OBMICA Bulletin March 2021

The latest edition of the OBMICA Bulletin is available for online reading and PDF download. Below we present a summary of the content for March 2021. To continue reading online, click read more.

Its central theme is the importance of regularizing migrant populations in order to make public policies on health, social assistance, and recovery more effective, thereby reducing the vulnerability of communities in the face of natural or health-related disasters.

Cover image: The production and distribution of vaccines to fight COVID-19 have international dimensions, making visible global inequalities in access to vaccination and underscoring the challenge of reaching vulnerable groups at the national level, including migrants. Photo credit: Matt Kenyon.

Director's remarks: The importance of including migrants in vaccine campaigns

There has been preliminary success in developing so many viable vaccines in record time, but victory cannot be declared until the thorny issue of distribution is resolved. This is why having regularized and visible migrant populations is so important, so they can be included in national vaccination campaigns alongside nationals. Read more...

Information desk for the Venezuelan normalization process in the Dominican Republic

The International Organization for Migration supports the implementation of this plan and has offices in five provinces so that those requiring information can access it. Read more...

Domesticating the Sendai Framework

The study on migration, vulnerability, and the Dominican Republic, with emphasis on Haitian and Venezuelan populations and a gender and childhood perspective, explores how gender, life cycle, and ethnicity influence vulnerability in emergency situations. Read more...

One of the most important humanitarian gestures of the last decade: welcoming the Venezuelan population

The unprecedented exodus of Venezuelans toward destinations mostly within the region has unfolded in a region that has historically welcomed immigration, though never on such a scale or with such speed. Read more...

Border Dialogues: Building bridges for island coexistence

With OBMICA's support, these activities presented the mandates of UNHCR and UNICEF and their work on the Dominican-Haitian border, alongside presentations on Afro-descendant populations and ethnically mixed couples. Read more...

Meet Guerline Jozef

OBMICA highlights the Haitian Bridge Alliance through an interview with its director, Guerline Jozef. Read more...

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IACHR issues recommendations on the participation of military forces in migration processes

At the close of its 179th session, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights spoke for the first time about the growing militarization of borders in Latin America and emphasized the obligation of states to privilege a rights-based approach to migration and asylum seekers. Read more...