific need urgently to do more risk management and planning.

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