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Thanks @kelseypnorman for sharing expertise!
1) twitter.com/Stand4Migrants
2) twitter.com/ints4569migrate
3) twitter.com/MigrantSecDef
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What’s the role of the US government in the Central American migration crisis? Arguably a very powerful, defining role and one that continues to drive inequality and violence in the #GlobalSouth.
In March 2020, Border Patrol reported 172k unauthorized migrants from C. America & Mexico, a 70% increase from Feb & a 20-year record high. Spikes in migration happen every 2 to 3 years and often go unaddressed: fam.ag/3jktU1p
Economic and political turmoil, gender and gang violence, climate change & corruption have been factors driving #migration in the region for years. Today, the effects of Covid-19 are yet another reason why people are leaving in search of more security and stability.
Since 2014, 5.5 million people facing hyperinflation, food & medicine shortages, violence & political unrest have fled Venezuela. Amidst this crisis & the pandemic, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru have struggled to maintain open policies. bit.ly/CMSNY21 1/8 #MigrationKorbelDU
Because of Colombia's close proximity, it is currently receiving the most Venezuelan migrants (31%). Peru is next (18%), followed by Ecuador & Chile (8%), and Brazil (5%) In Colombia alone, this amounts to nearly 2 million people. bit.ly/WilsonCenter21 2/8 #MigrationData 
Each of these countries has adopted the 1984 #CartagenaDeclaration, which expanded the definition of a refugee. In that spirit, all have practiced non-refoulement, but very few Venezuelan migrants have been granted refugee status. bit.ly/HRW21_Migration 3/8
1/9 The intense pressure by the #EU, both in requirements for entry and political pressure, have caused peripheral countries, including Morocco and Turkey, to become sites of #ExternalizedBorders for the EU. #MigrationKorbelDU @UofDenver @josefkorbel
@UofDenver @josefkorbel 2/9 There has been tension between ‘the rising need of dialogue, exchange, and cooperation’ on the EU’s part and ‘the declining prospect of peace, stability, and prosperity’ on the part of the EU’s neighbors’ because of #border #externalization tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
3/9 Policy efforts include the 2005 EU Protection Programmes, the 2016 EU-Turkey Deal, the 2018 Global Migration Compact, and economic development investments in the #MENA region. politicalviolenceataglance.org/2018/07/17/mig…
How the European Union puts borders before lives. Refugees are the ones in need of protection, not EU’s borders. A thread on what you need to know about EU migration, their externalized borders, and overall complacency in upholding border imperialism #MigrationKorbelDU #Migration
Rhetoric in the news and media portrays #immigrants as a security threat, using words like “illegal” and “alien”. Harsh rhetoric has continued since the 2015 influx of migrants. Attitudes towards migrants and the security threat label is used as a justification for funding.
European Border and Coast Guard Agency @Frontex is the EU agency responsible for border control of the Schengen area. Funding for Frontex has raised from €143 million in 2015 to €543 million in 2021. Frontex has failed to protect the rights of migrants.
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