Dear John,

This week, WOLA’s President, Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, writes about how the human rights and humanitarian crises in Venezuela impact migration dynamics at the U.S.-Mexico border, as part of a new collaboration with Divergentes, a digital outlet covering news from Latin America.

If you want to learn more about what is happening in Venezuela, be sure to sign up for the event we are hosting alongside representatives from civil society on the prospects for a peaceful, just, and democratic solution to the country's crisis. 

Finally, check-out the latest figures and analysis on migration at the U.S. southern border in our weekly update.

All that, and much more, in today’s WOLA Weekly.

Best, 

Maureen Meyer

Vice President for Programs, WOLA

⚠️ Current migration dynamics call for new regional approaches. Beyond the investment that would have to be made to strengthen the asylum system in the United States, the Biden administration needs to stop promoting policies based on containment and discouraging migration. Read the Op-ed here. 

📋 ICYMI. In the first of a two-part interview, WOLA experts reflect on the latest trends in migration to the United States, the consequences of the U.S. focus on reducing the number of migrants and asylum seekers arriving at the border over the rebuild of the asylum system and other limitations of U.S. migration policies.

🌐 In the second part, experts reflect on the need for a regional approach to migration in the Americas, the effectiveness of government policies to date and the challenges ahead. 

📅 Thursday, November 17, 2022

⏰ 3:30 p.m. ET

Carolina Jiménez Sandoval

President

"Venezuelans are fleeing a complex humanitarian emergency and a human rights crisis [...] Venezuelans need international protection. Unfortunately, policies implemented by the governments of the United States and Mexico put the lives of Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers at risk."

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