Migration Policy Institute (2024-01-18). Expanding Protection Options? Flexible Approaches to Status for Displaced Syrians, Venezuelans, and Ukrainians. reliefweb.int Countries: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Moldova, Peru, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Source: Migration Policy Institute | Please refer to the attached file. | Flexible Approaches to Protection for Displaced Individuals Bring Benefits in Certain Circumstances but Must Not Replace Refugee Status | WASHINGTON, DC — Faced with displacement crises that have stretched asylum systems to their limits, countries increasingly are turning to alternatives to traditional ref…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-01-18). Perception of public insecurity decreases in Mexico. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The percentage of people who feel unsafe in Mexico decreased in five years, when actions against organized crime in the country intensified, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador highlighted today.

Associated Press (2024-01-18). Christian Pulisic voted top U.S. men's soccer player for fourth time, tying Landon Donovan. whyy.org Christian Pulisic was voted the U.S. Soccer Federation's Male Player of the Year for the fourth time Thursday, matching Landon Donovan for the most times receiving an award that began in 1998. | Pulisic received 53% of the vote, followed by Yunus Musah (21.5%) and Ricardo Pepi (12.9%). Pulisic, a 25-year-old winger from Hershey, Pennsylvania, in his first season with AC Milan, also won in 2017, '19 and '21. | Pulisic scored six international goals in 2023, including two in the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal win over Mexico, and had three assists. He had six Serie A goals in the first half of the season for Mil…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2024-01-18). Precandidatos a Presidencia de México cierran precampañas. telesurtv.net El Instituto Nacional Electoral dará del 1 de marzo al 29 de mayo para las propuestas, debates y giras de los candidatos.

latintimes (2024-01-18). Fiscal Help: How to File Taxes as an Immigrant. latintimes.com

latintimes (2024-01-18). UK's Sunak Survives Knife-edge Vote As Rwanda Bill Clears Commons. latintimes.com UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak survived a key test of his leadership Wednesday, fending off right-wing rebels to win a crunch parliamentary vote on his contentious plan to send migrants to Rwanda.

presstv.ir (2024-01-18). UK parliament approves bill to deport immigrants to Rwanda. presstv.ir The UK parliament approves the new copy of the Prime Minister's controversial Rwanda bill.

Zane McNeill (2024-01-16). Mother and Children Drown in Rio Grande as Texas Blocks Agents From Aiding Them. truthout.org Last Friday, a woman and her two children tragically drowned while attempting to cross the Rio Grande into Eagle Pass, Texas. Federal agents were barred by Texas officials from accessing the river to help the drowning family. The bodies of the migrants were recovered by Mexican authorities the next day. "This is a tragedy, and the state bears responsibility," U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said… |

Anna Canning, James Daria, Labor Notes. (2024-01-16). Why Fair Trade Produce Labels Are Bogus. popularresistance.org Any U.S. consumer walking down the supermarket aisle will find berries, tomatoes, and other vegetables that are labeled "responsibly grown," "farmworker-assured," and "fair-trade certified." | But behind the labels, the Mexican workers who harvest these fruits and vegetables live and labor in conditions they call "twenty-first century slavery." | We interviewed 200 workers for our new report "Certified Exploitation: How Equitable Food Initiative and Fair Trade USA Fail to Protect Farmworkers in the Mexican Produce Industry." They detailed widespread wage theft, sexual harassment, rampant retaliation, and, in the…

Editor (2024-01-16). The Long Quest for Reproductive Justice in Mexico: Feminist Legal Strategies and Challenges to Changing Abortion Precedent in a Federal System. scheerpost.com By Alma Beltrán y Puga / Georgetown Journal of International Affairs As the Green Wave echoes throughout the Latin American feminist movement, the Mexican legal system has progressed accordingly. Feminist legal groups have adopted innovative legal strategies to solidify the right to abortion at the federal level, but state-level protections are still needed to satisfy …

Redacción Costa Rica (2024-01-16). Salvadoran march for the anniversary of the Peace Accords. pressenza.com A large march took place today in the capital of El Salvador as a tribute to the 32nd anniversary of the Peace Accords, affirming their necessity and validity. | The different organisations of El Salvador marched from Cuscatlán Park to the Plaza Cívica Captain General Gerardo Barrios to reiterate the validity of the historical memory that includes the pact signed in Mexico City on 16 January 1992, which put an end to the war in the country. | With the slogan "The people won the peace, let's defend our history", the Popular Resistance and Rebellion Bloc (BRRP) and the Movement of Victims of the Regime (Movir) were…

teleSUR, MS (2024-01-16). Los secuestros en México suben un 3,2 por ciento durante 2023. telesurtv.net En total se contabilizaron 2.402 víctimas de secuestro de las cuales 772, cerca de un tercio, son migrantes.