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The New Humanitarian | Tackling the root causes of the migration crisis in Central America

GENEVA In March, a record number of children travelling alone entered the United States from Mexico irregularly, and the US federal agency tasked with preventing irregular migration carried out the most apprehensions at the country’s southern border in a single month for 15 years.  But far from being the main crisis in the region, the sharp uptick in numbers is a byproduct of humanitarian emergencies playing out in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador – collectively known as the Northern Triangle of Central America – where choosing to stay or leave is often a question of life and death, according to experts. The COVID-19 pandemic’s exacerbation of pre-existing issues – including pervasive crime, high murder rates, government corruption, the effects of climate change, and economic hardship – has only increased the need for many in the region to migrate.  

Migrants Play Key Role in Disaster Response, IOM Explores Diaspora s Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance

Migrants Play Key Role in Disaster Response, IOM Explores Diaspora s Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance - World

Migrants Play Key Role in Disaster Response, IOM Explores Diaspora’s Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance Format Stronger diaspora coordination has the potential for better and more effective humanitarian assistance in countries affected by disasters © IOM/Muse Mohammed Washington, DC – Many people, when they consider the contributions of migrants to their countries of origin, think first of remittance flows the billions of dollars travelling annually between high income, “developed” destination countries to lower income regions in the Global South. For decades, remittance flows have been larger than total official development assistance levels in low- and middle-income countries, and more stable than private capital flows. In 2020, which experts forecast as a year when a global pandemic would decrease remittance levels globally, the decline was nowhere near as considerable as predicted. Migrant workers and diaspora members many employed in essential services continu

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