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Actualización sobre políticas de asilo y otras políticas migratorias en Estados Unidos un mes después del cambio de gobierno

Factsheet
Feb 26, 2021

El presidente Biden tomó las primeras acciones para empezar a reconstruir el acceso al asilo en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos y reformar un sistema migratorio socavado luego de cuatro años del gobierno de Trump.

Recomendaciones para ampliar el acceso a protección para personas migrantes y solicitantes de asilo en México y Centroamérica

Policy Memo
May 01, 2021

Este documento recomienda 6 pasos claves que puede tomar la administración del presidente Joe Biden para ampliar el acceso a la protección internacional en la región.

Submission to the UN CERD and CMW: Obligations of State Parties on public policies for addressing and eradicating xenophobia and its impact on the rights of migrants, their families, and other non-citizens affected by racial discrimination

Human Rights Body Submission
Mar 29, 2024

This submission details the persistent challenges and dangers encountered by Haitian and other Black women seeking refuge in the Americas and offers recommendations to address anti-Black racism in laws and policies applicable to asylum seekers and other migrants.

Impacts of U.S. and Mexican migration enforcement on migrant and refugee rights in Mexico

Policy Memo
Sep 01, 2021

We coauthored a memo summarizing migrant and refugee rights violations in Mexico documented by civil society organizations and journalists between August 2021 and September 2021.

Request for precautionary measures to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of asylum seekers who have been or would be expelled from the United States under Title 42

Human Rights Body Submission
Oct 01, 2021

We and our co-authors filed this request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of asylum seekers who have been or would be expelled from the United States under Title 42.

Submission for Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants: Human rights violations at international borders: trends, prevention and accountability

Human Rights Body Submission
Feb 28, 2022

We joined other human and migrant rights organizations and coalitions in submitting a report to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants to contribute to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants: Human rights violations at international borders: trends