Summit of the Americas Side Event — Co-sponsored by the World Refugee & Migration Council
Thursday, 9 June 2022, Los Angeles and Virtual
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Panel 1: Addressing the Root Causes of Irregular Migration and Forced Displacement
- Eduardo Enrique Reina, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras
- Ambassador Julieta Valls Noyes, Assistant Secretary, US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
- Diego Beltrand, IOM Director General’s Special Envoy for the Regional Response to the Venezuela Situation
- Ariel Ruiz Soto, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
- Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director of the Department of Social Inclusion, OAS
Panel 2: Building Safe, Orderly, Humane, and Regular Governance of Migration and Forced Displacement
- Congressman Raul Ruiz, Chairman of Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- María José Espinosa Carrillo, Executive Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas
- Kevin Cassidy, Director for United States and Canada, ILO
- José Samaniego, Regional Director for the Americas, UNHCR
- Clayton Alderman, Director for Regional Migration and Protection, US National Security Council
- Moderator: Álvaro Botero, Coordinator, Department of Social Inclusion, OAS
Closing Remarks:
- Maricarmen Plata, Secretaría de Acceso a Derechos y Equidad de la OEA
- Eduardo Stein Barillas, former Vice President of Guatemala, Member of the North and Central American Task Force on Migration
