Migration source material for Tread Softly briefings

30/7/2021: The Biden administration will put foreign assistance at the center of addressing the movement of people from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The plan responds to the brief to help Central Americans to be prosperous at home.

Source: Devex

Is the Geneva Refugee Convention living up to the times?

28/7/2021: The UN Refugee Convention is 70 years old. It defines who is a refugee and what rights — and obligations — they have. Today, these rights are impeded by the lack of political will to implement the agreement - which itself lacks the legal necessary force.

Source: DW

US has 'special responsibility' to help climate migrants

15/6/2021: A report from Refugees International recommends that the US commits finance to global climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as adopting new resettlement, visa, and coordination policies. The report aims to influence the February US executive order for the country to prepare its refugee resettlement programs amid climate change.

Source: Devex

Global labour migration increases by five million

30/6/2021: The number of international migrant workers globally has risen to 169 million, a rise of three per cent between 2017 and 2019, according to the latest estimates from the International Labour Organization. The COVID-19 crisis has intensified vulnerabilities, particularly for women migrant workers, as they are over-represented in low-paid jobs with limited access to social protection.

Source: International Labour Organisation

How countries can do better on World Refugee Day

18/6/2021: The 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention should be an occasion to put pressure on those governments yet to ratify it. Many of these countries ignore the principle of non-refoulement which bars the return of refugees to places where they would face the threat of persecution.

Source: Human Rights Watch

Donors pledge $1.5 bln for Venezuelan migrants

17/6/2021: Thirty countries and two development banks have pledged $1.5 billion in grants and loans to aid Venezuelan migrants and their host countries. More than 5.6 million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015, as the once-prosperous nation's economy collapsed.

Source: Reuters

Number of displaced persons at record high

18/6/2021: The number of people leaving their homes due to persecution, conflict, violence, and human rights violations increased by 4% to 82.4 million in 2020, according to the Global Trends report from the UN Refugee Agency. This figure includes 21 million refugees and a further 48 million people displaced within their own country.

Source: DW

Remittance flows remain strong, despite COVID-19 crisis

12/5/2021: Officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion in 2020, just 1.6 percent below the 2019 total, a smaller decline than predicted. These remittances exceed the total of foreign direct investment ($259 billion) and overseas development assistance ($179 billion) for the same perod.

Source: The World Bank

UN Refugee Agency urges rethink of discriminatory UK asylum plans,

10/5/2021: Proposals in the UK government’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’ to overhaul its asylum system risk breaching international legal commitments, undermining global refugee cooperation and triggering damaging effects on asylum-seekers who arrive irregularly, according to an opinion published by the UN Refugee Agency.

Source: UN Refugee Agency

Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500

4/5/2021: President Joe Biden has formally raised the US cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, fulfilling his promise made in February. The announcement paves the way for Biden to boost the cap to 125,000 for the 2022 fiscal year.

Source: Eyewitness News

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