| Description |
1 online resource (29 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Series |
Crisis Group Latin America report ; no 57 |
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ICG Latin America report ; no 57.
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Recommendations. -- I. Introduction. -- II. The open border. -- Documenting the Undocumented. -- Everyday contraband. -- Detention or shelter. -- II. Push and Pull. -- III. Dangerous passage. -- People smuggling. -- Invisible victims. -- The zeta franchise. -- Human trafficking. -- IV. Border Control. -- The humanitarian crisis. -- Seeking safety in Mexico. -- Barriers to refugee recognition. -- The revolving door. -- V.U.S. response and responsibility. -- Stalled reform. -- The alliance for prosperity. -- IV. Conclusion. -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Massive deportations from Mexico and the U.S. have failed to stem the tide of Central Americans fleeing endemic poverty combined with epidemic violence. Stepped up enforcement has diverted undocumented migration into more costly, circuitous and dangerous channels. Criminal gangs and the corrupt officials who enable them are the beneficiaries of a policy that forces desperate people to pay increasing sums to avoid detention, extortion or kidnapping. Beefed-up border control inadvertently fuels human smuggling and fortifies criminal gangs that increasingly control that industry. Governments must guarantee those fleeing violence the opportunity to seek asylum through fair, efficient procedures, while launching a major regional effort to provide security and economic opportunity in home countries. Central American leaders, especially in the northern triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, must in turn address chronic insecurity more effectively while monitoring and assisting those deported, especially children and adolescents, so they have an option other than fleeing again |
| Notes |
"18 July 2016"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Human trafficking -- Central America
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Noncitizens -- United States.
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Central Americans -- Violence against
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Illegal immigration -- United States
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Illegal immigration.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Human trafficking.
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Noncitizens.
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| SUBJECT |
Central America -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
Central America.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body, publisher.
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