Migration Crisis in Latin America: Empowering Migrant and Refugee Communities

Panel Discussion & Reception: Toronto, 11 April 2023, 17:30-21:00 Join Cuso International and World Refugee & Migration Council in Toronto on April 11, 2023 for an in-person panel discussion on the migration crisis in Latin America. This event, emceed by Nahlah Ayed, host and producer of CBC Ideas, will feature panellists from Cuso International and the World Refugee […]

Emerging Market Finance Refugee Crisis Application: Rationale and Roadmap

Special Report by Gary N. Kleiman In 2019 the World Refugee & Migration Council issued “A Call to Action” recognizing the need for private sector innovation to meet the fiscal challenges posed by the global refugee crisis. The majority of countries hosting refugees are emerging markets where global banks and fund managers actively invest. Traditional […]

Colombia. Venezuelans continue perilous journeys across border on foot

Canada and the United States must unite to help Latin American refugees

Madeleine Albright, Lloyd Axworthy, Mayu Brizuela de Ávila, Fen Osler Hampson This article was first published in The Globe and Mail. In their postinauguration call, President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to deepen co-operation between the United States and Canada on a host of global challenges. But the two leaders need not […]

Financing Affordable Housing for Refugees, Internally Displaced in Colombia

Over the last several years, Colombia has received close to two million refugees from Venezuela as a result of the ongoing severe economic and political problems. This inflow of mainly poor and unskilled Venezuelans, coupled with the already significant number of internally displaced Colombians (IDPs), has become a major challenge for Colombia and is exacerbating […]