- Pedro Barquero, Secretary of Economic Development, Honduras
- Jennifer Bond, Founder and Managing Director of the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub and Chair of the Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative
- Allert Brown-Gort, Visiting Professor of International Relations, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico
- Noah Bullock, Executive Director, Cristosal
- Father Juan Luis Carbajal Tejeda, Executive Secretary, Pastoral de Movilidad Humana
- José Miguel Cruz, Director of Research, Florida International University, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
- Karla Cueva,
- Diego de Sola, Co-Founder and Board Member, Glasswing
- Katharine Donato, Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
- Jonathan Fanton, Special Adviser, World Refugee & Migration Council
- Fay Faraday, Canadian social justice lawyer
- Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
- Elizabeth Ferris, Professor, Georgetown University, and Vice President of Research, World Refugee & Migration Council
- Jayne Fleming, Director of International Refugee Protection Programs, Reed Smith LLP, and International Director, Lamp Lifeboat Ladder
- Fen Osler Hampson, President, World Refugee & Migration Council
- Gina Kawas, Vidanta-Wilson Center Fellow
- Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute
- Helena Olea, Associate Director for Programs, Alianza Americas
- Salvador Paiz, Director, Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA)
- Patricia Perez-Coutts, Chair of the Board, Cuso International
- Guillermo E. Rishchynski, former Canadian Ambassador and Board of Directors, Canadian Council for the Americas
- Allan Rock, President Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, and former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
- Emilio Romano, CEO, Bank of America Mexico
- Ana Mercedes Saiz, Executive Director, Sin Fronteras
- Andrew Selee, President, Migration Policy Institute
- Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue
- Eduardo Stein Barillas, former Vice President of Guatemala and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Brian Stevenson, President and CEO, University Partnerships North America, Navitas
- Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj, Visiting Professor, Stanford University
- Beatriz Zepeda, Professor and Researcher, Centro de Estudios Internacionales, El Colegio de México and Former Director of Flacso-Guatemala
About the Task Force
The North and Central American Task Force on Migration is a non-governmental forum of academics, civil society and business leaders, and former policymakers indialogue with current government officials created to facilitate a broadly driven solution dialogue among the countries involved in the crisis of migration and forced displacement in the region. Initiated by the World Refugee & Migration Council with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, the Colegio de México, the Migration Policy Institute and the Inter-American Dialogue, with support from the Government of Canada, the Task Force has issued concrete recommendations for collective, regional action based on evidentiary research to promote responsibility sharing across North and Central America.
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Task Force Summary Report: Key Recommendations
The North and Central American Task Force on Migration has launched its report with key recommendations for improving regional cooperation and responsibility sharing.
EVENTS
Towards Regional Governance on Migration and Forced Displacement in the Americas
Co-sponsored by the World Refugee & Migration Council, this Summit of the Americas side event brings together key experts to explore new options for regional cooperation.
News
Organized Crime & Migration: Crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border in Electoral Times
A Working Paper from the North and Central American Task Force on Migration In this report, we wish to highlight the
Migration Task Force Launches Recommendations with Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary, Embassy of Canada
Major events in Mexico City showcase recommendations of the North and Central American Task Force on Migration and outline opportunities for
News Release—Migration in North and Central America: Regional Responsibility and Opportunity
North and Central American Task Force on Migration recommendations lay out bold new options for regional cooperation on migration as leaders
North American Leaders Summit: Toward Regional Cooperation on Migration
While not initially at the top of the agenda, migration and forced displacement in the Americas was an important part of the North American Leaders Summit. Read how.
Lawful, Safe Pathways Needed to Resolve Border Chaos
This week, as Canada, Mexico and the United States meet for the long-awaited North American Leaders Summit, is an opportune moment for bold action to create alternative migration pathways for Northern Central Americans.
New Task Force: Regional Response Key to Addressing Migration in North and Central America
A new high-level task force launched today brings together civil society, business leaders, academic researchers and former policymakers to push for collective, regional responses to the longer-term economic security and governance issues that impel migrants and asylum seekers to leave their homes.
Headlines
Controversial U.S. Title 42 Expulsions Policy Is Coming to an End, Bringing New Border Challenges — Migration Policy Institute
UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for a regional mechanism to deal with unprecedent displacement in Mexico and Central America | UNHCR, December 2
Mexican adults are crossing the border again and again in attempts to reach the United States | The San Diego Union Tribune
Guatemala Is America’s Best Chance to Fix the Immigration Problem | New York Times Opinion
U.S. Aid to Central America Hasn’t Slowed Migration. Can Kamala Harris? | New York Times
Blinken in Central America to target corruption, immigration | Los Angeles Times
Bishops hold emergency meeting on immigration: ‘We have the duty to take care of one another.’ | Catholic News Service
Mission Impossible? Kamala Harris seeks new allies in Central America as officials emphasize anti-corruption message | UnivisionNews
Exdirigentes de Centro y Norteamérica buscarán soluciones para la migración | Agencia EFE
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